Pocket City Farms

Have your kraut-y bellies been well filled over this cabbagey season? We're keen to hone our fermenting skills later this month with Holly Davis's "Fundamentals of Fermentation" Q&A class coming up on August 25th. To get those fermented thoughts bubbling away, here's a short recipe from Holly's wonderful book "Ferment: A guide to the ancient art of culturing foods": . **Potent Probiotic Parsley Dressing** -2 Tbls Eden yellow mustard -1 Tbls white wine, apple cider or sherry v...inegar -2 tsp kraut juice or overly sour kombucha -1 bunch chopped continental parsley or a mix with mint -1 clove garlic -1 teaspoon maple syrup -Extra virgin olive oil, enough to create a thick emulsion . Blend in order and when you get to the olive oil drizzle it in slowly to create a thick but pourable emulsion. . Pop onto our website to book in for Holly's workshop! . 📷 of a delish broad bean salad by Ben Dearnley
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Tonight! Zag & Mad are sleeping on the street. We'll be out in the elements with as many warm things as we can muster while sleeping on nothing but a piece of cardboard. It's going to suck big time, but this is reality for many homeless people who do it EVERY night without a choice. . Please donate on the link in our bio, funds go directly to the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre who does amazing work providing housing and support to those sleeping rough in our community.

Our broad bean tips on the menu at the incredible @paperbarkrestaurant 🌿 📷@paperbarkrestaurant

Just a casual Saturday shout out from us on the farm to the legends at YOUNG HENRY'S brewery. These guys have been supporting us by sponsoring our monthly Farm Chats series with their delicious brews, with all donations for beers going directly to our school education program. Seriously guys, thank you for bringing the gold to these wonderful nights of community building and story sharing. You can find @younghenrys making their delish concoctions at their brewery in Newtown or on tap in scrumptious bars, check them out. . Our next Farm Chat on September 5th is titled 'Native Foods', have a look on our events page for a peek at our panelists.

Last night's Farm Chats! It was a chilly evening but we were quite literally jittery from the ideas, ethics and affirmations around food education that were buzzing from these guys last night. Honestly we could do a whole day hearing and learning together on equipping the next generation around food and systems,working towards an "expansive education in interdependance" (Michelle). . Our panelists spoke about a variety of food and culture shaping programs, about seeing new b...ehaviours develop in their students, recreating ritual and culture around food, making the vegetable the 'hero' of the dish, navigating social media spaces with hope, co-learning with communities around growing food, moving away from addiction to sugar based diets, schools valuing those with expertise through employment of garden and kitchen specialists....and ah, so much! . Thank you to all our speakers for sharing your stories with us. And of course THANKYOU to our audience, you brought questions and all of your own expertise into the room. These sorts of nights remind us that we must regroup to not only share ideas and wins in our practice, but also to remember that we're doing good work towards a more holistic future, and what you do as parents, educators and eaters is so important, and is certainly taken note of by the young ones and teens that we interact with daily! Thank you for modelling the future. . Next month's Farm Chats on Sept 5th is on NATIVE FOODS - check it out on our events page and we'll share more soon. . We are putting together some audio highlights from the last few chats but until then check out the panelist's pages to follow along with their work! @costasworld @seedharvestspoon @elementalpermaculture @mareelowes @ozharvest & Fiona @sakgf @ Pocket City Farms
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Waahooooo! It's Farm Chats tonight! We're keen beans 🌱 to hear from our panellists about their varied experiences and programs that are driving change for the way our kids approach food and agriculture. And we want to hear from you! Farm Chats are all about sharing stories and community led conversation that will funnel energy into renewing the systems we live amoung. . Still some tix left to come and join the conversation around Teaching Kids (and young people) About Food. Your ticket includes a @younghenrys bevvy and snacks while you're here. The link is in our bio, see ya tonight at 6pm 🌟 🍃

Stealthy chook this morning, beneath the (wildly flowering) hardenbergia.

Lyttleton Stores needs your help! If you have ever been inside this amazing store in the Blue Mountains then you know how much time and effort these amazing humans put into building their community. They are becoming a community co-op and need some funds to get started. Donate now! We just did!🌱😎 . . . @lyttletonstores ... . http://www.pozible.com/project/lyttleton- stores-co-operative . Amazing pic by @luisabrimble
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Broad bean tips have been our favourite greens to eat this winter. Fried up with a little garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. And now these bushy beauties are starting to set beans! 😋

Support your local organic seed growers this spring. 🌿

One in four children don’t know where their food comes from - that apples are grown on trees, or that butter comes from cow’s milk. Almost a third think that yoghurt grows on trees. Meanwhile, one in four children are above a healthy weight limit. 🌱 In the face of a weak food system, a dominant processed food culture and poor nutrition, educating kids about food is incredibly timely and important. It starts at home, continues at schools and needs to become more ingrained in o...ur community activities. 🌱 So we’re super pumped for next week’s Farm Chats event on Teaching Kids About Food - parents, teachers, educators… anyone… it’s set to be a great discussion for us all to get amongst. // Wed 1st August 6-8pm. 🌱 Guided by the one and only Costa Georgiadis @costasworld from @gardeningaustralia, the all-star panel includes Maree Lowes aka @dirtgirlworldofficial, Aaron Sorenson of @elemental_permaculture, Amelia Berner of @ozharvest, Michelle Carrick of @seedharvestspoon, Fiona Doherty of Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Gardens @sakgf.
http://www.pocketcityfarms.com.au/…/far m-chats-teaching-kid…
📷 @luisabrimble
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We may farm in the city, but we still attract mischievous cockatoos and galahs. Birds are an important part of a healthy thriving ecosystem and it’s especially evident this time of year. But our poor baby fennel... 😭 @ Pocket City Farms

Still in the thick of winter so it’s hard to believe that it’s well and truly time to get prepping for spring! If you’d like to see your garden pumping with lush edibles this summer, now is the time to gather knowledge and start getting ready. It’s nearly time to plant tomatoes! 😮 . We still have tickets available to this Saturday’s Winter/Spring gardening workshop with @jongardens which will see you leave laden with knowledge on how to get started for the new season ahead. J...ump onto the events section on our website for your spot!
http://www.pocketcityfarms.com.au/events< br> 📷@storiesbynic
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Our second succession of snow peas has taken a lot longer to set fruit than the first. Cooler weather has really slowed things down and yesterday morning we received our first frost...ever! There is an abundance of flowers right now though and some brave winter bees are out doing their thing.

This crew, getting out of bed on a freezing Saturday morning to warm their bones with a good ol’ weeding session 👌🏼

We are doing it again! Zag & Madi are sleeping it rough to raise money for the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre. All the money raised goes towards helping the most vulnerable members of our society. NNC are helping bring about significant social change for people at risk of homeless and shining a spotlight on the increasing need for affordable housing.
Every little bit helps so please support this amazing cause. We have seen first hand how the NNC has positively impacted the lives of the people they have worked with. So please help them to continue their amazing work!
https://www.newtopiansleepout.org/pocketc ityfarms

It’s crop swap and farm tour time again this Saturday! Come along from 9:30-11am to join @cropswapaustralia and swap your homegrown and homemade goodies and then join us at 10:30am for our monthly urban farm tour. There’s a volunteer session from 8-10am too if you’re keen for a bit of garden therapy! Our fave weekend trifecta each month, full of community catch ups and good times. 📷@storiesbynic

This little egg. Spending the week hiding from her adoring fans here on their school holidays. 🙈 📷 Nicole Corbett Photographer

We are grateful to be a friend and veg supplier of Murat, from Ooooby Sydney - he's the real deal.

Great day attending the Native Bee workshop. Lovely venue and facilities.