Welcome to the sustain food website

Beyond Food Links - the new look Sustain FOOD website

With the recent completion of the Northern Rivers Food Links project, the management of this site and its contents have been transferred to Regional Development Australia - Northern Rivers, supported by our Sustain Northern Rivers partners.

We are making a number of changes to sustainFOOD, including:

1. A home page article each month on a topical subject by a guest author. We hope to cover a variety of topics that will inform and challenge.

2. A new 'this month' feature with quick links to what's happening this month in the garden, in the community and on the dinner table.

3. Expanding our 'find' database to include information about restaurants and retailers who sell and serve local food

4. An online forum where the region's community gardeners and garden clubs can share their skills and ideas with each other and with you

Finally, we want this site to be a useful resource, and to focus on growing food in our sub-tropical climate and eating what's fresh and in season. We welcome your ideas on how to improve the site, please contact us.

We thank the Northern Rivers Food Links team for the body of work that underpins this site and the Clarence Valley Council for hosting the site. For more information about the achievements of the Food Links project, click HERE.

Sustain FOOD contains information about growing, storing, buying, cooking and eating food in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

‘grow’ promotes natural gardening techniques and steers you through the joys and challenges of what, how and when to plant food for your family in our sub-tropical climate.

‘find’ contains information on locally-grown produce and where to buy it; from farm gates and produce markets to the abundance of eateries scattered throughout the region.

‘eat’ provides recipes for what’s in season and tips on storing and preserving your surplus crops.

‘news’ contains articles about food and points to events and courses to help you along the way.

So whether you’re looking to build a garden from scratch or simply want to know where to get a great coffee, Sustain FOOD is your one stop shop!