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Environmental groups, sustainable food vendors and sellers of environmentally-friendly services or products are invited to be stallholdersat the Dindi Sustainable Living Expo in April. The Dindi Sustainable Living Expo – set to run at the Yea Railway Reserve on April 14 – will celebrate the natural environment, sustainable rural living and all things environmentally-friendly in

Melbourne young couple wants to establish a Japanese farm locally with traditional Japanese homestead, Japanese farm and Japanese gardens which are open to the public. Michael Maher is on the hunt for a local property in the Murrindindi or Yarra Ranges area. “We are looking to build a farm to grow a type of Japanese

Protestors claim to have closed three logging coupes in the Murrindindi region today (Wed.). Karena Goldfinch says one of the forest areas is at Narbethong. “This publicly owned forest is Narbethong is around 120 years old and is being cut down to be converted to paper which decomposes within a few years,” Ms Goldfinch said.

The Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria welcomed a new president, with Merrijig farmer Bruce McCormack stepping into the chair. Mr McCormack’s family has an association with the High Country that stretches back longer than the MCAV itself, with five generations of McCormack’s before him having run cattle into the hills around Mansfield. “I’m am very

Kinglake Friends of the Forest have this morning (Wed.) issued a statement about a new protest against timber logging in the Rubicon Forest. “A blockade has been set up by Forest Conservation Victoria – supported by the Rubicon Forest Protection Group – to highlight extreme logging in one of Victoria’s most ecologically diverse mountain forest

Upper Goulburn farmers were prominent amongst the 3000 at the Tocumwal rally held to show displeasure at the Murray Darling Basin Authority and Federal Water Resources Minister David Littleproud. Yea farmer Jan Beer addressed the rally: “The Basin Plan has failed dismally on every front, economically, socially and environmentally. “[It] will continue to fail because

Eltham MLA Vicki Ward this week told State Parliament about fears in Nillumbik Shire about the future of the Green Wedge. “My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Planning, and the action I seek is for the minister to visit and meet with members of my local community who have concerns about Nillumbik’s potential

Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish has this week told State Parliament about the deer problems in the electorate. “My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Agriculture, and the action I seek is for the minister to release the deer management strategy,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (Aug. 27). “The release of this

Upper Goulburn farmer and environmentalist Jan Beer says Communities from across northern Victoria and southern New South Wales will converge on Tocumwal for what is expected to be the region’s biggest ever protest rally. Mrs Beer contributes a letter in this week’s issue of The Local Paper: Community and farming groups have combined to organise

The Parks Victoria strategy of bringing in helicopters to reduce deer numbers in the Alpine National Park has been ridiculed by the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria. The statement comes following the release of deer harvest numbers from the Game Management Authority, which found record numbers of both deer taken and hunter activity recorded across