In February, we purchased a bus and began its transformation into our one-stop-bus-shop on wheels. We are now nearing the end of the first of two stages: The first stage was to reconstruct the bus’s body which included raising the roof, removing the passenger windows, replacing the windscreen and installing a second entrance/exit. Raising the [...]
At our recent co-producers meeting, it was exciting to see the level of interest many of our owner-members have in producing and supplying delicious organic foods and treats for Organic Farm Share. Items ranging from breads, cheeses, tempeh, miso, raw chocolate, kombucha, nut milks, ice cream, pastas, sauces and jams were just some of the [...]
On our farm, we have farmers growing our food for us but our owner-members also have the opportunity to participate in the farm through working bees and workshops. Next month we have our first working bee when we will construct our first greenhouse – a geodesic dome. Other activities offered to owner-members over the coming [...]
“We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot”. Leonardo da Vinci Creation stories from many diverse cultures have us originating from the soil. Even the Bible has the first people named Adam (from the Hebrew word adama meaning “earth” or “soil”) and Eve (from hava meaning “living”). Together, they [...]
Our first Offer Document (Prospectus) closed on Thursday 20th October and we now have 225 owner-members (shareholders). In financial terms, this means that we have fully paid off our farm and have working capital to begin the next stage. Our first objective was to fully pay off the land which we consider real security for [...]
The world’s food production and distribution system is in dire need of change. We must leave behind a system that propagates unhealthy farming practices and disconnects us from nature. We must depart from the practices that result in an enormous amount of synthetic chemical pollution and waste from excessive packaging and reduce the significant distances [...]
Organic Farm Share is creating a true community – a group of people united by a common purpose. It’s about people creating something of value and meaning together. The benefits of that creation flow back to the owner-members in tangible ways: high quality foods, rebates, and profits as well as community events and workshops and more. [...]
Organic Farm Share is a polyculture farming system (poly meaning many). This is in contrast to the conventional method of monoculture farming practices (mono meaning single), where crops are grown in rows such as rows of cabbages or rows of apricot trees. Monoculture farming is in complete contrast to how plants grow in nature and [...]
One of the primary reasons for bringing Organic Farm Share into being is Food Security. Over the next 30 to 50 years the world will need to increase its food production by 110%. In other words, in the next one to two generations, we will need to more than double our food output. Under the [...]
This week, we would like to introduce you to owner-members Beth and Lyndon Blok, who are currently planning our livestock management system. Lyndon and Beth had a small organic farm on the NSW mid-north coast where they grew and produced organic and biodynamic fruit, vegetables, and eggs, and ran a small herd of Dexter cattle. [...]
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