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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.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
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| Standing on "the rock" is always a drawcard for the chooks |
FoodPath put together a visit to Berrima Ridge free range poultry farm and the Mushroom Tunnel, then took them to Fitzroy Falls before they moved on to Goulburn.
The children were filmed with hundreds of chooks and their guard dogs - six large white Maremmas. They also learnt how Anne washes and grades the eggs.
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| Nicky was taken with the stories from the hen house |
Nicki was taken with the stories Anne puts in every dozen eggs sold under the label Berrima Ridge.These stories carry a message from Isobel, CEO of the hen house.
We moved on to the Mittagong mushroom tunnel and met Noel, the Micro-Biologist owner who showed us through.
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| Nicky and Murray Buckley being filmed in the mushroom tunnel |
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| Nick and Nicky (our FoodPath Nick, looking happy!) |
A 600 metre tunnel with mushrooms growing hanging from the walls or on racks in the middle - an amazing sight. The Shiitake mushrooms are grown on small "logs" made up to replicate how they grow in the wild on rotting wood in forests in Japan .
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| The 600 metre long disused railway tunnel used for growing mushrooms |
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| Some mushrooms are grown in the laboratory under special conditions |
The film crew were fascinated by the exotic mushrooms and Murray, Noel and Jill from FoodPath were filmed for the TV series.
You must look out for us on Sat at 4.30pm on Ch 10. The series starts after the Commonwealth Games and we are in Episode 4.
Great exposure for the producers involved, FoodPath and for the Southern Highlands!
