March 28: Regenerative Farming, Rewilding Land and Slow Food Farm projects – Rod Lees, Slow Food Noosa and Kandanga Farm

Rod Lees is passionate about the food that we eat, where it comes from and its relationship to our health and the environment. At our upcoming Friday Forum, Rod will discuss the work of Slow Food Noosa, where he has served as a committee member for ten years. He and his wife, Karyn, instigated the first Slow Food Snail of Approval recognition program in Australia. 

The forum will address:

• Slow Food – origins, goals, Terra Madre, local convivium, Snail of Approval, Slow Food farms, Rewilding and Regenerative Agriculture Grants.
• The introduction of chemical fertilisers, insecticides and herbicides
• Genetically modified seeds
• The death of our soil 
• Health – what is the link with the food that we eat? 
• Local response – what can each individual do?

A real life example – Kandanga Farm with Amber and Tim Scott 

The Scotts are Mary Valley beef producers, marketing their Certified Organic, 100% grass fed K2 Beef through their Kandanga Farm Store and local independent small retailers. Uncompromising in their belief that agricultural production and ecology must simultaneously improve for the benefit of all.  The Scotts’ Kandanga Farm Store focuses entirely on organic and regenerative farming information and supplies – working with farmers across Australia as well as engaging consumers in food production through their regular farm-to-fork events. 

Everyone is welcome at our Friday Forum on March 28 at the Noosa Parks Association Environment Centre, 5 Wallace Drive, Noosaville which starts at 10:30am with morning tea available from 10-10.25am. Entry is $5 by ‘tap & go’ at the door which includes morning tea/coffee.  

Join the bird observers at 8.30am in the carpark for interpretive birding.