Welcome to the 2020 AGM. I’m sure you’ll agree, this has been a year unlike any other. But here we are, largely healthy and nervously happy wondering what the next challenge might be. Before I go into my report, I would like to introduce Joyce Wilkie to you all. Joyce Wilkie originally trained as a […]
Continue readingSustainable Agriculture & Gardening Eurobodalla Inc Annual General Meeting Sunday 23rd August 2020 11.00am 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 […]
Continue readingSummer 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 readingThis 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’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 readingSAGE 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 readingSAGE 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 readingSAGE 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 […]
Continue readingWe acknowledge the traditions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, the Djuwin Nation, in particular the local Brinja Djuwin and Walbanga people, on whose land SAGE operates.
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