With a successful Ministerial Launch in QLD, a week full of events in Martin Place, Sydney resulting in a supportive motion passed by NSW Parliament, ICAW 2014 was probably the most successful ICAW we have had so far!
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National Organic Week Australia (NOW) is 10 days of targeted media and locally-staged activities designed to increase awareness of the benefits of organic products and farming production systems and accelerate the uptake of these in the wider Australian community and environment.
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The Land has featured Joe, a farmer participating to the Mulch Trial conduced by CORE, in last week’s newspaper. “This mulch has been absolutely amazing – we’ve been using it for 18 months now and started seeing results about six months in the trial” says Joe who has reduced chemical and fertiliser inputs, uses two to three times less water than he did before the mulch, has seen earthworms appear for the first time in his soil and yields have improved. “It proves that if you can look after your soil, your soil will look after you” says Joe.
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Costa launched International Composting Awareness Week Australia (ICAW) 2013 during the CORE Mulch Farmers Get Together on Friday 15th February at CANA Community Farm in the Sydney region. The event was organised to explain CORE’s background and present its vision for a sustainable agriculture to the farmers’ community. CORE promotes mulch, which would have been otherwise sent to landfill, to regenerate soils and reduce weeds.
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In honour of National Organic Week (NOW) Australia, CORE organised an organic lunch on Thursday, 24 October 2012 for the CORE Team. The movie Food Inc., a documentary that examines corporate food issues and food security, was shown during the lunch!
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The total carbon inventory calculated for CORE is 155 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (TCO2e) for 2011/12. Approximately 99% of the business’s carbon footprint is from air travel.
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The fifth annual Compost Ball took place on Saturday 2nd June in Dee Why, Sydney, and was a great success!
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