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Slow Food counteracts fast food/life, the disappearance of local food traditions with where it comes Slow Food Hunter Valley always welcomes new members.

Slow Food counteracts fast food/life and aims to preserve local food traditions while educating people about where their food comes from and how food choices affect their communities. We are a completely volunteer-run local chapter of Slow Food International, a global organization based in Italy devoted to protecting and preserving traditional foods and cuisines on every continent. Slow Food Hunter Valley runs the twice-monthly Earth Markets at The Levee in Central Maitland. Here, you can buy fresh produce, baked goods, and specialty food items grown or prepared within a 100 km of Maitland. All vendors have been verified to ensure that they grow or make their products and do not resell from third party producers. Earth Markets are held on the first and third Thursday of each month, 8:30am to 1:30pm or until produce is sold out. We also administer school gardens in Telarah, cook prepared meals for non-profits through Oz Harvest Newcastle, and run a number of community activities to support individuals to grow, cook, and preserve food. If you like to cook, garden, teach or provide hospitality to the public, we have a rewarding project to work on. Please join us!

16/10/2026

October 24th Seed Pack and Chat

🍆October 24th Seed Pack and Chat
Come along to our next Seed Pack and Chat at the East Maitland Library on Saturday, October 24th from 10am until 12. These casual, friendly events keep our Maitland Seed Library boxes stocked up. We will be packing seeds for the current growing season including beans, zucchini, tomatoes and eggplants and children are more than welcome to attend - with an accompanying adult.

🍆If you have any seed to donate please bring it along. Enjoy great company, a yummy morning tea and contribute our efforts to make growing food in your own patch accessible for all. Please book your spot through the Trybooking link. https://www.maitlandlibrary.com.au/whats-on/upcoming-events/seed-pack-chat-oct-26 See you there.

11/10/2026

💚 RECIPE IDEA 💚
It’s Earth Market week and time for a fridge clean-out so you can fit all those fresh spring vegetables in your crisper draw on Thursday. Our Slow Foodie, Marcus, has got your back. He has shared a recipe for a great Greek vegetable stew. He used left-over cauliflower and potatoes from Nebo Farm to make a tasty dinner but you can use any veggies that are left in the crisper draw.

See original recipe below 👇
https://realgreekrecipes.com/cauliflower-stew/

We hope you enjoy this week’s recipe. We love to see what you are cooking with your produce – fresh or a little bit tired - so please feel free to share your favourite rescue recipes and food pictures with us.

~ Helen, Marcus and Liz

09/10/2026

And that’s a wrap for our 4 children’s workshop for Riverlights 2026. 🤩
Thanks to the 40 children and their parents who turned up and enjoyed making a beautiful spring sauce of tomatoes, broad beans, garlic and chives dressed with Parmesan cheese. This sauced up the great bow tie pasta that everyone made using rolling pins and finishing with the pasta maker to get the thickness consistent. 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
Thanks to MCC for the shaded set up with the knock out view on the river. 👏
Find Slow Food Hunter Valley at Riverlights tomorrow hosting the Global Kitchen at the western end of the Levee. Get yourself a seat in the shade and rest for a while as you watch some favourite and easy dishes being cooked up before your eyes and served up for a taste from cuisines from across the world. How wonderful! See you there! 💚

04/10/2026

💚 RECIPE IDEA 💚
Our Slow Foodie, Marcus, is definitely a food waste warrior. You may have seen the Slow Spice Collection at the Earth Market. It was born of Marcus’s desire to use up excess vegetables and fruit from the market or the Food Rescue Kitchen. The collection is very seasonal so it is best to stock up when you see one of your favourites.

During winter, Marcus makes fiery hot lime pickle with all the limes donated to the Slow Food stall. It is gathering a strong following from our market customers who use it liberally to liven up lots of dishes. Marcus has decided to share the recipe he uses. Please note that the pickle recipe has lots of ingredients but is fairly straightforward to make.

See the link below for the original recipe:
https://www.simonmajumdar.com/fiery-hot-lime-pickle

We love to see what you are cooking with your excess produce so feel free to share your favourite rescue recipes and food pictures with us.

~ Helen, Marcus and Liz

02/10/2026

🌿 We will be at the Sunday Community Markets at the Showground, doing food from the Teapot cafe as usual.

🌿 Look out for the Slow Food Hunter Valley watering can near the Maitland Seed Library. We are the Community Charity for this market. Thank you Maitland Showground for your support of our work. 👏👏👏

28/09/2026

Can't wait to have you all back and thank you for representing us! Save travels.

27/09/2026

💚 RECIPE IDEA 💚
Is Monday the toughest morning of the week?
And what about breakfast—the meal we’re told is the most important of the day? Yet so many of us skip it, grab something quickly, or settle for junk on the go.
Maybe Monday mornings don’t need to start that way. ☀️🥣
Here is a (or any day) Earth Market / garden breakfast fry up from our Slow Foodie, Marcus. If you would prefer it to be vegan, exclude the eggs and replace them with some slices of medium-firm tofu.

Ingredients:
Bread from Urban Mill
Tomatoes are from Nebo Farm
Eggs from Austin Breiner of Oakhampton Heritage Farm
Mushrooms from Margins
Broad beans, spinach and herbs from Marcus’s home garden

Method:
Throw it all in a frying pan, no oil, sprinkle salt and pepper. Done.

This is all about and . We love to see what you are creating with your fresh produce so feel free to share your favourite breakfast recipes and food pictures with us.

Helen, Marcus and Liz

25/09/2026

🌿 Our Slow Food Hunter Valley delegates are hard at work enjoying Terra Madre in Turino.

Address

Slowfoodhuntervalley@gmail. Com
Maitland, NSW
2320

Telephone

+61427548886

Website

http://www.slowfoodhuntervalley.org.au/

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