Planned workshops at the Fruit 'n' Veg Parade:

 

Central Markets:

10:30am

Food preparation demo with a celebrity chef Jean-Claude de Toulouse

Jean-Claude de Toulouse will show you how easy it is to prepare nice dishes made of fruit and vegetables. So come and try our fresh delicious meals!

Jean-Claude is truly an international. He has lived at various times all over the world; in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, France, Italy, Indonesia, United States, Spain and Australia. He is fluent in French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.

Jean-Claude de Toulouse specialises in Mediterranean cuisine. He has been carrying out cooking demonstrations and workshops in South Australia since 2003 and is an author of the "Legendary Cuisine". Jean-Claude appeared in "Beat the Chef" on ABC and in Channel 7 and currently, he is working on a special school project to educate on childhood obesity.

 

Also: Clueless in the Kitchen, A cookbook for teens, by Evelyn Raab - available at the Fruit n Veg Parade stall in Victoria Square

 

Victoria Square:

1pm

Rare fruit presentation and degustation with Nico

Nico from the Rare Fruit Society of South Australia will tell you about rare fruit and let you have a piece. Yummo...

Fruit donated by Clinton from Organically Grown Magill and Angela from Wilson's Organic on Gouger Street.

 

1pm

Permaculture

You have heard the term, but what is actually means... 

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

Find out the steps to an Organic Permaculture no-dig Garden at the workshop.

 

1:30pm

Native plants

This is for these of you who want to learn about bush-foods of Australia.

If you are interested in the cultivation, propagation, conservation and appreciation of Australia's native flora, we hope you will come to this Native Plants workshop.

Also - Grasses of South Australia, An illustrated guide to the native and naturalised species, by John Jessop - available for purchase on the day.

 

1:30pm

Make a healthy diet work miracles

Dr Rob Hutchings of Health Zone Chiropractic and Natural Therapies will talk about the neurological basis of digestion.

Dr Rob Hutchings has a Doctorate of Chiropractic and Bachelor of Science in Kinesology. He has practiced in England , Victoria and South Australia on Unley Road and has recently moved his chiropractic office to Glen Osmond Road in Fullarton. The move has provided Rob with the opportunity to work alongside other practitioners including a naturopath, remedial massage and Bowen therapist, acupuncturist and yoga and Pilates instructors. This complements his passion to provide clients with the most holistic health care possible, from conception to old age.

 

1:45pm

Holistic Zone

Miles Trench will give a talk on Holistic Gardening - The Five Principles of Success.

 

2pm

Bokashi composting with Mij Tanith

Revolutionise the way you think about composting. Bokashi composting will help you recycle all your domestic kitchen waste into valuable soil conditioner.

Invented in Japan, this all-food recycling system uses effective microbes or "bokashi" - a Japanese word meaning "fermented organic matter" - to decompose the matter. The fermentation process does not produce smells, so you can have a composting bucket under your sink or in your home.

Come to the Parade and find out how it works.

 

2:30pm

Fruit and vegetable gardening with David Corkill

Are you into balcony gardening? Are you longing for freshly picked food but don't have a garden? Do you love the idea of having your own fresh-to-pick herbs at hand? Fresh herbs can make a flavourful addition to the simplest of foods.

Would you like to try to grow some of you own vegetables & fruit but don't have much time, or experience? Or maybe you've tried before and ended up with lots of pots of tomatoes all ripe at the same time till you didn't know what to do with them. Possibly like us a few years ago; you'd started out with some troughs of beautiful fresh greens, lettuce & herbs but soon they all mysteriously withered & died or got eaten by something else.

 

Do you want to grow your own food in a small space but don't know how?

Help is at hand! Come to the Fruit n Veg Balcony gardening workshop.

 

Also - One Magic Square by Lolo Houbein will be available on the day. Special Price only for the Fruit n Veg Parade participants!

First 10 buyers will get a signed copy!

Check the website for updates.