EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS, TRAINING & RESOURCES
Mary Valley Country Harvest hosts a number of workshops, farm visits and field days throughout the year to help growers, producers and consumers have a greater understanding of fresh local produce, how it is grown and produced.
COMING UP SOON!
2019 “Summer School” – 18th February at Kandanga.
See “Latest News” for more information.
2017 Summer School (yes, in May) – Bookings now open!
SUMMER SCHOOL - ready to roll! 29th - 30th May 2017 This fantastic annual event brings together growers, experienced and new, and presenters in a feast of discussions on current best practice in local small-scale [...]
2016 Summer School Video
Here's the link to the YouTube summary of the 2016 Summer School. Share it round! https://youtu.be/EM7fxYVQilI https://youtu.be/EM7fxYVQilI
ABC interviews from 2016 Summer School
https://soundcloud.com/abc-sunshine-coast/sets/mary-valley-country-harvest
ABC Landline – 19/04/2015 visits the Mary Valley and drops in on the co-op
A few weeks ago, Pip Courtney and the ABC Landline TV crew turned up at Dagun Station while we were packing produce to send to the Sunshine coast. Their visit was part of a larger story [...]
Documentary to explore Mary Valley’s rural future – Dagun 28th March
Beef cattle on the property of Mary Valley grazier Glenda Pickersgill. Agriculture’s role as the lifeblood of the Mary Valley will be put under the microscope when a new University of the Sunshine [...]
The newest farming generation – Brittany Skyring
Brittany getting ready to plant summer sweet corn Here is another good article produced by the ABC's Marty McArthy when he visited the Skyring farm and spoke to Brittany and her dad Rod [...]
ABC zooms in our co-op.
Brittany Skyring did a great job talking to ABC rural about her small crops operation Marty McArthy, the same ABC reporter that talked garlic with Luke Stacey last week also dropped into Dagun Station [...]
MasHumas/RegenAg short film – Pacho Gangotena talks dirty.
Tonight, a few coop members attended the showing of 4 short films produced by MasHumas and RegenAg documenting some aspects of their 2013 study tour of Australian farmers to Central America. Seeing as the Spanish versions [...]
“A ripping yarn” – a short video about deep ripping techniques.
During the recent heavy rain that ended the record-breaking hot and dry 2013/2014 summer, Steve Burgess filmed the effect of a few different deep ripping techniques on increasing water infiltration and reducing soil loss. The lessons learnt [...]
Audio podcast #2 Peter Young – Tree Crops Part 2
This is the second part of Peter Young's excellent presentation on horticultural tree crops for small growers in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland/Mary Valley area. This talk was part of the 2014 Summer School held [...]
Audio podcast # 0 Farm Forestry with Ernie and Permaculture with Tom
This audio recording starts with Ernie Rider talking about forestry on farms , the fourth presentation from the Riversdale Rd Field Day held in October 2013. Tom Kendall gave a short presentation during lunch about [...]
Audio podcast number “-1” Interpreting a Grazing Landscape – Graeme Elphinstone
Here is a recording of Graeme Elphinstone's paddock talk about interpreting a grazing landscape , the third presentation from the Riversdale Rd Field Day held in October 2013. This is the third of four presentations [...]