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 […]
Continue readingThis powerhouse SAGE project continues to deliver, changing the world one vegetable garden plot at a time! In recent months the volunteer crew have run 3 workshops with 75 participants and installed 14 backyard veggie beds. Under the energetic direction of Kathryn Maxwell, volunteers Todd, David, Dana, Julie, Elizabeth, Colette and others continue to make […]
Continue readingSAGE’s Stepping Stone Farm enterprise is progressing quickly! Our next step is to buy or negotiate a long-term lease on 5 to 10 acres of good arable land suitable for vegetable growing. The land should be within 30km of Moruya and have a secure water supply and northerly aspect. SAGE will invest in infrastructure on […]
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Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of SAGE, Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla Inc, with a Spring Equinox picnic is a timely reminder of how an idea planted ten years ago developed strong roots and continues to grow and produce great outcomes for the community, said SAGE President Mark Barraclough. “It’s a wonderful achievement on many levels. […]
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It’s difficult to envisage how an idea will develop, what it will look like, or even if it will fly. But here we are celebrating SAGE’s 10 year anniversary. A wonderful achievement on so many levels. We are going to celebrate this milestone on 28 September, but it is timely to now briefly reflect on […]
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New and experienced gardeners are invited to a series of four half-day workshops on backyard veggie gardening run by SAGE, Sustainable Agriculture and Gardens Eurobodalla. This is the fourth year SAGE has offered the workshops which teach how to establish and maintain a successful vegetable patch at home. Workshops will run on various Sundays throughout the growing season around […]
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Eurobodalla Shire Council – NOM19/ 004 CLIMATE EMERGENCY Public Forum presentation by Cath Reilly on behalf of SAGE in support of NOM19/004 Good morning Mayor Innes, Councillors, Dr Dale, staff, members of the gallery and people reading this. I present today on behalf of the SAGE Management Committee. SAGE stands for Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening […]
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Sustainable Agriculture & Gardening Eurobodalla Inc Annual General Meeting Sunday 25th August 2019 10.00am at the SAGE Garden Please come along to our AGM and help keep SAGE moving towards our vision SAGE President Mark Barraclough will present his report for the last twelve months and all committee and sub-committee positions will be declared vacant […]
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In June 2019, SAGE received a $17,990 grant from the Illawarra Mutual Bank (IMB) Community Foundation to run Veggies for All 2018. We were very lucky to have SAGE’s first intern, biodynamic farmer Kyle Levier, run six workshops in July and August 2018. These were held in a number of venues across the Eurobodalla, including […]
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Early December saw SAGE host a study tour for the Sunraysia Food Movement, a food and farming group based in Mildura. The group included three members of the Mildura-based Burundi farming community. The attraction for making the 5-day return trek was to see examples of successful small scale farming, experience the diversity of the SAGE […]
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