Could community gardens be the answer to our insecure food systems?
Grow more food locally. Food Ladder is helping make that reality a little easier via community hydroponic greenhouse systems, which Lucy says can pump out five times more food than traditional farming methods.
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Food Ladder is directly addressing this problem with our hydroponic greenhouses supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to families in remote Australia.
“Few Australians are immune from the rising cost of living but in remote communities, the price of some staple items means they are fast becoming a luxury.
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An Australian non-profit organization has established learning programs aimed at increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables among children and providing a pathway for students to take up jobs in horticulture.
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| Well, 2021 certainly has been an ‘interesting’ year thus far. Where ever you are in the world, all of us at Food Ladder hope you and your family are keeping well. Despite the COVID outbreaks and border shutdowns around Australia, we at Food Ladder have been resilient thanks to our staff being spread across the nation and a robust rollout strategy underway. While we have had to pivot from time to time to adjust to the changing conditions, we are on track to deliver seven Food Ladder school systems before the end of the year which is a testament to the hard work and resilience of our fabulous team. Today, Nigel McLean, our Program Manager is building the Food Ladder system in the remote WA community of Leonora. Leonora Primary School was the winner of Food Ladder’s National School Competition which amassed applications from over 50 schools in remote communities in Australia, all of whom noted a serious need for fresh, locally grown produce. We would like to thank our judges Paris Neilson, Alexandra Giles and Candice Van Doosselaere for their time and careful consideration of the applications.Profiled in The Australian newspaper, Indigenous Affairs reported, Paige Taylor said: “Children in the West Australian outback town of Leonora are about to make radical change to the way their town gets its food.The desert center 830km northeast of Perth will grow its own produce – part of a quiet national movement to change Australia’s response to the dearth of fresh, healthy and affordable food in remote communities.”You can watch the winning video application from Leonora here. We look forward to keeping you up to date with the progress of this exciting project, and the outcomes from all the wonderful communities receiving Food Ladder systems in our rollout across Australia. Enjoy reading this update on what we have been up to and as always a huge thank you to our supporters, Chris Cuffe, Duncan Saville, Jane and Andrew Clifford, Paris Neilson and our corporate partners Norton Rose Fulbright, Melrose Health and Resimac. We could not achieve this level of impact without you. Warm regards, Kelly, Alex, Tate, Scott, Nigel, India and Lucy. |
By GARY SHIPWAY, NT News
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The segment aired on ABC News Breakfast on Friday 27 September 2019.
Continue reading “ABC News Breakfast cross live to the Tennant Creek Food Ladder”For most Australians buying fresh food is simple, but what about people living in the most remote parts of the country?
In Tennant Creek, the local high school and Food Ladder have built a greenhouse at the Juno Centre, to show kids how easy it is to grow their own vegetables.
They say similar greenhouses could be built in other remote communities.
This story was featured on 15+ ABC Facebook pages, including Landline, Gardening Australia and ABC Indigenous. In the first 3 days it was viewed 150,000 times!
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By Steven Schubert
For most Australians, buying fresh fruit and vegetables is something we take for granted.
But in remote parts of the country, they’re hard to find or unaffordable – and that creates health issues, particularly in Indigenous communities.
Now, a brand new greenhouse near the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek is being heralded as a model for other regions.
