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It is Harvest Volunteer Aprons galore at Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this month as we all say a very big thank you to all our volunteers and celebrate National Volunteer Week. It is the signature Harvest apron that identifies Harvest volunteers so please take some time to stop and express your gratitude to them… Read more

Stop take a big breathe of the wonderful fresh Tasmanian autumn air and join the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this Saturday to celebrate the best of Tasmanian food and culture, support our local film festival and meet the people who care for our children and are seeking foster homes for children in need. There… Read more

Climate change is already affecting what we grow, eat, and drink. The contribution of agriculture and the impacts are complicated and anyone could be confused. Surrounding climate change and agriculture are terms like ‘food miles’, ‘soil carbon’, ‘carbon farming’, ‘carbon footprint’, and so on… Added to the mix are debates on which foods, drinks, agricultural… Read more

“Big Brother” will be at the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this week with the Launceston Players, who this year bring to the local stage the dystopian George Orwell novel 1984. In today’s world where algorithms track our wanderings across the world wide web of the internet to deliver targeted advertising/information to our electronic devices,… Read more

The first Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market of Autumn this year was the hottest market of the last seven years. The impact of this on stallholders was financially significant as by 11 am the number of people in attendance was down to a trickle. Produce was left over and food wasted. Volunteer, Meghan Bond was… Read more

Local poultry farmer Matthew Crane of Strelleyfield Free Range Ducks likes to keep his fling happy and on the move allowing them time to forage on diverse Tasmanian pastures for grasses, clovers, molluscs, and insects. At Strelleyfield Farm outside Launceston, Matt has spent the past few years building up his fling of ducklings in a… Read more

If you are in a pickle regarding the best jam, paste, relish, chutney or pickle to go with a favourite dish then a gustatory experience awaits you with Karen Robson from Taste of TamO’Shanter at the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this Saturday.   Karen’s fingers are green (take a look at the market this… Read more

A desire for something new, a bit of Tamar Valley real estate to fall in love with that happened to have a crop of tomatoes, aubergines, cucumbers …. “What an opportunity” is how Tass Massis and Lorraine Summers, the new faces at Tamar Valley Hydroponics, describe their move into primary produce a mere four months… Read more

The days are shortening, the mornings are dark, the leaves are turning gold at the edges, but at the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market the ears of the sweetest corn and the ugliest root vegetables are beckoning at Elphin Grove Farm. Late summer sees the arrival at the market of ears of local corn to… Read more

The perfect tomato from bright red, orange and purple to deep yellow will be there. As will the perfect bulb of purple garlic, smoked garlic or planting garlic. If your taste buds are not in hyperactive mode yet, they will be after a day immersed in all things garlic and tomato and all things related,… Read more