Today we are going to <a href='https://www.villagedreaming.com.au/'>Village Dreaming</a> Farm and Orto cooking school. Mara and Ralf live on about 15 acres just outside of Daylesford – about a 30min drive south of where I am in Castlemaine. They have been there since 2015 and in that time have transformed the empty paddocks of former grazing land into a small farm that follows regenerative and permaculture principles, with a kitchen garden, orchards and wetlands. 
 
Links:
<a href='https://www.villagedreaming.com.au/'>Village Dreaming</a>
 
<a href='https://ceres.org.au/about-ceres/'>Ceres</a> - environmental park in Melbourne
<a href='https://www.naturaltuckerbakery.com.au/'>Natural Tucker</a> - sourdough bakery
<a href='https://wetlandrevivaltrust.org/organisation/damien-cook/'>Damian Cook</a> - who Ralf worked for for many years 
<a href='https://criticalmass.melbourne/'>Critical Mass - cycling protest</a>
 
Related Episodes:
<a href='https://saltgrasspodcast.com/2022/05/17/s4-e16-the-youth-are-rising/'>Youth are Rising</a>
<a href='https://saltgrasspodcast.com/2021/04/06/s3-e19-redbeard-bakery-with-john-reid/'>Redbeard Bakery</a>
Ilka White on her <a href='https://saltgrasspodcast.com/2020/10/14/s2e9-upwelling-art-and-climate-change/'>art practice</a> and  <a href='https://saltgrasspodcast.com/2020/10/31/s3e4/'>Ethical Apparel</a>

S5 E18 Connecting Country

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