Pip Magazine Issue 26

Pip wants to do more than just inspire you to live your best life. We want to lead by example, practise what we preach and live by the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. And although permaculture is a concept created 40-odd years ago, these ideas aren’t new. Indigenous people all around the world have been living like this for tens of thousands of years. Pip acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land; past, present and emerging. Created on the lands of the Yuin Nation, Pip respects the great wealth of knowledge and rich tradition which has cared for this country for millennia. We invite First Nations People to share their knowledge within Pip, so that we can all have a deeper connection to country and learn to…

ROWAN MANLEY-CAMPBELL Rowan lives and gardens with Rebekah and their children in the shadow of Mt Karangahake, by the banks of the Waitawheta River, and on the tribal lands of the Hauraki iwi collective. Rowan is Pākehā – a New Zealander of European descent – and has an intergenerational relationship to this area spanning over 150 years. As well as spreading the word of the Milpa method of gardening, he has worked at permaculture farms in Germany, and as an organic market gardener and earth builder in NZ. Find him at milpagardens.org.nz. MEG McGOWAN Meg McGowan is a permaculture designer, writer, practitioner and teacher. She is best known for her ‘permacoach’ posts on social media, but also writes about evolving permaculture at her Smarter Than Crows website. She recently completed 18 months as…

Become more capable of fulfilling your fresh food needs I’m really excited about bringing this issue to you. I love every bit of its content and I love the new cover art by Nastia Gladushchenko. It seems the interest in all the ideas and practices we explore in the pages of Pip are becoming more mainstream. And that was exactly what I hoped when I started the title. I didn’t want to be preaching to the converted, I wanted to reach out to people who just had a bit of an interest in living more sustainably, whether that be by growing food, reducing waste or making natural products. I wanted to open up a whole new world to those people, offering them lots of ideas and inspiration for new ways of living. And…

EDIBLE TOWNS & CITIES National Urban Agriculture Month is happening between 1–30 November and everyone’s invited! Brought to you by Sustain: The Australian Food Network, it’s a month-long celebration of urban agriculture, featuring a range of exciting events happening right across the country. From open gardens, workshops, tours and handson experiences, it hopes to bring people together to connect, share, learn and grow. Find out more at urbanagriculturemonth.org.au EARTH IS NOW OUR ONLY SHAREHOLDER The words of founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, who has donated the outdoor clothing company and its future profits to fighting climate change and improve conservation. Ownership of Patagonia – reportedly worth US$3b (AUD$4.6b) – will be transferred to the Patagonia Purpose Trust which will continue to operate the company and donate all future profit towards repairing and protecting the…

Pip magazine KITCHEN GARDEN CALENDAR An Australian gardener’s guide to planning, planting and producing. The calendar features stunning photography of fresh garden produce that will inspire you to grow your own food, and with recipes from the likes of Matt Wilkinson, Paul West, Fiona Hammond, Jade Miles and Diego Bonetto, will have you creating healthy, seasonal dishes every month. As well as a moon-planting guide and a list of fruit and vegies in season each month, there’s a comprehensive sow-when poster covering Australia’s five climates. $19.95 www.grow.pipmagazine.com.au Bridget Farmer ENAMEL PIN This Crazy Chicken Lady enamel pin is one of 15 different bird designs made by Scottish-born printmaker Bridget Farmer, who’s currently living in country Victoria. The Crazy Chicken Lady pin measures 3 cm wide and 3 cm high and is attached to garments…

BYTHER FARM bytherfarm.com Byther Farm is a small permaculture farm set up as a space to educate and inspire people to grow food simply, naturally and affordably. Located in the hills of Carmarthenshire in west Wales, it’s the work of best-selling permaculture author Liz Zorab and her husband, who recently moved the farm from a ¾-acre homestead to this new, larger site to make space for a bigger food forest, larger animals, habitat for wildlife and for more peace and quiet. Her book, Grounded (reviewed in Pip, Issue 20), describes the journey in transforming the original Byther Farm from a blank paddock to a thriving food forest. They make small spaces beautiful and productive for themselves, but also to share. They host a CSA (community-supported agriculture) box system, a cut-flower field and welcome people…