MORE VEG MORE OFTEN
EDGY VEG AWARDS ARE DUE BACK NEXT APRIL.
Join our sub-committee (email veg@mrsg.org.au)
WANT TO FIND A FARM GATE, VEGGIE BOX, OR GROWER IN THE REGION? CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE - GET TO KNOW YOUR GROWER
About Veg Action
Veg Action celebrates local, seasonal plant based eating and the development of PLANET LOVING, healthy food systems.
We love delicious food, great company and knowing that we are improving our health and that of the planet with every delicious bite! We love growing our own food and sharing it. We welcome people of all dietary preferences and promote an inclusive and supportive community. We’re focused on progress rather than perfection!
There are so many good reasons to eat more veg, more often. Not only is it better for the planet, plant based and plant rich food has positive impacts for our health and that of animals that share our earth.
Our group’s vision is connection, kindness, sustainability, health and wellbeing through plant-based eating.
We are driving an inclusive community movement in the Macedon Ranges that encourages and empowers individuals towards healthy and sustainable plant-based eating.
Join our facebook group Eat More Veg in the Macedon Ranges for recipe ideas and tips on eating more veg. Join our newsletter to keep in touch with our activities, events and competitions. Email us to get in touch.
We have outlined some of the issues we should eat more veg right here: https://mrsg.org.au/blog/2020/1/7/why-eating-more-plant-based-food-should-be-one-of-your-new-years-resolutions
Research Articles & Reports
Articles and reports to help you to discover and explore way to eat more veg. Click here to find out more
VEG ACTION Leadership Team
Claire Rowland Action Group Leader:
Chitra and Hridayan Stern
Greg Potter
Lucy Campbell
Ruth Rosewood
VEG ACTION EVENTS
You’re invited to our Spring Fling!
Come and join the Veg Action Group for an afternoon of veg love.
VEG ACTION BLOGS
Not sure what “net zero emissions” means? Want to know how you can impact climate change?
Project Drawdown has produced an excellent series of 6 videos, ranging from 10-25 minutes, explaining where we can have the most impact on climate.
This is a thought-provoking series, highly recommended for anyone starting out on the road to sustainability.
A few weeks ago, the IPCC released a report titled, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability“. Even though the report focuses on impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptive practices on a global scale, I have tried to derive some adaptation principles that could be applied to the Macedon Ranges.
Wow this wintery weather has set back our summer veggies but it is all systems go in the veggie garden. Plant, plant, plant! Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
Duang shares the inspiring story (and Recipe) behind her carrot and chickpea Makhani - a fusion dish born from lunches with Tamil refugee and friend, Raj, and meeting Alice Zaslavsky at the Bendigo Writer’s Festival.
October is really the start of true spring in the Macedon ranges. Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
On a balmy autumn eve at the end of April, Veg Action hosted the Shire’s first ever plant-based/vegan friendly cheese and wine tasting event. We individually rated and collectively ranked 18 plant-based cheeses. If you want to reduce your dairy intake, read on to find out the best cheeses on the market.
The Veg Action group are kickstarting 2021 with a celebration of zucchini at their Zucchini Harvest Brunch. All are invited, but numbers are limited so RSVP now.
Looking for a Christmas meal that is light, inclusive, delicious and more sustainable? Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Veg Action and Cobaw Health, with the help of Tara Murphy, a student on placement from Deakin University, are developing a directory to connect consumers with their local fruit, veg, nut and legume growers. You can help by nominating your favourite grower and go in the draw to win!
Broad beans are a fabulously easy plant to grow in the Ranges, producing copious beans for many delicious dishes. Annie Reeve and Lucy Campbell give the low down on how to grow and eat the plant as part of their weekly Harvest to Table series.
Annie Reeves from the Permaculture Garden and Lucy Campbell from Veg Action share some insights into how to grow rhubarb in the Macedon Ranges, and some of the best ways to eat it.
Once again Lucy Campbell from Veg Action and Annie Reeve from the Woodend community garden have us drooling over delicious food and confident we can grow it. This week taking inspiration from Fabulous Fennel.
VEG ACTION NEWS
Electrify 3442 is running a Community Survey and we’re on the lookout for households at various stages of electrification ) and happy to share their stories on our website. Read our news >>
Claire Rowland, the Awards Organizer, expressed her excitement about the quality of the dishes this year, stating, "The level of innovation displayed by the participants was fabulous. The dedication and passion for plant-based cuisine shone through in every dish."
Veg Action, in partnership with Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health have won a Vic Health grant to support VCAL students in Kyneton High to get to know their local growers.
As our world's population continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important to explore sustainable food sources. One of the most promising solutions to this challenge is the consumption of vegetable protein.
During April, get on board the Edgy Veg trail and try some of the best plant based dishes the region has to offer!
This March MRSG Sustainable Homes Action Group is presenting the “Project Showcase”, an exhibition of projects Macedon Ranges householders have undertaken to make their homes more thermally comfortable, cheaper to run and more energy-efficient, and of work-from-home spaces that are reducing the need to commute.
(Image: Sam Clarke via Unsplash)
As the last autumn leaves cling on to the branches, the Autumn Festival has wrapped up, and with it, The Edgy Veg Awards. It was an exciting month for the `13 cafes involved and for hungry customers who hit the trail to sample some, or all, of the 19 plant-based dishes entered in the competition. Read on if you want to uncover the winner!
The first day of May was crisp but sunny, a beautiful day for a farm crawl. Never been on a farm crawl before? Meg Sheehan from Transition Streets Romsey and Veg Action hosted this event as an opportunity to get to know your grower.
Our new website, Get to Know Your Grower is an interactive site that allows you to easily search growers, producers, farmgates, cafes and restaurants to help you find and include more veg into your diet.
As an MRSG member, we are giving you early access to the site before it is officially launched in February.
Veg Action, a group of the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group, have been awarded grant funds through Macedon Ranges Shire Council Community Grants Scheme, to run the Plant Positive Food Service Awards in summer 2022.
Several conditions and events in recent years have intersected to bring us to a moment of change regarding the future of the Woodend Permaculture Garden.
The VEG Action Group is now selling their very popular cauliflower chickpea curry in TAKE AWAY containers (BYO) once a month at the farmer’s market, making it easy for you to add a meat free day to your week.
The State of the Environment report suggests we need more plant based food innovation to reduce pressure on land use. But what does that actually mean? Do we all have to go out and support the ultra-processed plant-based burger market? Veg Action lead, Claire Rowland, explores some of the reasons why innovation in plant based protein is important, some new (unprocessed) innovations, and some small steps you can take through your diet to support biodiversity, environmental health and a reduction in emissions.