To celebrate our rapidly-approaching 1000th Facebook fan, we are combing through the archives for some of the most memorable photos from the past few years.  To begin, we hope you enjoy these selections from last year:

• The Flood & Aftermath
• 15 Year Celebrations
• Autum Equinox – Earth Art Festival
• Planting for Pizzas

Stay tuned for more galleries in the coming weeks!

To honour our first three life members, resident City Farm artist Bob McMahon engraved their likenesses upon the local mango tree.

Congratulations to Dick Copeman, Richard Nielsen and John Morahan for this much-deserved recognition.

Pictured below are Dick and Richard, along with our guest, Cr. David Hinchliffe and artist Bob McMahon.

Congratulations to the new Management Committee for Northey Street City Farm, elected at today’s Annual General Meeting.

The committee is:

Coordinator: Karen Shapcott
Assistant Coordinator: Llew Strutt
Secretary: Robert McGuigan
Treasurer: Fabio Buckeridge
Committee Members: Lindsay Cooper, Jo Rickards, Mal Teggins, Jo Pratt, Gary LeClerc.

We also congratulate Dick Copeman, John Morahan and Richard Nielsen on being granted the farm’s first ever Honourary Life Memberships. These three have been with the farm from the very start, and have had a pivotal role in the subsequent 15 years.

Update: To celebrate these life memberships, our resident artist Bob McMahon has created this stunning triubte.

This Saturday morning (November 14th) we gather at the farm to celebrate and honour the wonderful work of volunteers, staff and members over the past year. We start from 9am, with free pancakes, fruit salad, sausage sizzle, chai/coffee, etc. Families are welcome. No RSVP needed – just turn up!

This also gives us a chance to acknowledge the abundance that has come our way in 2009, with community, infrastructure and food.

This breakfast is followed by our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 11am. All members are welcome.

Additional AGM Information
(Please note that nominations have closed.)

AGM Letter
AGM Notice and Agenda
AGM Proxy Form

Below are the full contents of Northey Street City Farm’s newly compiled guide, courtesy of the Brisbane City Council’s Community Grant. One hard copy is available in the City Farm library. This online counterpart, however, represents the most up-to-date version of this continually evolving work-in-progress.

All documents are presented in PDF format and require Adobe Reader to view. If you have trouble opening any of the below pages, please ensure you have the latest (free) version installed.

Complete Manual Download the full (59 page) Policy and Procedures Manual, or open a faster-loading individual section from the following table of contents. Preamble Introduction and Acknowledgements The TREE Community Events Hiring of Facilities (to be added) Liaison with External Agencies (to be added) Media Relations Membership Partnerships and Sponsorships (to be added) Promotions and Signage (to be added) Public Space Usage Education Education Extensions on Assessment Farm Tours (to be added) Library Off-site Support Enterprises Enterprises Nursery Organic Market (currently down for review – please visit the markets for policy information) Finance Assets Banking and Sales Budgets Fundraising Payment reimbursement Procurement Administration Computer Use Communications – Internal Office and Administration

Governance Planning and Decision Making Policy Development and Review Project Prioritisation Organisational Structure Gardens and site Animals Composting (to be added) Donations of Second-hand Materials Electricity and Lighting Gardens and Gardening Harvesting Organic Certification Site Design and Project Management Storage and Security – Farm property (to be added) Sustainability (to be added) Tools Ute Water Use Caring for people Anti-Discrimination Celebrating (to be added) Child Protection Conflict of Interest (to be added) Conflict Resolution Inclusion Inductions Grievance Procedures (to be added) Homelessness (to be added) Kitchen and Lunches Performance Monitoring and Review (to be added) Privacy and Confidentiality Recruitment Sexual Harassment Smoking Storage and Security – Personal Property (to be added) Team Building (to be added) Training and Development (to be added) Transportation and Parking Volunteers Working from Home (to be added) Workplace Health and Safety Appendices Annual Planning and Review Cycle (to be added) Farm Organisation Poster (to be added) Volunteers Policy & Procedures NSCF Constitution (to be added) Nursery Guidelines (to be added) Organic Market Guidelines (to be added) NSCF Handbook Risk Management Plan for Events Staff Agreement Staff Induction Checklist Team Reps Meeting Guidelines (to be added) Teams and Roles: “Who’s Who in the Zoo” Training and Development Policy Water Efficiency Management Plan

For enquiries on policy, please see the contact person refered to on each document.

For general enquiries, see Contact Information.