We have an interesting new learning and giving back opportunity at SAGE’s Stepping Stone Farm, 8km west of Moruya. Working alongside our interns and under the supervision of our SAGE Farm Educator Joyce Wilkie, we’re looking for people to help with general planting and bed maintenance on our training farm. You’re invited to come along […]
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Job opportunity – Market Coordinator
SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya is looking for a part-time Market Coordinator, around 12 hours a week. This includes every Tuesday afternoon at the market, Friday and Wednesday mornings to administer the e-Market, and other times at your convenience for general administration such as emails, calls, messages, banking, managing spreadsheets, and promotion. The Market Coordinator […]
Continue readingStepping Stone Internship
SAGE NSW Inc. (SAGE) is a not-for-profit, community based organisation whose mission is to create and support a NSW South Coast sustainable, fair food economy. SAGE has been running an intern training program at their Queen Street, Moruya, property for over six years. The long term goal was to take this training program to another […]
Continue readingVolunteers are the heart and lifeblood of SAGE
They make it possible for SAGE to achieve its mission to create and support a NSW South Coast sustainable fair food economy and food sovereignty for local communities. Volunteering is good for you, and good for our community! We are currently looking for more volunteers to join the SAGE Community Food Program group and the […]
Continue readingStepping up the local food supply
Summer bushfires and COVID-19 have not dampened the enthusiasm of a group of volunteers from SAGE Inc, (Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla) working on the latest SAGE project, Stepping Stone Farm. SAGE president Mark Barraclough says recent events have given the group an even greater reason to see the Stepping Stone Farm project come […]
Continue readingSAGE is seeking a Mentor and Farm Manager
This is an exciting opportunity to be a critical part of a start-up in the agricultural sector located in Moruya, NSW for a fixed term 12 month contract at $1,000 a week. Who are we? Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla (SAGE) is a not- for-profit, community-based organisation whose mission is to create and support a […]
Continue readingMoruya Community Garden opens
Moruya’s new community garden is now in business! At the launch last week, Veggies for All coordinator Kathryn Maxwell thanked Lachlan McDonald, Manager of the IMB Bank Branch in Moruya for the IMB Bank Community Foundation’s generous grant of $20,000, and the Anglican Parish for their generous contribution of land, room in the garden shed, […]
Continue readingCoast to Country: Moruya High School’s Big Adventure
SAGE Garden, 110 Queen St Moruya, 4pm Friday 22nd November For the past five years Moruya High’s HSC Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science and Food Technology students have travelled inland to visit farms, national parks and rural communities on the annual HSC Field Trip. We’ve camped under the stars and ancient red gums in Barmah […]
Continue readingCommunity garden vege beds available now in Moruya
SAGE and the Anglican Parish and a wonderful team of volunteers have constructed 14 wicking beds which are now available to lease for an initial 12 month period. Applications are due by Wednesday 27 November Applications from individuals, households or groups will be assessed by the Moruya Community Gardens Committee with the aim of assisting […]
Continue readingThe SAGE management committee
SAGE has a management committee of 8 people, and plenty of sub-committees that get stuff done! The management committee meets monthly and there’s always plenty of catchups, emails, phone calls and work to be done in between as well. Business as usual includes overseeing projects such as the Farmers Market, SAGE Garden, intern program, seed […]
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