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Ooooby (Out of our own back yards) connects communities through local food.

Visit http://www.mountedenvillagepeople.co.nz/2012/03/keeping-of-bees-consent/ to find out…

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Target needs four enthusiastic souls to test four different line trimmers (weedeaters/strimmers... there are about 4000 different names for the things) at an amazing location we have found…

Conference to radically rethink New Zealand’s way of life

Permaculturists have created forests in the desert, provided free emergency water and hygiene facilities in international emergencies and are revolutionising farming in small pockets of land all over the world. Now a major international event aims to spread permaculture thinking and practise throughout New…

Many of you will be aware of the Food Bill that is due to be passed through Parliament shortly after the summer holidays. This Bill directly effects Ooooby and its members.

'In a nutshell, if the new Food Bill is passed then 'unexempted' trading of homegrown food could be treated as a criminal…

The next edition of YES! Magazine has a great article about the Do-It-Ourselves Economy…

Our dear friend Steve has innovated a window sill salad tray.  Just add water and voila!

It's a great way to keep your salad fresh and as soon as you're ready to serve just whip out some scissors and snip away.…

Community Fruit Harvesting was started by Di Celliers on the North Shore of Auckland when she noticed fruit rotting on the ground in backyards in her community at the same time as reading newspaper reports about the growing demands on local food banks and charities…

Roasted Cauliflower – serves 4

1 cauliflower, cut into even sized florets

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon lemon juice



Mix together the oil, garlic and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Placecauliflower in a baking pan and toss in this mixture.Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 30 minutes or until cauliflower istender.

Tip: Try this recipe with fennel instead of…

Come and Celebrate our Food Freedom by getting in on the BIG DIG.

A…

Macadamia and Pear Upside Down Cake – serves 12

50 g butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

3 pears, peeled, cored and sliced into eighths

150 g butter

¾ cup(150g) brown sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla essence

3 free range eggs

1 cup flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ cup finely chopped macadamia nuts

Line a 22 cm spring form cake pan with baking paper.

Melt the first measure of butter and sugar…

A quick note to let you know how everything is going in the Oooobyverse.

Did you know that there are over 4,000 of us Oooobsters in the online community?  That's a lot of food gardeners all in one (cyber)place.  It's a labyrinth of great people and information, so take…

You can read the rest of this letter here.

It is very important that we give strong due diligence to this Food Bill before we allow it to go through…