SUSTAINABLE food production will be on the menu at the Heytesbury District Landcare annual general meeting in Timboon next week.
Those attending the meeting on Monday, April 14 will learn about local food production and also have the chance to make their own supper with locally-grown produce.
Guest speaker at the AGM from 7pm at the Timboon Recreation Reserve will be Kylie Treble from The Place of Wonder near Port Campbell.
Ms Treble will outline ways people can grow and cook their own produce in a sustainable way.
"People are becoming more interested in being sustainable in what they grow and eat," she said.
"The meeting will be a great opportunity to share ideas and see how we can make our own supper from scratch by using local food and produce."
The Place of Wonder is launching a series of workshops to show people how grow and cook their own food.
HDLN Landcare Coordinator Geoff Rollinson said the Heytesbury region had a rich tapestry of food production incorporating responsible natural resource management.
The 12 Apostles Gourmet Trail, farmers' markets and Green Pastures Milk are further examples of the region's sustainable food production.
"Heytesbury District Landcare Network is proud of the region's commitment to sustainable local food production and is pleased to showcase some of those achievements at the annual meeting," Mr Rollinson said.
He added that the network was looking at other forms of effective collaboration to promote local food production.
Mr Rollinson recently visited Grayson LandCare in Virginia USA where a collaborative program has resulted in a food collection service that brings local farm produce to cities for regular markets.
"That is one excellent example of how effective collaboration can benefit everyone," he said.
The AGM will hear that HDLN has had a successful year, particularly in the growth of local Landcare groups under the network umbrella.
A new group at Bostocks Creek brings the total to seven along with several `friends' groups.
Mr Rollinson said the activities of local groups had been buoyed by investment from the Shire of Corangamite through its Environmental Impact Support Fund.