Howdy all, I hope 2012 has been treating you well so far?
I don't know where the time keeps scooting to so quickly but I thought I'd better do you a blog post before my most recent batch of photos also become (totally) out-dated before I get to writing and perhaps you wonder where we have gotten to??
My farmer-boy Tim, manning our produce stall just before the crowds appeared
Sunday before last Angelica Organic Farm attended this years' annual Lake House Regional Producers' Day. We've done a few of these now and this year was a really good day for us...not the biggest day the event has ever had but us and other stallholders felt a good crowd of genuinely interested folk turned up.
Alla Wolf-Tasker (Lake House Exec. Chef/Owner) & Simone Gordon (DMP Co-ordinator)
The Regional Producers' Day although 'staged' at Daylesford's Lake House, is jointly arranged/hosted by DMP (Daylesford Macedon Produce group). DMP is probably best described as a collaboration between the Daylesford-Macedon regions' (& nearby) producers including farmers of vegetables, fruits, meats, honey, cheeses, vignerons, cider makers, chefs, restaurateurs, publicans & provedores/suppliers.
Piper Street Food Company's Damian & Francine...PSFC is a Kyneton-based DMP member and in the last few years have wowed us all with their exquisite and authentic charcuterie, i.e. French-style rillettes, terrines, pates and sausages. Plus they also make amazing sauces, pies and unusual pickles. Damian Sandercock is an excellent charcutier (...say with a French accent!!)! Noice sunflowers Damo btw...
Some of our Angelica Organic Farm wares on display
The annual Regional Producers' Day (RPD) is a celebration of the districts' great and unique produce and producers and an opportunity for chefs, foodies, food processors and the like from all over to visit us, discover and sample our harvests and various offerings, to perhaps then continue to use our products at home and in their food-related businesses for their enjoyment and that of their customers.
Our RPD also presents an opportunity to educate people about various and often very important food-related issues. This year a major theme was about the benefits and sustainability of locally grown food and the importance of real (naturally grown), quality food, grown with much care and integrity (and how much more delicious this food usually is!)
GM-Free Zone...
Our guests included MADGE (Mothers Are Demystifying Genetic Engineering), an organisation close to mine and Tim's hearts, as they work their 'butts off' to research, educate the public, lobby government and generally raise the profile, understanding and importance of the fight against genetic engineering now being applied &/or planned for use within our food chain. MADGE are an authentic, passionate collective of people striving to care for and preserve our health, the health of our children, that of our food supplies, food growers and the future of the environment on which we all depend.
I wonder what our topic du jour will be for next years' Lake House Regional Producers' Day??
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