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DATE: Sunday 21 March 2010
TIME: 10am - 4pm
LOCATION: Daylesford Town Hall, Vincent Street, Daylesford
COST: $65 Slow Food member, $75 non member
BOOKINGS: Simone on 0421458891 or convivium.leader@slowfoodcentralvictoria.org.au

This could be your last chance to taste rare and delicious honeys.

Yellow box, red gum, kamarooka, grey box, messmate, ironbark, orange blossom, clover, salvation jane, red box, peppermint, stringybark, desert banksia, mallee, ti-tree, melaleuka, manuka.

How many have you tasted?

Some you may never taste - changes in climate, use of chemicals, reduced access to sites (eg national parks), lack of consumer support and the ever present threat of varroa destructor mite are all endangering the honey industry.

Take honey from the kamarooka, an endangered eucalypt found only in a few scattered remnant stands on private land, roadsides and a few reserves in central and western Victoria. Kamarookas flower onlyonce every five years.

Join us for an exciting, educational and very tasty day as we meet the producers of the documentary Honeybee Blues, taste our way through honey-based cakes, learn the secrets of the bee-dance and how to manage a hive, and meet local apiarists.

Honeybee Blues documentary screening on SBS 1 December 2009.

Links:
Honeybee Blues documentary screening on SBS 1 December 2009
Honeybee Blues info (Screen Australia)
Epicure article by Richard Cornish 2007 - Global honey industry is in Crisis - are we next?
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/wildlife/2009fa_bees.html
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POTAGER WORKSHOP WITH MICHAEL MCCOY

DATE: Saturday 21 November 2009
TIME: 10.30am onwards
LOCATION: Diana Marsland Cooking School, The Gables, 19 Brooke Street, Woodend
COST: $120 Adults $105 Slow Food members
BOOKINGS: 03 5427 1155 or dianamarsland@bigpond.com

The Gardener and the Cook—Vegetable gardening is not easy, but fun and hugely rewarding. Michael will prepare the ground work and Diana will discuss delicious ways to cook produce from the garden. Recipes
and gardening notes will be provided. Morning Tea and Lunch with wine will be served in the garden.

GO SLOW WITH HOLY GOAT

DATE: Saturday 4 October 2009
TIME: 10am—4pm
LOCATION: Sutton Grange
COST: $50 Adults, $45 slow food members, $15 kids (human)
BOOKINGS: Simone on 0421458891 or convivium.leader@slowfoodcentralvictoria.org.au

Ever wondered how a certified organic dairy goat farm with cheese production really works? This slow food event will be a hands on experience . Be prepared to get down and dirty and see how the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Activities include: farm walk with the goats, building better soil with compost, feeding the goats, tree planting and much, much more. Lunch included bring your own plate, cup, & cutlery. Bookings essential.