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- Jill Dyson,
- Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
- Click on the link to read Jill's latest blog post. Jill has been running FoodPath in the Southern Highlands of NSW with her partner Nick since April 2010. They have grown the business to a level where they now include a range of activities including tours, workshops and collaboration with others (cooking schools, wineries, etc). During the past 10 years Jill and Nick have got to know the local producers and continue to promote and support these local small businesses. They have organised and run many food related activities including taste education workshops and producer visits. It was after they organised a successful tour for a group of chefs from some of the best restaurants in Sydney that they realised they could turn their interest into a business - and this led to the setting up of FoodPath - Culinary Tours with a Difference. Now Jill and Nick are working closely with Southern Highlands Tourism and Wingecarribee Council to help raise the profile of their area as a food destination where everyone will benefit - tourists, local consumers and the producers themselves.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The berries are ready to start picking... feel like some fresh loganberries, boysenberries or blue berries? We had lunch at the Moss Vale Community Garden last Fri and for dessert Jill (another Jill, not me) took us around the garden gathering berries from the vines. We found raspberries and Marion berries (no, I hadn't heard of these either). Can't get fresher than that! They also had some white currants and red currants - that not only looked stunning but tasted delicious too.
The Moss Vale Community Garden is going great guns. You can join up and then go and help in the garden or with the lunch on Wed or Fri. Great for those who do not have a vegie garden at home or who would just like the company. At the end of the day surplus produce is shared between the workers.
We are hoping to showcase the community gardens in some way at our huge food and wine festival at Bong Bong racecourse on 3-4 Mar 2011.
What a great week we had in Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges. Certainly lots to see and do.
The Lake House at Daylesford had beautiful surroundings including some great sculptures of Australian birds and animals. The walk around the lake helped to offset all the food consumed!
Lots of cafes and food stores with local products - rather like Bowral! Restaurants were of a high standard and busy with customers from Melbourne - only an hour away.
Quite different country west of Daylesford towards Ballarat - open grazing land and crops.
We found one cows milk cheese maker at Clunes - a young couple who were very passionate about their products.
A friend has a fruit and nut farm an Glenlyon - look at these strawberries! The blueberries are coming and are their main crop.
We were able to catch the 1st Accredited Farmers Market at Woodend which was interesting. Something to aspire to for the Southern Highlands!
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