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Farm-to-Table Diary

It’s nearly the end of the season for tender new growth grape leaves. We’re air-pickling them so we can use them in the Farm to Table course coming up this March!

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The Farm-to-Table Course will cover the five stages of food production from harvesting, processing, storing, packaging, and consumption. This course has a particular focus on the link between farmers, farm communities, ancient food-production practices, and the food we eat. At the heart of this course is the preference for the freshest ingredients supplied directly from Zaytuna Farm.

Our awareness and attitude about food safety, food freshness, food seasonality, and small-farm economics is at the forefront of everyones minds. However, at the same time, the scarcity of fresh, local ingredients is increasing as is the poor nutritional value of shipped goods, genetically modified foods, the disappearance of small family farms, the disappearance of heirloom fruits and vegetable, and the dangers of a highly centralised food growing and distribution system.

So come along to our Farm-to-Table course, learn more about different styles of pickling and preservation, and how to use these leaves in classic Middle Eastern and Mediterranean recipes.

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Nadia Lawton

Nadia completed her PDC in the Dead Sea Valley in 1999 then proceeded to work on the "Green the Desert" project and establish permaculture women's groups and school projects with this work. As reference she went on to complete her permaculture diploma in design, education and site development and registered as a permaculture teacher in English and Arabic with the Bill and Lisa Mollison's permaculture Institute of Australia. Nadia now lives in The Channon in Northern New South Wales, Australia at Zaytuna Farm the home of the Australian Permaculture Research Institute. Since 2003 she has been working with PRI as an international permaculture teacher, consultant and aid worker.

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