The SAGE Project in Moruya, New South Wales | Community

The SAGE Project

Locality: Moruya, New South Wales

Address: 110 Queen Street 2537 Moruya, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.sageproject.org.au

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25.01.2022 How can we keep receiving the physical and emotional benefits of gardening in our own homes as we age? When the mind is willing but the body not so much, it takes community.

25.01.2022 Can you help for a few hours? The SAGE Community Garden at St Johns Parish in Page St Moruya needs a bit of maintenance so we’re calling out for volunteers. You’ll be helping top up soil in the wicking beds, weeding, general maintenance and planting summer veg and herbs. Some of the beds have now been leased out to people who lost property in last summer’s bushfires. The working bee is on Monday 14 December from 8am to 9.30am. Only 1&1/2 hours! ... If you can help, please get in touch with Veggies for All Coordinator Kathryn Maxwell by email to [email protected] or phone 0467 558 645. Thanks!

24.01.2022 Sedimentary storybooks reveal how the environment has changed since the removal of cultural burning from the landscape.

24.01.2022 The markets are on at 3pm!

24.01.2022 SAGE members are invited to the AGM on Sunday 23 August at 11am. This year were asking everyone to RSVP so we can manage a COVID safe day, and its also a BYO morning tea day too! Everything you need to know here. https://sageproject.org.au/notice-of-2020-sage-annual-gene/

23.01.2022 Were hiring! SAGE is looking for a Mentor and Farm Manager for the Stepping Stone Farm project. If you or someone you know has experience in the application of regenerative farming methods to small-scale market gardening, check out this job in Moruya NSW for a fixed term 12 month contract at $1,000 a week. https://sageproject.org.au/sage-is-seeking-a-mentor-and-fa/

23.01.2022 Yay for our local growers keeping us healthy!

22.01.2022 Did you know....? As well as the wonderful Tuesday SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya, SAGE also manages an e-market for online ordering and quick pick ups. Weve seen a big increase in people ordering online since the bushfires and COVID, and were happy to be helping more people access fresh local produce safely and conveniently, and support our local growers at the same time. Heres a dozen reasons to use the SAGE e-market. Shop now at https://sagefarmersmarket.org.au/e-mark...et/ The e-Market opens at 12noon every Friday. You can sign up for a reminder email. Orders are ready for pick up on Tuesday after 3.30pm in Moruya. Volunteers deliver to Broulee, Mossy Point and Moruya for a fee.

22.01.2022 Great story. Make a cuppa and enjoy a good read.

22.01.2022 Market on tomorrow! There has never been a better time to support our local growers. Be prepared for a small market, queues, tired faces, free hugs and the wonder of our special community. #strongertogether

21.01.2022 Our SAGE Garden Moruya working bees are on again and we would love your help for a few hours! Come along from 10am to 12pm on Sunday 17 May and volunteer for a great cause while picking up some useful gardening tips. Newcomers welcome and no skills are required. COVID-19 protocols will be followed, please BYO tools if you have them, and we will have hand sanitiser and wipes.

20.01.2022 Yes were on! See you there. #gumboots

20.01.2022 When SAGE caters......delicious!

20.01.2022 Whats the best thing about Autumn? The SAGE Seasonal Spread long table dinner of course! Sunday 22 March at the SAGE Garden Moruya from 4pm. Bookings essential please. More details and buy tickets online here, or at the Tuesday market. Share with your mates, and well see you there! https://sageproject.org.au/event/sage-seasonal-spread-2020/

20.01.2022 Dinner (and dessert) is sorted! Deborah Wray will be coming back to the market tomorrow with a range of delicious TAKE HOME options. Gluten free & dairy free. Seeyou tomorrow at 3pm @ Moruya Riverside Park

19.01.2022 Our market will be on tomorrow BUT we cant stress enough: if youre feeling unwell, PLEASE stay home. Send someone on your behalf to purchase your goodies ...if you attend the market, you MUST practice social distancing. Keep 1.5m away from other people practice good hygiene by using hand sanitiser please buy and go - its not the time to socialise and mingle pay with a card where you can we also have an e-Market where you can buy online and choose to either pick up your order or get it delivered (delivery to Moruya and Broulee only) We all need to play our part to stop the spread of COVID19 and ensure that our market can continue to trade. Stay safe, stay alert and we will seeyou tomorrow at 3pm #farmersmarket #eurobodalla #supportlocal #buylocal

18.01.2022 We have amazing opportunities available for internships at our very own working farm, Stepping Stone Farm. Our farm manager and mentor is Joyce Wilkie, who has 35 years experience as a market gardener and educator and who has mentored many successful farmers and market gardeners throughout the years. Interns will be immersed in the day to day running of a working farm and experience first hand the reality of market gardening, with a mix of in-field work and formal theory s...essions covering topics from Organic Farming Principles to Enterprise Planning and Budgeting. Learning is flexible and tailored to each individual intern. Contact Stepping Stone Farm for more info. We look forward to our part in raising the next generation of food producers here on the magical south coast of NSW. Young Farmers Connect Permaculture Landshare Australia Milkwood

17.01.2022 Please take a few minutes to help the SAGE management committee by completing this short survey, which will help us develop our next 5 year plan. Thanks! And please share the survey link if you can https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5HWFZNP

17.01.2022 It’s Farmers Market Day. Please come!

17.01.2022 Our Autumn seasonal celebration of shared food scheduled for 22 March has been cancelled in consideration of the community response and actions to slow the spread of COVID19/ Corona Virus. This was a difficult decision as we love celebrating seasonal food, but we are encouraged by the thought of many other celebration opportunities we will share with you in the future.

16.01.2022 When supermarket deliveries couldnt get through because of bushfires, communities on the South Coast of NSW were unsure how theyd feed people. And then SAGE stepped in. The Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla program has been running for 10 years and Stuart Whitelaw told Kia Handley all about what they do. https://www.abc.net.au//ne/programs/mornings/sage/11927828

15.01.2022 Our latest newsletter for you to read . News from the farmers market, a job opportunity, internships, the next working bee and more. https://bit.ly/3poCLRi

15.01.2022 POST EDITED 16 March Our Autumn seasonal celebration of shared food scheduled for 22 March has been cancelled in consideration of the community response and act...ions to slow the spread of COVID19/ Corona Virus. This was a difficult decision as we love celebrating seasonal food, but we are encouraged by the thought of many other celebration opportunities we will share with you in the future. Whats the best thing about Autumn? The SAGE Seasonal Spread Dinner course! Sunday 22 March at the SAGE Garden Moruya from 4pm. Bookings essential, see link in bio for more info and to buy tickets online. Tickets at the Tuesday markets too. #localfood #supportlocal #foodsecurity #community

14.01.2022 Free Tai Chi at the gorgeous SAGE Garden in Moruya! Starts next week.

14.01.2022 NYE MARKET IS ON! Yes, our market will go ahead tomorrow afternoon, 3pm start! It might be a smaller market than usual with some of our stallholders choosin...g to stay home to protect their farms. Come down and support our local producers, seeyou all tomorrow! #chooselocal #buylocal #localproducers #localfood

14.01.2022 SAGE Farmers Market Moruya. There is no better time to buy local, and buy fresh!

14.01.2022 Food production will be discussed in this local Q&A.

13.01.2022 Everyone is welcome at our next SAGE Garden Moruya working bee on Sunday 19 July from 10am to 12pm. You can volunteer for a great cause while picking up some useful gardening tips. Newcomers are welcome and no skills are required. COVID-19 protocols will be followed, please BYO tools if you have them, and we will have hand sanitiser and wipes

11.01.2022 Weve launched a crowd funding campaign for the wonderful Stepping Stone Farm project! Its a great story so please click through to find out more. We hope it might inspire you to help the SAGE and Stepping Stone Farm volunteer crew get this project finished! Every contribution makes a difference.

10.01.2022 Costa Georgiadis recommends this.

10.01.2022 Food is medicine. This pilot program by the RPA Hospital is trialling prescribing fresh food boxes as a means to improve the health of its participants. The hope is that by being prescribed healthy food, patients will have lost weight, changed their eating habits, have improved clinical markers and better manage their type 2 diabetes over 12 weeks.

09.01.2022 Everyone is welcome to join our working bee at the SAGE Garden in Queen Street Moruya on Sunday 16 August from 10am to 12noon. Well be working on the blueberry beds, planting some natives and other general jobs. New Volunteers are always welcome and Wendy and Adrian will look after you when you arrive and show you around.

09.01.2022 SAGE exists to develop food security in our community and support a local fair food system. Reading this article strengthens our commitment! https://www.theguardian.com//energised-by-disruption-2020- You couldnt miss the weeks of empty supermarket shelves, stripped of staple items including pasta, rice and flour. But unless you were paying attention you may have missed the short, sharp political storm about whether Australias food security was in danger.

08.01.2022 The SAGE volunteer management committee crew is definitely a ‘hands-on’ kinda group. Check out SAGE President Mark Barraclough working on a water pump at our @stepping.stone.farm_sage yesterday. The night before he was chairing a meeting about our strategic direction and governance issues. (And yes, he fixed the pump! ) #jackofalltrades #fairfoodsystem #steppingstonefarm #savingtheplanet ... #sagefarmersmarket #volunteerwithSAGE @stepping.stone.farm_sage See more

08.01.2022 SAGE’s ‘Veggies For All’ partnership with the IMB Community Foundations keeps on giving!

08.01.2022 Our next SAGE Garden Moruya working bee is on Sunday 21 June and we would love to see you for a few hours! Come along from 10am to 12pm and volunteer for a great cause while picking up some useful gardening tips. Newcomers welcome and no skills are required. COVID-19 protocols will be followed, please BYO tools if you have them, and we will have hand sanitiser and wipes.

07.01.2022 Here’s an old one for your Netflix wish list. Kiss the Ground - about regenerative agriculture. It will make you feel lucky to be part of the south coast SAGE community! #SupportLocalFarmers #savingtheplanet

06.01.2022 Kylies crops are looking fabulous @the_lost_plot_vegetables

06.01.2022 Grab your shovels and grow food!

05.01.2022 Jobs like this dont come along every day! If you or someone you know has experience in the application of regenerative farming methods to small-scale market gardening, check out the details of this awesome Mentor and Farm Manager job with SAGE in Moruya on the South Coast of NSW. Its for a fixed term 12-month contract at $1,000 a week. Applications close 31 March 2020. #makeadifference https://sageproject.org.au/sage-is-seeking-a-mentor-and-fa/

05.01.2022 Nothing to do with food security, but this wonderful local initiative is worth sharing! Well done to everyone involved.

05.01.2022 Applications for the SAGE internships at the new Stepping Stone Farm near Moruya have been extended 2 weeks to close on 13 August. So theres still time! https://sageproject.org.au/agriculture/

05.01.2022 Food share and working bee on Sunday

05.01.2022 Farmers markets given the all clear to keep being wonderful! https://www.abc.net.au//coronavirus-farmers-marke/12072678

04.01.2022 Our farmers market is on!

04.01.2022 YES, the Farmers Market is on today! Tell your family, your friends and your neighbours! Come down and see us at Riverside Park. The market starts at 3pm, when ...the bell rings #farmersmarket #supportlocalbusiness #supportyourlocalfarmers #localproducers #Moruya #riversideparkmoruya

03.01.2022 Market Garden Internship Program opens at Stepping Stone Farm. Applications due date is extended to 13 August 2020. Aspiring market gardeners are invited to apply for internships at Stepping Stone Farm, a unique training facility on a working farm 8kms west of Moruya NSW. Starting in September 2020, the one year hands-on and immersive training program will be led by Joyce Wilkie, a farmer and educator with more than 35 years experience. Interns can expect to learn all aspec...ts of running a successful commercial market garden including planning, preparation, production, sales, distribution and using adaptive farming practices. The 2020 inaugural internships are offered free with no fees, full time (35 hours a week) with some flexibility to allow students to work part time in paid employment if necessary. Wages or other payments are not offered to interns in the program. Interns are expected to support themselves financially for the 12-month program and organise their own accommodation near Moruya and reliable transport to and from the training farm. Stepping Stone Farm Inc is an initiative of Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla Inc (SAGE), a not-for-profit, community based organisation whose mission is to create and support a NSW South Coast sustainable fair food economy and food sovereignty for local communities. SAGE manages the award-winning SAGE Farmers Market and e-Market in Moruya, supports charities with food and runs a popular program of education and events. The aim of the Stepping Stone Farm intern project is to create jobs, secure the food supply and serve the community. Applicants should ideally have 12 months farming, gardening, or relevant experience and be aiming to establish or work in a commercial market garden business at the end of the program. You must be able to work in Australia, speak English, and have literacy skills necessary to study, communicate and operate a business. You should also be physically fit and able to do manual farm work. Applications must include a resume with your personal details, references and a covering letter addressing why you believe you would be a suitable applicant. Also include relevant work or life experience, any relevant future plans and how you would support yourself during the 12-month program. You may be asked to agree to a police check prior to engagement. Please email applications by the closing date of 31 July 2020, and any enquiries to [email protected] See more

03.01.2022 SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya is looking for a part-time Market Coordinator, around 12 hours a week. This includes every Tuesday afternoon at the market, Friday and Wednesday mornings to administer the e-Market, and other times at your convenience for general administration such as emails, calls, messages, banking, managing spreadsheets, and promotion. The Market Coordinator is the central contact for the market. You will need good customer service, organisational and admini...stration skills and be comfortable working online with emails, spreadsheets, and websites. Social media experience would be an advantage. Some days you may need to be able to juggle a few things at once and deal with unexpected emergencies! The job is offered on a contract arrangement and you will need an ABN, mobile phone, computer, driver’s license and your own vehicle to carry banners and the marquee. You will need to be able to erect a small marquee, put up banners and carry some boxes. You will invoice SAGE with an agreed hourly rate, and there is a weekly incentive for the number of stalls at each market. The position is available for an immediate start. To apply, please email [email protected] with your resume and a covering letter that describes your skills, knowledge, experience, and personal qualities and how they relate to this job, and your available start date. It is not essential to have any knowledge of farming or markets, but you must be able to support the vision of SAGE NSW INC which is to grow a sustainable local fair food system. Applications close on 25 November 2020.

03.01.2022 Please take a few minutes to help by completing this short survey. Thanks!

03.01.2022 Another fabulous story from Costa

02.01.2022 Proudly catering this event at Mogendoura Farm Moruya with Moruya Books to launch a fabulous book by Inge Simpson The Book of Australian Trees Thank you for a wonderful day to all who came along in support

02.01.2022 Sadly we are cancelling our Summer Solstice celebration on Saturday night due to the total fire ban, as we cant light our big pizza oven. We will plan another party soon. Thanks for understanding and please let your friends know if they were thinking about coming.