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Join the Blue Mountains Fruit and Nut Tree Network for a thriving community focused on sharing food, skills, and resources. We engage in activities that promote food security, collective sufficiency, and the preservation of slow food heritage varieties. Participants can exchange surplus harvests, attend workshops on tree pruning and permaculture, and explore local developments through our blog. Stay connected with us for upcoming events and learn about sustainable practices to grow and share. Together, we cultivate a sustainable food future for our community!
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Blue MountainsFruit and Nut Tree Network Sharing and collective sufficiency Anitra Nelson & Kat Szuminska 12 September 2012
Why? • Information sharing • Skills sharing • Surplus sharing • Producing for direct use • Food security • Collective sufficiency: public and ‘private’ land
bmfruitandnuttreenetwork.blogspot.com • Posts — information, reports on activities and local developments, comments, discussion • Activities coming up • Register — lists of fruit and nuts harvested in the mountains and those known to be growing by village. Slow Food heritage varieties — • slowfoodaustraliabluemountains.com.au
August 2010: Citrus Show and Tell • Kihilla, Lawson • Growing • Preserving • Household use • Sharing fruit (buckets) • Cooking • Lemonade and sorbet
Blackberry liberation brigades • Blackberry picking • Blackberry clearing • Fruit tree pruning • Permaculture site design workshop • Client visions and site potential • Integrated design, diverse strategies • Sharing land and produce — Mount Tomah
Medlars • Demonstrations on making medlar jelly, medlar paste and medlartart • Talk on making medlarcheese • Handout withmedlar recipes • Tea, a slice of tart and samples of cooking ($6) • Bullaburra • Cittaslow: www.cittaslow.org.au
Collective sufficiency TAFE Course Faulconbridge Crop and Swap Community gardens Sharing planet/Caring for people
Future activities • E-bulletin: free to add name to list: Kat — katska@gmail.com and 0424 563 654 • E-survey and mapping: https://fruittrees.crowdmap.com/