Spring has well and truly sprung, as Tom Sainsbury always amuses me by saying, and with it comes a nice mix of free events around Naarm. Scraptastic is definitely the waste-saving flavour of the day, with 4 food-waste gigs across the month: in Manningham, Maroondah, as part of Zero Waste Victoria’s fabulous Zero Waste Festival at Fed Square, and to round off Kingston Council’s ‘Food Feastival’.
Then Frankston continues our year-long food-waste education series with presentation-workshop combos on dehydrating food and growing food without the waste. Both excellent sessions to come to, as you not only learn a heap, but you have a go at making some low-waste goodies to take home with you.
Lots of good learning to be had, and I hope to see you at one (or more) of these fun events 🙂
September events
SCRAPTASTIC COOKING. Manningham Function Centre, Tuesday 2nd September, 7-8:30pm – learn why and how to flip your relationship with food waste for good, by adopting ‘scraptastic’ approaches in the kitchen
SCRAPTASTIC COOKING. Wyreena Community Arts Centre, Wednesday 3rd September, 6-7:30pm – learn why and how to flip your relationship with food waste for good, by adopting ‘scraptastic’ approaches in the kitchen
ZERO WASTE FESTIVAL Fed Square, Naarm/Melbourne, Saturday 6th September, 3:30-6:30pm – Join the audience as Nanna Anna, Masterchef’s Simon Toohey & Mandy Hall, Wonki and Farmer’s Pick discuss the ins and outs of food waste on all different levels, and taste some delicious low-waste, scraptastic creations made by Anna & Simon.
Panel runs from 4:30-6; book sales & signings from 3:30pm. Find us in The Atrium. Book free tickets here.
SCRAPTASTIC COOKING, Westall Library, Sunday 21st September, 2-3:30pm – Learn the basics of dehydrating food, and make your own flavoured salt blend to take home.
DEHYDRATING FOOD, Frankston Library, Friday 12th September, 10am-12pm – Learn the basics of dehydrating food, and make your own flavoured salt blend to take home.
LOW-WASTE GARDENING. Frankston Library, Sunday 28th September, 10am-12pm – Learn about why and how to reduce waste in your garden, then make some plastic-free garden goodies to take home.
October events
You can find these on the Events page, but some booking links will not be available until later this month. Subscribe below to receive next month’s events newsletter once all links are live.
- Small changes; Big impact – presentation
- Compost & worms – presentation
- Canberra Writers Festival (!!) – panel discussion
Subscribe to receive notifications when new events are open for bookings
Permaculture Principle 1: Observe & Interact; 2: Catch & store energy; 6: Produce no waste; 10: Use and value diversity; 11: Use edges and value the marginal