Local Produce Guide
The Mount Alexander Local Produce Guide
Click to download the complete Local Produce Guide for Mount Alexander Shire (4.3Mb)
The Growing Abundance Project has produced a Local Produce Guide which supports local primary producers, retailers and consumers. The guide builds on a significant body of research that maps primary producers within a 100 mile radius of the Mount Alexander Shire. This guide supports our local economy and community and helps reduce our carbon footprints. Project Worker Ellen Madigan is running another cooking course for those who want to cook fresh, local food and live more sustainably.
The Local Produce Guide is available, price $15, from the following retailers:
Harry and George’s, 170 Barker Street, Castlemaine
Green goes the Grocer, 29a Templeton Street, Castlemaine
Castlemaine Fruit Supplies, 73 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine
Maldon 50km Local, 63 Main Street, Maldon
The Little Red Apple, 8795 Midland Highway, Barkers Creek
The Food Garden, 61 Main Street, Campbells Creek
Launching the Guide, Project Worker Ellen Madigan said:
‘Vote with your dollar! Buy local and help close the loop. Keep the farmer, retailer and consumer connected in a closed loop so that our money stays in our town. The low food miles logo you see on our participating retailer’s shop windows represents this self-sustaining loop between the farmer, retailer and consumer. This closed loop model is a departure from the global economy where the only real winners are the multinational corporations. So act local and think global.’
Download the full text of Ellen’s launch speech and a list of where to get your Local Produce Guide. You can contact Ellen Madigan by email: localproduce@cch.org.au
The Local Produce Guide was launched on Thursday 24 November 2011. The sun was shining and more than 100 people turned out to witness this important event for our town. This guide represents over two years dedicated work by project worker Ellen Madigan, who can now be found campaigning all over town to encourage understanding and use of the Guide. Please visit your local participating retail store and ask for a copy today. The guide is selling fast and word on the street is that a re-print is already being discussed . . .
Here’s a short film of the launch by Karen McMullan:
Photos from the Launch of the Local Produce Guide, including the pictures of the three local chefs competing to produce the best dishes with local produce in half an hour. Alex from the Good Table, Georgie from the Elphinstone Hotel, and Joe from Taste of the Orient gave the judges a variety of delicious and beautifully presented plates.
Thanks Denise Martin for the great photos.