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SAGE'S TEACHING INITIATIVE
Winter 2020 - no fencing, no buildings, no tools. Stepping Stone Farm was a bare paddock and a huge dream. A dream of turning 2 Hectares of Kikuyu into a rich, fertile, productive, market garden. A garden big enough to support a manager, a mentor and up to 8 interns. A farm that would not only grow food but also grow more food growers.
Winter 2022 - two crazy, wet and COVID plagued years later and the farm was well on its way, because of not despite, the difficulties we have all faced. Growing food is not only hopeful but also powerful. When you are looking at a very uncertain future you have to hang
on to the the small things that make us strong and resilient. Every time we plant a seed and watch it emerge from the soil to grow into something that will nourish our bodies we also nourish our souls. We take back responsibility for feeding ourselves and move one step away from dependence on multinational corporations who want total control over our food chain. Not only that it is fun, healthy and delicious.
Interns & Volunteers - The project was started by SAGE NSW Inc. with some outside funding but the contribution by two amazing inaugural interns, a host of quite extraordinary volunteers and 12 months of EcoCrews put the dream on its feet. Most of these amazing people are still working with us, they love the energy the farm generates and the knowledge that they are helping to build resilience for the community we serve and themselves. There is no better time to join us.
This new opportunity continues the SAGE mission of growing the local fair food community.
Stepping Stone Farm is only 8kms from the centre of Moruya, NSW. It has been set up with all the infrastructure, tooling, vehicles and machinery needed for a viable market, farming business based on organic and regenerative farming practices. The soil has been worked and improved for 4 years.
Want to learn more about the Co- Farming opportunity? - click here
Interested in an Internship? - click here for more information
Volunteering - a more informal way to learn about vegetable growing - click here for more information
Joyce Wilkie managed the farm through its establishment years, mentoring both the interns and volunteers. Now that the farm is going to be sub leased to co-farmers she will be able to concentrate on creating online training material and mentoring aspiring growers.
Trained as scientists she and Michael Plane changed direction 35 years ago and turned ‘Allsun’, a bush block near Gundaroo, NSW, into a small diverse organic farm selling vegetables, fruit, eggs and pork into Canberra. She has done a very similar thing for SAGE at Stepping Stone Farm.
