About Us
Mission:
The Gloucester Project is a regional development solution aimed at
creating self-sustaining regional communities. The Project draws its strength
from being a community-developed economic growth model with a focus on food
production that:
• responds to food security challenges driven by climate change and peak oil;
• demonstrates the conversion of underutilised land into valuable agricultural land;
• provides local jobs;
• offers support for existing local farmers;
• encourages start-ups of entrepreneurial food producers;
• helps stop the drain of young local workers to the cities;
• offers opportunities to tree-changers escaping from those cities;
• provides income-generating opportunities for rural residents of any age;
• allows a connection point between rural food producers and urban dwellers to access nutritious fresh food with low food miles.
Principles:
As individuals and as a group, our guiding philosophy is:
• Show honesty, integrity and motivation;
• Promote the benefits of nutritious, seasonally grown food;
• Protect waterways and aquifers to ensure supplies of clean fresh water;
• Build soil by increasing its organic content and nurturing soil organisms;
• Encourage use of open-pollinated plants, heritage varieties and seed-saving;
• Ensure biodiversity of food, farm life and wildlife;
• Avoid use of artificial pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified organisms;
• Use renewable resources and recycled materials, and minimise non-reusable waste;
• Be open to new ideas, build our knowledge and share it.
The Gloucester Project is a regional development solution aimed at
creating self-sustaining regional communities. The Project draws its strength
from being a community-developed economic growth model with a focus on food
production that:
• responds to food security challenges driven by climate change and peak oil;
• demonstrates the conversion of underutilised land into valuable agricultural land;
• provides local jobs;
• offers support for existing local farmers;
• encourages start-ups of entrepreneurial food producers;
• helps stop the drain of young local workers to the cities;
• offers opportunities to tree-changers escaping from those cities;
• provides income-generating opportunities for rural residents of any age;
• allows a connection point between rural food producers and urban dwellers to access nutritious fresh food with low food miles.
Principles:
As individuals and as a group, our guiding philosophy is:
• Show honesty, integrity and motivation;
• Promote the benefits of nutritious, seasonally grown food;
• Protect waterways and aquifers to ensure supplies of clean fresh water;
• Build soil by increasing its organic content and nurturing soil organisms;
• Encourage use of open-pollinated plants, heritage varieties and seed-saving;
• Ensure biodiversity of food, farm life and wildlife;
• Avoid use of artificial pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified organisms;
• Use renewable resources and recycled materials, and minimise non-reusable waste;
• Be open to new ideas, build our knowledge and share it.
| frrabcgrant_report.pdf |
AWARDS
12th February 2010 On Friday, 12th February, it was announced that The Gloucester Project’s Food Bowl initiative was the NSW State winner of the ABC’s Thrive and Revive Challenge. The Tucker Garden Patch is an important part of the this project. See the following link to find out more about the award. http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2010/s2817961.htm |  Tucker Patch produce on sale
at the Community Stall |
