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Food for Alice
Projected paused from 2023 onwards
Food For Alice was a weekly farmer’s produce market on Saturdays. The project is not currently operating.
Food for Alice (FFA) is a food project which connects local people with local produce. We are a group of volunteers working toward food security for our community.
The market is not currently running.
The market ran every Saturday mornings selling fresh, quality produce from local, ethical suppliers including farmers, the ASCG, bakeries, honey producers, coffee roasters and backyard growers.
When you support FFA you help reduce food waste, food miles, support local producers and help fight the supermarket duopoly. Profits support the Alice Springs Community Garden. Join us in creating a culture and community around local food. See you on Saturday :)
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Alice Springs Community Garden
ALEC has been supporting the establishment of a community garden in Alice Springs since 2007, and continues to provide ongoing organisational support. The Alice Springs Community Garden (ASCG) has come to be a thriving hub of activity with more than 50 personal and community gardening plots, bush medicine and mandala gardens, a cob oven and regular working bees and community events. The garden is run by a volunteer committee and recently became a Garden for Wildlife member.
Regular community events are held at the ASCG, and provide an opportunity to learn more about best arid zone gardening practices.
The ASCG is located at Frances Smith Park (between burke and Kurrajong St, Eastside). Regular working bees are held from 8.30am on the 1st and 3rd Sundays or every month. Volunteers are always welcome, just remember to bring a hat, closed shoes, protective clothing and a water bottle.
The ASCG is dedicated to sharing best practice food gardening in Alice Springs, and businesses, schools, community organisations and individuals are encouraged to become Friends of the Garden to access quality information, connect with each other and share resources.
Friends of the Garden receive
- bi-monthly E-newsletter
- access to communal plots and produce at the Garden
- eligibility to apply for a private garden plot
- access to local gardening advice and expertise
- access to community food projects including Food for Alice.
- access to Garden working bees and social events
You can become a Garden Friend by joining ALEC. Once you become an ALEC member you need a garden site induction at one of the garden working bees to be able to receive the gate code.
To find out more information about the ASCG please email [email protected], keep up to date via the ASCG Facebook page or sign up for the garden newsletter
Check out the latest news on the community garden blog.
Image: Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis at the Alice Springs Community Garden
Our People
Roz Walden
Action CEO
Roz is a progessive, senior leader who is passionate about strengthening the community sector and promoting the value of place-based community advocacy organisations. Holding undergraduate management qualifications and a Masters in Environmental Management, Roz brings to ALEC her 15+ years’ experience in leadership and management spanning not-for-profit environmental advocacy, environmental consultancy, small business, tourism, and events.
Prior to joining ALEC, Roz headed up ALEC's sister organisation in far North Queensland so is familiar with the sector, advocacy and workings of local environment centres. As Operations Manager, Roz manages ALEC’s operational systems to deliver improved organisational effectiveness and capacity to help the organisation reach its goals.
Alex Vaughan
Policy Officer
Alex is passionate about caring for the arid and semi-arid lands. He engages with policy and advocacy opportunities across water, biodiversity conservation, mining and climate. Currently, he is a Masters of Climate Change student, having previously completed a Bachelor of Science majoring in Environmental Studies and Plant Science, and Honours in Geography.
Alex loves to hike, read, cook savoury treats and slowly improve his plant ID skills. He is grateful to be based in Mpartwe Alice Springs to continue the fight to better conserve water, land, climate and culture.
Hannah Ekin
Fracking Campaign Coordinator
Hannah organises locally and up the Stuart highway as part of a broad coalition committed to stopping fracking in the NT.
In a time and place where it's clear that things need to drastically change to address ongoing injustice compounded by runaway climate change, Hannah is interested in the question of how we can best work collectively to overcome vested interests and system inertia to achieve environmental justice goals.
Lucy Snedden - Fundraising and Community Support Coordinator
Lucy lived in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) for five years and is now based in Naarm (Melbourne). They are passionate about and have worked in ecological restoration, environmental advocacy and community engagement with local landscapes/Country. They love hiking and camping out bush and are constantly in awe of the beauty and resilience of the plants of the arid lands. They have been working in the Fundraising and Community Support role with ALEC since October 2023.