Fresh to the Table brings the produce from the Sunshine Coast Hinterland to the heart of Noosa's fine dining experience at award-winning restaurant Noosa Springs on Monday 31 August. Continue reading...

The days of eating tasteless, nutrient-deficient fruit and vegetables can be a thing of the past if we can find a patch of dirt and some persistence. Leonie Shanahan of Edible School Gardens tells Angela Bueti how she is teaching school communities how to get back to the days of old, when veggies tasted like veggies. Continue reading...

Sunshine Coast Daily Sunday May 31 2009, by Janine Hill Children eat the fruits of their labour in school-based vegie patches. Leonie Shanahan eyed off the garden lying fallow at her childrens school. Continue reading...

The learners from 21YC, CY, TD and prep M worked with and were guided by the edible school garden's Leonie Shanahan and assisted by parents helpers to make several no-dig gardens, re-do the worm farm and feed and mulch their fruit trees. Continue reading...

Like to know more about permaculture? Then note May 28 for the next Slow Food breakfast meeting at Blue Ginger Restaurant. Continue reading...

GROWING ON SAND, SMALL PLACE & SMALL PEOPLE - Growing on sand is one fo the most difficult mediums to grow on. Leonie over the last 9 years has been experimenting with various methods and now grows a thriving vegetable garden. Leonie will share her experiences with you and get you started. Continue reading...

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Compost & Worm Farms Workshop - Do you want to know how to make good compost? Does your current compost smell? Leonie will demonstrate how to turn your food scraps into quality compost and answer any questions you may have. Continue reading...

here have always been veggie patches in school grounds though these days, with the involvement of chefs like Jamie Oliver and Stephanie Alexander, many people are realising the immense value of edible gardens in more ways than one. Continue reading...

If you could get crisp fresh, healthy vegetables on the table at a fraction of the cost, would you do it? What if the solution also gave you a fun-filled family activity along the way? And what if it was likely to get your kids to eat their greens? Continue reading...

Permaculture is a method of producing foodstuffs in a closed loop that maintains a self-sufficient system. In any system animals, plants and micro-organisms work together in harmony. Continue reading...

After much concern a new sponsor has come forward to ensure that the Edible School Gardens Program at Tewantin State School continues. Continue reading...

Peregian Beach Community College set up their permaculture vegetable garden earlier this year sponsored by Slow Food Noosa. Continue reading...

A new sponsor is desperately needed for the Tewantin State School Edible School Garden to get the children back in the garden, learning healthy growing and eating principles that will last them for life, not to mention the simple enjoyment of growing their own food, something that is lacking in todays society. Continue reading...

As a follow up to our story in the last edition of ECO, teacher and permaculturalist Leonie Shanahan asks students from four local schools their thoughts on permaculture. Continue reading...

The Sunshine Coast mother says kids need to grow their own nutritious food for their health and this can start at school. Leonie Shanahanhas been instrumental in developing the programme in seven schools. Continue reading...

The Edible School Garden Program is so much more than just growing some vegies. The edible school garden is a garden where the soil is full of life and the plants are bursting with nutrients and minerals. Continue reading...

Why edible school gardens? Currently we ingest about 4.5 litres of pesticides and herbicides, eat 66 kilograms of sugar each year and consume exotic foods grown without soil, which focuses on profit, not nutrition. Continue reading...

Leonie Shanahan has been waging a campaign urging schools on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to dig up part of the school oval and start growing their own fruit and vegetables for the kids to eat. Continue reading...

Local mum and award-winning permaculture teacher, Leonie Shanahan, is fed up ('scuse the pun) with the quality of food in Queensland schools, and has inspired Nicklin MP, Peter Wellington to take the matter to Parliament. Continue reading...