An exciting new food venture opened its doors in Maffra this week. The Berry Dairy is a unique ‘pick-your-own’ strawberry farm that boasts a licensed cafe, right in the heart of Gippsland. Open seven days a week, The Berry Dairy is distinguishing their produce with the Gippsland Trusted Provenance brandmark. Read more about this exciting new agritourism business, built around principles of sustainability and biodiversity.

Gippsland has been identified as a key region for growth within the food and fibre sector by The Trade Council of Denmark in Australia. A strategic partnership agreement has now been signed with Food & Fibre Gippsland which will bring broad and diverse benefit, both economically and environmentally.

Delivered by VegNET Gippsland, the Winter Warmers Seminar Series provided three sessions to support professional development within the horticulture industry. Now a case study has been published to share the outcomes of the seminars, which provided techniques to help businesses improve from within.

Many Gippsland businesses employ culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) workers in their harvest, undertaking tasks such as weeding, planting, picking, and packing operations. Supporting CaLD workers to integrate into our communities and feel welcome and safe in Gippsland is crucial not only for the workers, but the growers and wider community as well. A case study is now sharing the outcomes of a project which sought to achieve this, after it wrapped up at the end of September.