The two websites below link through to two incredibly important concepts of modern living.

The first    http://www.condaminealliance.com.au/news/southern-queensland-country-regional-food-network, is a partnership between our Regional Natural Resource Management Board and the Southern Queensland country Regional Food Network.

Now I know that cities have had produce markets for years but we aren’t so lucky in the country. Until a few years ago, most food grown locally or regionally was marketed in the capital city and did a lot of miles before it came back to us. If it did. Two years ago for example, I knew that 100 km up the road was in the middle of the citrus season and yet we were being sold fruit from South Australia. Go figure.

Now our farmers and marketers are getting smart and produce is being kept for the local market. Congratulations, I couldn’t be more pleased.

And to add to this we now have http://www.chinchillafarmersmarket.com.au/.  This is a local shop who markets whatever local produce they can lay their hands on, plus travelling to the city markets twice a week for us.  The best thing is, they sell produce they grow themselves, that the high school grows and anyone else who has some thing to sell locally.  To top it off, there are often little signs in the shop giving either seasonal or nutrition information on the produce. Another well  done!