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Winter kitchen and garden activities
18-06-2013Winter activities in the garden and kitchen - from creating warming root vegetable soups and baking up a storm to planting on the solstice and preparing garden beds for spring - there's plenty to be done!
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Medibank, making a difference to the Kitchen Garden community
14-06-2013Fourteen enthusiastic staff from SAKGF’s Principal Partner, Medibank, recently participated in a working bee at St Albans Meadows Primary School to kick-start the school’s Kitchen Garden Program.
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KitchenAid gift thrills schools
12-06-2013The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is delighted to have KitchenAid as a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program Partner. To celebrate the second year of this exciting partnership, KitchenAid is generously donating one new Artisan Deluxe Hand Blender to schools who joined the Program prior to 2013.
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Tasmania’s Southern Support School gets a new chookshed!
11-06-2013Hear all about Southern Support School’s brand-new chookshed, care of their local Rotary group, from the school’s Program Coordinator and Garden Specialist Pauline Snell ...
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Community helps Trunkey PS launch Kitchen Garden Program
07-06-2013A perfect sunny day set the scene for the launch of the Kitchen Garden Program at Trunkey Public School in the Bathurst region of New South Wales. The School hosted a morning of celebrations, including tours of the beautiful garden and kitchen spaces and a seasonal morning tea prepared by the students.
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IMC Foundation and Old Guildford PS team up
29-05-2013The SAKGF continues to witness wonderful partnerships between Program schools and generous corporate and community groups. The IMC Foundation is a privately funded organisation that aims to level the educational playing field so that all children have the best opportunity to reach their full potential. A member of the IMC Foundation committee, Greg Nairn, has led the IMC Foundation’s relationship with Old Guildford Public School to support them in the development of their Kitchen Garden Program. Greg recently attended the official launch of Old Guildford’s Kitchen Garden Program and shares his experience of being a part of the school’s very special Kitchen Garden journey below:
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Celebrating Food Revolution Day 2013
17-05-2013The entire Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation team gathered for a shared lunch of delicious seasonal foods to celebrate Food Revolution Day – a global day of action for people to make a stand for good food, essential cooking skills and awareness of the importance of food education world-wide initiated by Jamie Oliver. With our interstate team members in town for training this week it was a great opportunity to spend time together over a delicious meal and show off our cooking prowess!
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International composting awareness week
06-05-2013Did you know Monday 6 – Saturday 11 May 2013 marks International Composting Awareness Week Australia? International Composting Awareness Week Australia (ICAW), is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness about the importance of this valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. We can compost to help scrap carbon pollution by avoiding landfilling organic materials and helping to build healthier soils.
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Late summer and early autumn at the Learning Centre
30-04-2013It’s been a busy start to the year at the Learning Centre with our public cooking and gardening workshops covering a wide array of cuisines and skills.
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The Barooga PS garden in summer
13-03-2013An excerpt from the latest Barooga Primary School newsletter: ‘Last week was very hot working in the garden in the afternoons. After quickly completing some necessary tasks, the classes retreated to the cool of the classroom to write descriptions of what is growing in our garden this summer. I was very impressed by the older students' recall of the different types of fruits and vegetables we are growing. Below are some examples of the students' work. I hope to repeat this exercise each season this year, so we can compare what is grown in each season and track our garden changes.’ Nikki Bird Program Coordinator – Barooga PS Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program
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