Byron Shire Echo issue 38.40 – March 13, 2024
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Good Life articles
Pam’s chemical-free farming passion
Third-generation farmer Pam Morrow has been growing her own organic food for over 20 years. Her passion for farming without the use of chemicals saw Pam as an early adopter of organic certification decades ago. Having grown up on the...
Stone and Wood’s new NRB beer
Stone and Wood have launched a new beer: Northern Rivers Beer (NRB). At a warm, and pretty laidback, night at the Billinudgel Hotel earlier in the month, members of the local community were told it’s Stone and Wood’s most...
The Drongo: even more of them around these days
The team at Spangled Drongo Brewing officially fired up their brewhouse in June last year, but you may have heard their name prior to this. After initially planning to build a brewpub and taproom (with a built-in skate ramp) in...
Organic seedlings at the market
Victoria Cosford From the age of 17, owner of Seedlings Organic, Luke Sansom, has worked in horticulture. Down on the Mornington Peninsula he was a mere 19 years old when he set up a business propagating and planting indigenous aquatic...
Memorable honey
Victoria Cosford Creamed honey – ah the memories! As a child, smearing it on to toast, I always felt there was something both homely and glamorous about it – and then I forgot all about it. Until I saw jars...
Destination Dunoon
Need a break from the everyday? Feel like a relaxing country drive with a delicious meal and cool beverage to greet you at the end? Then look no further than taking a drive to the Dunoon Sports Club, nestled...
Seedlings: start another Big Scrub
Victoria Cosford There’s something about trees that makes people happy, that evokes a positive response. I’m standing at the newish ReForest Now stall at the markets observing this very thing, the woman who says, ‘I get excited about seedlings’; the...
National inquiry highlights the importance of shopping locally
The final report of the Inquiry into Price Gouging and Unfair Pricing Practices released last month revealed big business has worsened the cost-of-living crisis by deliberately driving up prices to increase their profit margins. With concentrated market power (65%...
Enjoy the finest Taiwanese tea and cuisine at Radiance Oolongtea House...
Tea is integral to Taiwanese culture. The art of tea is a lifelong journey, with the tea ceremony being a meditative, calming practice that strengthens friendships, respects traditional values and fosters cultural etiquette. The ritual of preparing and drinking tea...
Bypass the supermarket duopoly
With more and more people feeling the pressures of Australia’s cost-of-living crisis and the government launching investigations into supermarket prices, there has never been a better time to shop at your local farmers’ market. Fair food prices have been the...