Banksia awards 2006
The Food Forest was a finalist in the 'Business Environmental Responsibility & Leadership Award - for the business or government business enterprise that has demonstrated finest leadership, commitment and excellence in protecting Australia’s environment and contributing to a sustainable future'
The property was regarded as - "a model for sustainability.
The Food Forest is a family business demonstrating sustainable land use.
It offers:
• Organically certified foods
• Education services to universities, schools
and the public
• Specialised education in Permaculture including
teacher training
• Australia’s best demonstration site of straw
bale building and domestic reedbed technology
Appropriate crops are grown using less than 20%
of the normal irrigation water. Efficient equipment has been built to process
crops on site and return by-products to the production stream.
Wildlife has been profitably built into the agricultural
system. The Food Forest was Australia’s top organic farm in 2003."