This dish was prepared by my friend Jim McDougall for the Mildura Brewery Beer dinner.
It was a treat with the Desert Lager. Interestingly, wild peas grow all over Mildura.
Jim also used wood sorrel to garnish a barley and goat cheese risotto to go with my Pilsner.
Wild sorrel is also widely available around our district. It has a sharp edge that cuts through the goat cheese and complements the hops in the Pilsner.
Cheers. Stefano
Please contact La Trobe Mildura Campus on 03 5051 4000 or email mildura@latrobe.edu.au to reserve your place.
My restaurant is proud to support Australian farmers. Margot Maitland and her family are wheat farmers in Clare. These are the farmers I much admire: they grow durum wheat and have decided to produce their own brand of hard wheat pasta, called Pangkarra. It is dark and chewy, it holds in the cooking process without turning to an unpleasant texture. Farmers who value add accomplish three things: they engage in import substitution, hence doing a patriotic thing, they enrich the area they live in by creating variety and a strong sense of place and contribute to general well being and local pride.
Give them a go. And, of course, whilst European manufacturers have EECU subsidies, we have nothing. So in Australia goods are more expensive. You make the choice – if you can, go local.
Click here for more details about Pangkarra foods.
We wanted to pass on this message from Mark, a GetUp member and local farmer on the Murray Darling. GetUp has not shared your personal information with anyone.
Dear Members of GetUp,
My name is Mark Etheridge and along with my partner Mog and our daughters Clancy and Lily, we run a 50,000 hectare certified organic farm near Wilcannia in the Murray Darling Basin.
Over time, we have seen a steady decline in the quality of the water. In the past 15 years we have experienced 13 algal blooms, high salinity and many cease to flow events. These events are getting more and more frequent threatening our farm, and the farms of many others.
My family are speaking up. Doing nothing is not an option. If the Murray Darling Basin Authority do not base the plan for the Basin on science and return the rivers to health we could be ruined. Please, join with us and sign this petition to Water Minister Tony Burke to restore independent scientific review to the Basin plan.
Please add your voice to GetUp's campaign:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/murray-darling/petition-tony-burke/save-our-farm
We graze our country at sustainable levels. In times of drought we produce less, after it floods the land can sustain more grazing. To me being sustainable means that we leave the country, the land, to our children and theirs in better condition than when we started our venture.
The economic benefit of sustainable farming spreads though out the community, supporting processing facilities, transport companies, retail outlets, local employees and countless others.
But all of that could become of thing of the past. The large scale irrigation industries up stream of us are having a massive impact on our river system and therefore our livelihood. The environmental cost of over allocation is huge and we have the science to show this. And there are other costs - to families and famers like us.
If the plan to manage the Murray Darling is released without proper scientific review we won't know if what is done will be enough to restore the rivers to health. What if the plan gets it wrong? In only a matter of weeks the Murray Darling Basin will release the plan, farmers like me need your support in petitioning the Water Minister Tony Burke to make sure he acts now before the plan is released to insist that it is scientifically based and independently scientifically reviewed. Please add your voice to GetUp's campaign:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/murray-darling/petition-tony-burke/save-our-farm
The health and well being of floodplain graziers as well as that of the riverine environment, towns and communities are being compromised by inappropriate diversion and over extraction of water from our inland rivers. With your help I’m sure we can set a lasting precedent for how we can look after the land, the rivers, wildlife and rural Australian communities.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Etheridge and family,
Kalyanka Station
Murray Darling Basin
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PS - In just a few weeks time the Murray Darling Basing Authority will release the draft plan on how the Basin will be managed into the future.
Last night in Senate Estimates hearings it was confirmed that in response to backlash from heavy irrigators, the Basin Authority are about to massively reduce the amount of water that would be released back into the Basin. The Authority say this is based on 'new science' but have refused to allow independent scientific review. As a result, key scientists have left the Basin Authority in protest. Let's add our voices to those scientists, and local graziers like Mark, in calling for independent review of this important plan:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/murray-darling/petition-tony-burke/save-our-farm
GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations. If you'd like to contribute to help fund GetUp's work, please donate now! If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. To unsubscribe from GetUp, please click here. Authorised by Simon Sheikh, Level 5, 116 Kippax St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
We wanted to pass on this message from Mark, a GetUp member and local farmer on the Murray Darling. GetUp has not shared your personal information with anyone.
Dear Members of GetUp,
My name is Mark Etheridge and along with my partner Mog and our daughters Clancy and Lily, we run a 50,000 hectare certified organic farm near Wilcannia in the Murray Darling Basin.
Over time, we have seen a steady decline in the quality of the water. In the past 15 years we have experienced 13 algal blooms, high salinity and many cease to flow events. These events are getting more and more frequent threatening our farm, and the farms of many others.
My family are speaking up. Doing nothing is not an option. If the Murray Darling Basin Authority do not base the plan for the Basin on science and return the rivers to health we could be ruined. Please, join with us and sign this petition to Water Minister Tony Burke to restore independent scientific review to the Basin plan.
Please add your voice to GetUp's campaign:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/murray-darling/petition-tony-burke/save-our-farm
We graze our country at sustainable levels. In times of drought we produce less, after it floods the land can sustain more grazing. To me being sustainable means that we leave the country, the land, to our children and theirs in better condition than when we started our venture.
The economic benefit of sustainable farming spreads though out the community, supporting processing facilities, transport companies, retail outlets, local employees and countless others.
But all of that could become of thing of the past. The large scale irrigation industries up stream of us are having a massive impact on our river system and therefore our livelihood. The environmental cost of over allocation is huge and we have the science to show this. And there are other costs - to families and famers like us.
If the plan to manage the Murray Darling is released without proper scientific review we won't know if what is done will be enough to restore the rivers to health. What if the plan gets it wrong? In only a matter of weeks the Murray Darling Basin will release the plan, farmers like me need your support in petitioning the Water Minister Tony Burke to make sure he acts now before the plan is released to insist that it is scientifically based and independently scientifically reviewed. Please add your voice to GetUp's campaign:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/murray-darling/petition-tony-burke/save-our-farm
The health and well being of floodplain graziers as well as that of the riverine environment, towns and communities are being compromised by inappropriate diversion and over extraction of water from our inland rivers. With your help I’m sure we can set a lasting precedent for how we can look after the land, the rivers, wildlife and rural Australian communities.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Etheridge and family,
Kalyanka Station
Murray Darling Basin
---
PS - In just a few weeks time the Murray Darling Basing Authority will release the draft plan on how the Basin will be managed into the future.
Last night in Senate Estimates hearings it was confirmed that in response to backlash from heavy irrigators, the Basin Authority are about to massively reduce the amount of water that would be released back into the Basin. The Authority say this is based on 'new science' but have refused to allow independent scientific review. As a result, key scientists have left the Basin Authority in protest. Let's add our voices to those scientists, and local graziers like Mark, in calling for independent review of this important plan:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/murray-darling/petition-tony-burke/save-our-farm
GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations. If you'd like to contribute to help fund GetUp's work, please donate now! If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. To unsubscribe from GetUp, please click here. Authorised by Simon Sheikh, Level 5, 116 Kippax St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
This is a copy of a speech recently given at Latrobe University in Mildura. Jan makes the point that culture is created in the space you live in, and that can well be your own place. To put it bluntly, the grass always looks greener on the other side, but if you persuade yourself and others in the community to stay put and be bold, there are endless possibilities. Life need not be “boring” in small regional towns. When these show courage and initiative they can well punch above their weight as Mildura did with the Sculpture Triennial. You only need a bunch of individuals who are like minded and you can shift mountains!
From: Environment Victoria [mailto:admin@environmentvictoria.org.au]
Sent: Friday, 27 May 2011 11:52 AM
To: Mr Stefano De Pieri
Subject: The fox is in the henhouse
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| Dear Stefano It’s a scandal if ever I’ve seen one... and every day the plot thickens. Our environment and our freedom of speech are under attack. You need to know about it and I need your help.
Recently we told you about the coal industry’s dangerous expansion plans for Victoria, supported by the new state government ‘come hell or high water’.1 Last Friday, the EPA approved one of these plans, the first stage of a new HRL coal fired power station for Victoria – the first in 20 years. This is an outrageous decision by any standard for this day and age. Over 4000 objections to this new polluting coal plant were sent to the EPA, the most they had ever received, yet they were not properly heard. The EPA has completely failed in its duty to protect Victoria’s environment and has blatantly disregarded the community’s voice. The new state government is an accomplice to this scandal, promising $50 million of tax-payers money to back this new polluter. That’s our money!!! But it’s no surprise given the state government is jumping into bed with the big polluters. Can you believe that Premier Baillieu’s new climate advisor is fresh off the International Power payroll (that’s the owner of Australia’s dirtiest power station Hazelwood)?2 Talk about the fox being put in charge of the henhouse. Can you donate $100, $500 or $1000 today to help us put a stop to HRL and the dirty, brown coal industry’s expansion plans? Donate here > And earlier this week the Herald Sun reported that the Baillieu Government is furious with us because we support a price on pollution.3 We thought our strategy to get a strong price on Pollution and kick Victoria’s coal habit was pretty hot. Obviously they did too. But unlike us, they can’t handle the heat. OUR CAMPAIGN IS WORKING – and they don’t like it. Please help TURN UP THE HEAT for a price on Pollution. Make your donation here > This is our best chance to make projects like HRL economically unviable, and kill off the state government’s love affair with coal. YOUR ACTION TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGN TODAY IS CRITICAL because Victoria holds the key to a strong price on pollution. The four big decision makers who are negotiating the design of the carbon price are right here in Victoria, including the Prime Minister. So come on, join with me today to get a strong price on Pollution. Together we can stop HRL from going ahead. We can replace Hazelwood. And we can help Victoria kick it’s dirty addiction to coal. Thank you for your support and please spread the word by sending this to your friends. Yours sincerely, Kelly O’Shanassy
1 Gordon & Miller, The Age, “Come Hell or Highwater” Age Article, March 4 2011, 2 Fyfe, M., “Hazelwood man to steer power policy”, The Age, 15 May 2011. 3 McMahon, S., “Coalition baulks at emissions price push”, Herald Sun, 24 May 2011. |
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