Small farms for success - 'ALAN foods' field day : Central Coast NSW

Join us for the upcoming Young Farmers Connect - Greater Sydney field day on the NSW Central Coast. This event is for YFC Members and non-members alike - all welcome!

Free entry for YFC Members : join/renew your membership now

This will be an interactive morning with heaps of opportunities to share and learn with Alison and Michael from ALAN Foods at Jilliby, and the other attendees. 

ALAN Foods, is a small permaculture market garden that produces food that is All Local, All Natural. They grow everything they sell and aim to provide their local community with access to fresh, nutritious food.

After moving to the Central Coast in 2014 the first addition to the farm was a small flock of chickens which quickly grew to now have a flock of 30-40 chickens. When they purchased the property there were two small overgrown veggie plots. Michael and Alison got to weeding and clearing out the area ready to plant summer veggies, being complete novices at it! Call it beginners’ luck, but they did ok and were soon eating fresh produce from their garden.

Michael always had a vision of growing vegetables in the entire back paddock. Fast forward to 2022 and they have 78 permanent beds in production 1m by 10.5m and an additional dedicated plot for melons, pumpkins and the like. The food forest continues to grow with who knows how many fruit and nut trees with support species and developing lower story and ground cover plants. ALAN Foods runs a successful roadside stall weekly.

Thanks to the support of the Young Farmer Business Program, join us as we re-connect and continue to build and strengthen our community of farmers, supporters, and consumers. 

Hope to see you there!

DETAILS :

• Booking for this event is essential
• Lunch will be catered for, please indicate any dietary requirements when registering
• Bring a bottle of water, good shoes, sun protection and an open mind
• Please remember we will be visiting a working farm - consider your own safety at all times 
• This event is family friendly - supervised children are welcome
• NO Dogs please

EVENT OVERVIEW : 

• Please arrive early for prompt start
• 9:30 Acknowledgement of Country
• Introductions
• ALAN Foods farm tour
• 12:00 Lunch and networking

COVID SAFETY :

We look forward to welcoming you to our COVID-safe event. We have implemented the measures identified in our COVID-safe plan to ensure the safety of all attendees.

The farm tour, lunch and networking will be held outdoors. 

All attendees are asked to purchase their tickets online before attending the event.

Please do not attend if you have any symptoms conducive with COVID-19 (e.g. cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue, loss of smell or taste, vomiting, diarrhoea or shortness of breath), or you are a close contact as per NSW Health guidelines. 

Please maintain social distancing of 1.5 metres between people/household groups during the event.

A hand sanitisation station and hand washing facilities will be available, please ensure you wash and/or sanitise their hands on arrival, during the event and before lunch as appropriate. 

We will continue to monitor advice from NSW Health in the lead up to the event, and continue to adjust our plans as required.

Thank you for your assistance.