Acres and Acres COOP has a mission to create a network of Market Gardens across the Upper Murray and North East Victoria, to build resilience through the production of fresh produce across the local area.
We hope to share knowledge, tools and skills allowing people from all walks of life an opportunity to grow their own business or community income with minimal outlay. Our goal is to use soil regeneration practices and world-class innovation to make it financially viable and sustainable for local communities to grow their own food.
Acres and Acres is a community led response to the bushfires of 2020 in the Upper Murray region. It has brought a number of people across the community together to respond to the food supply chain issue that was exposed through the bushfires – seeing the region literally cut off from supplies for over two weeks. This issue of isolation along with all that has resulted from COVID 19, an opportunity to make a difference for the long term has led to action! Find out what this amazing group of people are achieving.
By Gabrielle Chan
A hole has opened up in the system that takes pride of place in the Australian identity – our ability to bring produce to market. But change is coming
