Mercy Place Rice Village planted their very own vegetable garden in 2016 to grow fresh produce to use in their daily meals. Five years on it is still thriving and yields and abundance of salad greens, silverbeet, lemongrass and fresh herbs. The garden is maintained by two residents with keen green thumbs and Mercy Place […]
Last month in Sydney we filmed the last three episodes for our training modules that we are developing with Altura. This is creating much excitement as there will be 11 modules in total, they will be available sometime after October this year and distributed by Altura to, we hope, several thousand cooks and chefs in […]
As I write this, Victoria is again locked down. Such difficulties that we hardly can imagine for those caring for Older Australians within Aged Care Homes. I can only hope that the COVID vaccinations complete their roll out with the greatest of urgency. There are so many things happening in the world of Aged Care; […]
Maggie recently shared her passion for good food and aim to improve the standard of food served in aged care homes, at the ‘Food, Flavours and Friendships – nourishment for a good life’ event at Salisbury’s Jack Young Centre in May. The food icon was the special guest at the Council of the Ageing (COTA) […]
The next ‘Creating an Appetite for Life’ Masterclass, for cooks and chefs working in aged care, will be held at Sydney Seafood School, Sydney and will run on Sunday 15th, Monday 16th and Tuesday 16th August 2021. The Masterclass provides participants the opportunity to connect with Maggie, the Foundation team and our network of subject matter […]
