I've met a couple of the organisers of Acoustic Soup and they are an inspiring group of young people who are committed to sustainability and volunteer on organic farms. Working on organic farms is something I would like to get into to encourage rural links with our local community and take our children onto these farms to meet growers and help out too. I met some of these amazing young people at a talk by Joel Salatin in Canberra last year on organic farming as a viable business model.
Joel Salatin says we need to make farming sexy to young people and also provide young people with white-collar equivalent wages. Incredibly Salatin has achieved both in his home state in the US despite constant harassment by federal regulators.
My husband had already seen Food Inc and implored me never to buy factory produced meat again. I will never forget the sight of meat products being treated with disinfectant in an industrial processing plant destined for hamburger filler. What horrified me even more was the legal action by the chemical giants against the seed saving man featured in Food Inc who had been conducting his legitimate business for years. I have to say meeting some of the amazing people connected with the event below and hearing Joel Salatin speak and watching Food Inc was a catalyst for me and part of the reason I decided to start this blog.
www.polyfacefarms.com/
Acoustic Soup - the blurb!
Acoustic Soup is held from 6.30 - 9.30 at the ANU Food Co-Op every third Wednesday of the month, starting on Wednesay 16 March! The Co-op is located on Childers St, between The Street Theatre and UniLodge, behind the Conservation Council.
The ANU Food Co-op is a fantastic place to shop for local, fresh, organic, sustainable, natural, Fair Trade, ethical, bulk and affordable products. Check the website out at: www.foodco-opshop.com.au
Acoustic Soup will be co-ordinated this year by Real Food Canberra (www.realfoodcanberra.org). This event is a fundraiser for the fantastic ANU Food Co-op, but more than that, it is a chance to eat delicious (cheap!) organic/local food that supports regional farmers and local musicians! (That's right, the sweet tunes will be pumping again this year with local musicians!)
We look forward to seeing you at the Co-op on Wednesday the 16th March at 6.30pm!!
If you plan to come, please RSVP to acousticsoupnight@gmail.com. Mark your subject line as “RSVP”. This will really help us with catering!! (But don't stress, you can still just turn up on the night too!)
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