CoVision

KOMBUCHA RECIPE:
You will need:
·       1 Kombucha Scoby*
·       100ml mother tea
·       1 litre of boiling water
·       2 organic black tea bags
·       ¼ cup of organic raw sugar
·       1 Large Glass jar
·       1 Cotton muslin cloth
·       1 rubber band
 
Method 1. In a large saucepan, bring water to boil and then add 2 tea bags & ¼ cup of sugar 2. Brew the tea for 15 minutes then remove tea bags 3. Cool tea to room temperature 4. Pour cooled tea into a large glass jar 5. Pour in the mother tea 6. Add in the Kombucha Scoby 7. Cover top of jar with muslin cloth and secure with rubber band 8. Move your jar to a dark, warm place for culturing to work (ideally 22-26c) 9. Leave at room temperature and do not move for 7 to 14 days.
After 7 days, check your brew by tasting it. If the scoby has grown to the full diameter of the jar, your brew has worked. If the kombucha tastes good, it is ready!
Culturing period for Kombucha depends on your taste. Longer culturing time will make the Kombucha more sour, in fact it will eventually turn to vinegar if left for many weeks or even months. 

SCOBY is an acronym for Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria & Yeast. Every batch produces a whole new scoby…. If anyone has scobies to share, please comment below!

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FOOD COOP
Guaranteed food security is a key goal of CoVision, which is why we are establishing our own unique Food Coop. Our Coop will be different from others because we are structuring it to support the farmers and producers we have amongst our own community first, including community members who own land and are converting some of it to food production for CoVision. For this reason, we are seeking support from within our own community to bring this to fruition.

By getting behind our small farmers within our own large coops, we will ensure that we reward the farmers directly, whilst we all benefit from their wonderful produce.  It is the intention that each of us will contribute in some way, be it volunteering at our local farms, packing boxes, picking up / delivering orders, or simply pre-paying for supplies ahead of time. 
There will also be opportunities for CoVisionaries to supply us with prepared products such as cheese, fermented foods, etc.

This is a very empowering structure and it means you get to plan ahead of time and ensure that you get the highest quality foods from farm to plate without a middle person because the middle person is effectively US! 

We will soon release a draft proposal outlining how we will achieve the food coop including: 
- our own food plot contributions
- rostering for pick ups, pack ups & deliveries
- small farmers inputs for products we cannot produce
- costs of initial set ups
- transportation options

We are ensuring that all supplies are of the highest and most ethical quality, with an emphasis on biodynamic farming practises for reasons we will explain another time. 

The first Coop will begin in Victoria very soon!

If you’d like to be part of this revolutionary food coop please join CoVision here: https://www.covision.com.au/covision-appraisal

Existing members wishing to be part of our COOP brainstorming sessions, please read and reply to our email of 18 November 2022.

Your participation and contribution to this project is pivotal, it's important and it's going to be a lot of fun working together to create our own, decentralised community food supply!!

Hello lovely CoVisionaries, you are invited to join (a family friendly event), the launch of the singing studio business this Sunday 27th November from 2 to 4pm, our amazing singer and teacher Jo. I am keen on getting lessons. It will be in Doncaster East Baptist Church Tunstall Road Donvale. RSVP to me Serene by noon tomorrow on 0425754299.