AFTER a lengthy investigation, Ararat Rural City Council has named Pomonal Estate vineyard as the destination for the municipalities new farmers market.<\/p>\n
Last July, council received $30,000 from the Victorian Government to establish a farmers market in the region.<\/p>\n
At the time, council CEO Tim Harrison said he wanted the market to be established in one of the smaller towns surrounding Ararat.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Dr Harrison visited Pomonal Estate to confirm they would be the ongoing hosts of a monthly farmers market.<\/p>\n
He said the grant money received by council will be used to plan and promote the new market.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is stimulus money coming out of COVID and it\u2019s a great opportunity for Pep and Adam from Pomonal Estate to develop the market, it will assist with promotion and someone to help with the day to day issues as the market kicks off,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person who we engage to work with Pep and Adam will provide that additional resource, to bring people in from further afield and promote the market.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019ve all seen the benefits farmers markets have for communities. We see the Clunes Farmers Market, the Talbot Market, we want to have Pomonal Market on the map in the same way,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
Pep Atchison from Pomonal Estate was delighted with the news.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing the President of East Grampians Tourism Association, we wanted to create an artisan food market because there are so many producers in the region. I\u2019ve got the venue, I\u2019ve got the space so it\u2019s a good way to support each other and showcase the region in one spot,\u201d Ms Atchison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be a fun, family friendly market with some live music, something for everyone to enjoy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis (farmers market) is what people want. They want fresh produce.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got a big venue here. 20 acres so we can take a lot of stalls and a lot of people,\u201d Ms Atchison said.<\/p>\n
Dr Harrison believes the tranquillity of Pomonal Estate, surrounded by the Grampians and grape vines, will ensure the new market is an instant success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve come up with what I think is the right location for what will be the region\u2019s premier farmers market.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPretty soon people will be asking, where\u2019s Talbot,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
Labor Member for Western Victoria, Jaala Pulford, said the grant is part of a $10 million investment in more than 50 projects through the Government\u2019s Regional Recovery Fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the funding for this project, the council aims to engage a local marketing expert to develop a successful sustainable Farmer\u2019s Market for the Ararat Rural City Municipality and to assist in the development of a business plan in engagement of the rural farm participants to highlight the farm to plate produce available in the region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFTER a lengthy investigation, Ararat Rural City Council has named Pomonal Estate vineyard as the destination for the municipalities new farmers market.
\nLast July, council received $30,000 from the Victorian Government to establish a farmers market in the region.
\nAt the time, council CEO Tim Harrison said he wanted the market to be established in one of the smaller towns surrounding Ararat.
\nOn Wednesday, Dr Harrison visited Pomonal Estate to confirm they would be the ongoing hosts of a monthly farmers market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_1555-2-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-dh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}