First workshop locked in for Homegrown on October 12

We are thrilled to be providing three workshops free to our community at the upcoming Homegrown Parkes event on October 12. We are thrilled to welcome Geoff Brown and Svitlana (Lana) Volodkevych from Buckwheat Enterprises Pty Ltd. One of our hidden gems! Managing Director Geoff will provide an overview of buckwheat flour and kernels and their uses, and Lana will be providing a noodle making demonstration to show how this flour can be used to make gluten-free noodles. Buckwheat Enterprises are major suppliers of Australian-grown spelt and are currently developing Emmer and Khorasan as a range of high-quality ancient wheat baking flours, much of which is exported. The facility in Parkes was built in 1992, with segregated sealed silo storage and conveyors to minimise contamination between grains. This is a gluten-free facility and they are the only suppliers of Australian-grown buckwheat kernels. As an added credential, Buckwheat enterprises are committed to sustainable farming practices. Their farmers use no-till farming methods to increase the organic matter in their soil and their grain is tested for chemical residues. We provide as many activities as possible free to the community at Homegrown Parkes because we don't want any barriers to learning. There are pressures on our households and we want people to learn how they can be producing and processing at home to help cut some of these costs and of course, we want to share some cool, niche demonstrations as well. We love being able to bring new workshops to the Homegrown event to provide opportunities for our community to learn about processes and concepts that allow 'non-experts' to make, bake and partake on your own turf. Remember, Homegrown Parkes is not just for established market stall holders, this event has kicked off stalls for some local people and we want to continue supporting locals. EOI close on September 13. The Expression of Interest form is accessible via our social media or Homegrown Parkes page on the Central West Lachlan Landcare website under the 'Get Involved' tab. Thank you to our amazing stallholders who are sending in EOI every day. We are thrilled to have some amazing new local stalls. Keep an eye out for scheduling details for this event next month.