IndieBakehouse

23/12/2024

❤️ This one was always my favourite. Thank you for the beauty.

20/12/2024

Farewell to a national treasure.
Vale Michael Leunig 1945 – 2024

Michael Leunig, The Adoration of the Magpie, 1972, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1979 © Michael Leunig

12/12/2024

Happy Friday...

If you are anything like me, you have been waiting, not so patiently, for the Onegirlstudio Pop-Up Store. Today's the day (well, tomorrow too!)

WHEN: Friday (TODAY) 10-4pm / Saturday, (TOMORROW) 10-2pm (two days only).
WHERE: Graceville Presbyterian Church Hall, 12 Bank Rd, Graceville (just across the raod from three girls skipping)
WHAT: New work from many of our best loved hand makers and artists along with some new artisan friends
WITH: beautiful, meaningful gift wrapping by
WHY: to make it easy and fun to purchase local and handmade this Christmas (since intentional shopping can change the world).

I love Lijean's words, "...intentional shopping can change the world", becasue we know it does.

(We are just across the road if you need a cold drink...or a scone!!).

Here's to a great day... whatever you get up to (I'll be shopping - see you there!!)

Caroline

06/12/2024

03/12/2024

Our young pigs have stopped dying. After consultation with the vet and other experienced producers, we treated the affected pigs with antibiotics.

We didn’t really want to do this, but the loss of life was unacceptable on animal welfare and economic grounds.

This is a good moment to talk about antibiotic use in livestock. We have never used an antibiotic on any animal in ten years of farming.

This is largely because of our discomfort with antibiotics in the food chain, which we know our customers share.

I think there’s an important distinction between our treatment this week and general antibiotic use in factory farming.

Of all antibiotics sold, 80% are for use in livestock. Factory farms that are vulnerable to disease outbreaks regularly treat animals (sick or not) with low doses of antibiotics to improve herd health and growth rates.

This bakes in antibiotic resistance, and high levels of antibiotics in the food chain. It’s a bandaid for poor management and animals kept in horrific conditions.

This isn’t us. Keen to hear your thoughts. 🌱💪🏽❤️

03/12/2024

25/11/2024

24/11/2024

Maybe this will be of interest to one of you

12/11/2024

🧪Chemical-Free Food🧪

It’s a lot of work to grow food without chemicals. Whacking some pesky weeds with Roundup or dosing cattle with Ivermectin is so easy and effective.

We’ve always been concerned about the knock-on effects. How much makes it onto your dinner plate and into our waterways? What unintended effects does it have on plants, on earthworms, on dung beetles, on the whole fragile web of life in our ecosystem?

Without the easy fixes, you’ve got to think about whole system approaches. Supplements, minerals, pasture moves and rest to break parasite cycles, selecting for resistant livestock…

With the help of some amazing mentors, we’ve found amazing natural alternatives and they’re working great. With the hot weather, some of our less resistant cattle are carrying a heavy tick burden, so tomorrow we’ll yard them and spray them with an organic neem oil extract. It’ll knock the ticks off quickly, and won’t have any nasty residual effects.

Very satisfying.

28/10/2024

I want to do this

23/10/2024

Let us do the shopping for you! Would you like to fill your fridge with a beautiful variety of fresh produce each week? Our Seasonal Boxes are lovingly put together with a range of items to suit every family and budget. These boxes are great value as we include produce that is abundant right now, an...