Caroola Permaculture - Learning through nature

A new place of permaculture in Bungendore NSW. Regeneration, education, growth.

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Farming Democracy in Australia - show your support

Farming Democracy in Australia – show your support

We have just 6 days left to raise $9000 to publish Farming Democracy, a book that shines a bright light on the possibilities of small-scale agroecological farms. Caroola Farm is just one of the farms featured…   Get on it! Share share share! Pledge pledge pledge! It’s a great book, full of brilliant farmers across Australia!   Viva la revolución!   Support our Pozible Project Now

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Community Owned Farming Opportunity near Canberra

Community Owned Farming Opportunity near Canberra

Community Owned Farming Opportunity near Canberra

Samantha Hawker & Scotty Foster from Co Canberra* write:

Caroola Farm is up for sale, Gleanna Meala is up for sale, several other farms are likely to change hands soon.

How can we keep our local organic farms producing when the farmers need to move on and potential young farmers cannot afford to buy in?

Maybe by buying them and operating them…

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Follow us on LoadsOfR's plus GoFundMe Campaign

Follow us on LoadsOfR’s plus GoFundMe Campaign

We’re heading on the road, so don’t forget to follow our journey on Facebook at the LoadsOfR’s Page…

LoadsOfR’s is about helping rural and remote people in need. Whether that is farmers looking to take a break, or need short term help, or businesses struggling with finding staff in remote and rural locations.

Penny Kothe and Paul McKinnon are setting out in Amber to travel and help others in…

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Items for Sale

We still have a range of items available for sale individually – see below and/or on our facebook page… Some of these are available right away, others available later…. but they include:

New Holland T75 Tractor with attachments

Landrover FFR 110

Fridge/Freezers

Water Tender/Spray Rig

Filing cabinets

Mincer

Microwave

Mulcher

Crush

Beds and side tables

Washing machine

Dining Table

Mirrors

Outdoor…

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Garage Clearing Sale Items - Massive

Garage Clearing Sale Items – Massive

Friday 7 and Saturday 8 September

9074 Kings Highway, Mulloon

8am to 5pm both days

Garage Sale Items – we are still working through sorting stuff out, but there are 4 sheds worth plus outside…

Farm Machinery

Bird netting

Fencing wire

Diesel tanks

Vet Crush – Eco Boss

Tools

Rotary Hoe

Mulcher

Chainsaws

Chicken House

Mig Welder

Plasma Cutter

Drop Saw

Chainsaw sharpener

Laser level

Air tools – nail…

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Caroola Farm Massive Garage Clearing Sale

Caroola Farm Massive Garage Clearing Sale

Join us at Caroola Farm on:

Friday 7 September 8am to 5pm

Saturday 8 September 8am to 5pm

We are offloading lots of farm and household goodies, gardening equipment and more.

9074 Kings Highway, Mulloon

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Caroola Farm Meat Sale

Caroola Farm Meat Sale

Caroola Farm has limited stocks available of Beef, Chicken and Pork.

We are no longer attending markets and will not be processing any more meat.

Order online in advance for Pickup Saturday 1 September at the Southern Harvest Farmers Markets in Bungendore, Butmaroo St. 9am to 12noon.

Order online now

For those interested in purchasing certified organic live animals please drop us a line we have…

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We are back this weekend!

We are back this weekend!

After an extended winter break in Birdsville, Mungerannie, across the Simpson Desert, Lake Eyre and The Flinders Ranges, we are back this weekend!

We’ll have fresh chicken, organic grass-fed beef, limited salad greens, brocollini and stir fry mix and loads of Kombucha. We have stocks on the boil but limited available this week.

See you in Bungendore 9am to 12noon Saturday or Southside 8am to…

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Fresh Organic Beef this weekend plus more...

Fresh Organic Beef this weekend plus more…

Well, we are over the shortest day of the year and we’ll only have more daylight – yay say the plants!

We’ve been incredibly busy prepping beds and planting out the last of the garlic and winter crops in preparation for our winter holiday – our last market will be Sunday 1 July at Southside and we’ll be back on Saturday  21 July in Bungendore – so, if you need Kombucha, Stocks, Beef and Chicken…

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Flavour Sensations from Caroola Farm

Flavour Sensations from Caroola Farm

With the garden in slow growth time over winter we’ve had time to pull together some new flavour sensations…

This week in the Kombucha stakes we’ll have:

Pomegranate

Persimmon

Tamarillo – who knows, give it a go

Quince

Ginger and Tumeric

Blueberry

Raspberry

Persimmon

Plus we have loads of organic vegetable, chicken and beef stocks for all those great winter warmer dishes.

This week we’ll have…

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Beautiful Organic Pork, Pastured Chicken, Stocks and Preserves plus fresh greens

Beautiful Organic Pork, Pastured Chicken, Stocks and Preserves plus fresh greens

Continued light drizzle… yay!

This week we’ll have Fresh, Organic pastured pork, plus Hillside Pastured chicken a small selection from the garden, but loads of preserves!

See you this week at:

Queanbeyan Farmers Market Thursday 3-6pm – Crawford Street

Bungendore Farmers Market Saturday 9am-12noon – Butmaroo Street

Southside Farmers Market Sunday 8am-11.30am – Canberra College

We have a full range…

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Volunteer Residency Positions Open for Spring 2018 and Autumn 2019

Volunteer Residency Positions Open for Spring 2018 and Autumn 2019

Caroola Farm Volunteer Residency Program Overview

Caroola Farm’s seasonal, full time, 3 month volunteer residencies are NOW available for Spring 2018 and Autumn 2019.

These will be available via an application process with applications accepted for:

Spring 2018 up to 30 July with a decision made by 15 August. The program will run from Sept to December with actual start and finish dates to be…

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Fresh Pork, Chicken and Change of Season Preserves

Fresh Pork, Chicken and Change of Season Preserves

Officially the change of season, which can make things scarce in the garden, especially since we’ve only had about a month on Autumn. Finally, 3mm of rain – which does not go far, but better than nil.

This week we’ll have Fresh, Organic pastured pork, plus Hillside Pastured chicken a small selection from the garden, but loads of preserves!

See you this week at:

Queanbeyan Farmers Market Thursday…

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Sustainable Small Farms - in all senses of the word

Sustainable Small Farms – in all senses of the word

Do you have a small farm? Do you want one? Do you want to work out how to make it work for you, your family, your finances and the environment?

Our series of small farm workshops start this weekend with Farm Operations on Sunday 3 June, followed by Marketing on 10 June and Finances on 17 June – what you’ll get out of this course is what is required to run a small farm, sell your produce (or other…

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Organic Growing - from Paddock to Plate - 2 day workshops

Organic Growing – from Paddock to Plate – 2 day workshops

Organic Growing

5th August – Vegetables

and

19th August – Animals

Want to grow organic produce from your paddock to the plate?

Animals?

Vegetables?

Or both?

These workshops will show you how, from start to finish using organic production methods. From planning and preparing your space, growing from scratch, to harvesting the final produce and all the bits in between.

This workshop series is…

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Fresh Lamb, Passata, Stocks and Broths plus Pumpkin Soup this week

Fresh Lamb, Passata, Stocks and Broths plus Pumpkin Soup this week

The frosts have finally hit and it is officially the end of the summer fruits (they held on a long time though).

See you this weekend at:

Bungendore Farmers Market Saturday 9am-12noon – where we’ll be serving fresh pumpkin soup

Southside Farmers Market Sunday 8am-11.30am

We have a full range of FRESH, organic, grass fed lamb available including:

Sausages

Mince

Cutlets

Roasts

Chops and more…

In…

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Want to grow your own small farm business?`

Want to grow your own small farm business?`

Are you looking to invest in your own small farm but want to make sure you can make a living? Or already have a farm and need some guidance?

This series of one-day Growing Small Farm Businesses workshops will set you on the path to a farm that can be both financially and ecologically sustainable.

You will leave each workshop with a basic knowledge of operations, marketing and finances for small…

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