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Young Farmers Connect - Melbourne : Farm Raiser

  • Farm Raiser Waratah Special Development School, 228 Banksia Street Bellfield, VIC, 3081 Australia (map)
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Come down to visit Farm Raiser for a morning farm tour followed by an option working B and lunch!

Kirsty, Patrick and Charlotte are the young farmers behind the urban Farm Raiser project, a not-for-profit organic vegetable and flower farm located in suburban Bellfield, Melbourne. Farm Raiser is in their first growing season, producing a wide range of crops in which they sell direct through a CSA and farmers markets. Come listen to the team share how they started their journey, how they uniquely partnered with Waratah Special Development School, and the possibilities of urban farming.

Date: Sat, March 6

Time: Tour @ 9.15am-11.00am

Time: Working B @ 11.30am onwards (lunch included)

What to bring: Hat, shoes, hand sanitizer, mask, water bottle

**if coming to the working B, Farm Raiser would appreciate anyone bringing a wheelbarrow, shovels, gloves and trowels with them.

Location: Waratah Special Development School, 228 Banksia St, Bellfield, 3081

Directions: Enter through the school car park, drive to the right into the grass area passed the shipping container and park outside the gate.