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espite growing up in a generation of convenience, Natimuk teenager Bella Fort has a strong appreciation of both the efforts and rewards of ‘old-fashioned’ cooking.

Bella, 15, is continuing a family tradition of preserving fruit and making her own jam, sauce and relish, using methods and recipes passed on by her grandmother, Glenys Fort.

Mrs Fort’s interest in the ‘dying’ art of preserving was sparked by her own mother.

“I was always encouraged by my mother. She used to do a lot of preserving, because there was always plenty of food around in those days,” she said.

“I suppose I’ve just kept up the tradition.

“They reckon I’m the best marmalade cooker. I sell it down at the craft shop.”

Mrs Fort said although she enjoyed preserving fruits and making jams and condiments, she understood why the process was becoming less and less popular.

“The way of living has changed, really,” she said.

“It’s so much easier to stew fruit and put it in the freezer now than preserve it.

“It’s the same with saucemaking – it is a long procedure.

But I think it’s worth it. Preserving and making jam is always rewarding. It’s nice to see it in the cupboard.”

Mrs Fort, who has lived in Natimuk her whole life, is a regular contributor to Natimuk Show.

She entered several items in the milestone 150th show at the weekend.

Bella, who has also entered many sections in Natimuk Show competitions since primary school, entered jam and preserve categories for the first time this year.

“I’ve always encouraged Bella to enter as many sections as she can,” Mrs Fort said.

“It’s always rewarding when she sees the tickets. Bella has always lived with me and I’ve always encouraged her.

“When she said, ‘I’m going to do some jam this year’, I said, ‘well you can have a go – but you don’t realise how long you have to stand there and stir’.”

Bella’s motivation? “To beat Nana”.

Bella said she enjoyed the competition.

“Mum’s always said I should put stuff in and see – coming from the same household and the same method of making it – the difference on how it comes out,” she said.

In the end, the pair entered items in different categories, enjoying a wealth of success.

Bella said while she would encourage other young people to give preserving or jam-making a go, it would be difficult without guidance.

“All this stuff is ‘old fashioned’,” she said.

“The generation coming through, none of our parents did that stuff. It got lost after Nana’s generation and it hasn’t really be transferred to us. These days, everything is in a shop.

“You can go there and buy a packet of jam in any flavour you want, from several different brands.

“It’s a lot more convenient.”

Bella, who volunteers with Natimuk Agricultural and Pas-

FAMILY TRADITION: Natimuk’s Glenys Fort and granddaughter Bella Fort entered several items in Natimuk Show competitions this year. The pair enjoyed success throughout the day.

toral Society, said she hoped to see more categories for young people at future Natimuk shows.

“We need more sections for kids stuff,” she said.

“It would be good if the society would have more input from young people.

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Bella was recognised for her commitment to the Natimuk community at the show.

Wimmera police superintendent Paul Margetts and Horsham Station Commander Senior Sergeant Brendan Broadbent presented Bella with the Victoria Police Youth Award.

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Bella received the award for being a reliable role model to many youth in the Natimuk community.

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rains industry leaders are confident a sold-out Australian Grains Industry Conference in Shanghai earlier this month demonstrates strong Chinese interest for Australian grain.

The conference followed another sold-out conference in Vietnam.

AGIC Asia returned to China after two successful AGIC conferences in Beijing and Guangzhou last year.

Grain Trade Australia was host organisation and chief executive Pat O’Shannessey said the Chinese market was critical for the Australian grains industry.

“This demand for information about Australian grain is very encouraging for our industry and importantly for Australian grain growers,” he said.

“China is an extremely important and significant market for Australian grain, with exports valued at more than $2.9-billion a year, represting about 23 percent of Australia’s grain exports.”

China imports an estimated six to sevenmillion tonnes of Australian barley, wheat, sorghum, canola and pulses annually.

Mr O’Shannassy said Australian grains and oilseeds were used in a variety of products in China.

“These include malt barley for beer production; wheat-flour production for various products including noodles, dumplings and steamed buns; sorghum for both feed and alcohol production; canola crushing for the retail vegetable-oil market and as raw materi-

als in various stock feed,” he said. “With the economic growth resulting in a rapidly growing middle class demographic, combined with changing dietary preferences, a large population and Australia’s proximity to China, it is an extremely important market to the future growth and success of the Australian grain industry.”

In addition to the AGIC Asia conferences, Grain Trade Australia and the Australian Grains Industry Market Access Forum also planned round table events, adding further value to the conference series.

The round table events involved high-level discussions and dialogue with government agencies and industry participants looking at further alignment of the commercial, technical and regulatory trade environments for the grain trade between Australia and its trading partners.

“We have had strong participation and support for the round table events, together with key delegates from across the Australian industry,” Mr O’Shannassy said.

AGIC Asia – Indonesia is planned for May 2017, to be accompanied by an Australian grain round table discussion.

Mr O’Shannassy said AGIC Asia conferences, particularly the one in Shanghai, were important to maintaining and growing the important market for the Australian industry and importantly for Australia’s grain growers.

Grain Trade Australia hosts the AGIC Asia Conference series with Australian Oilseeds Federation and Pulse Australia.

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INSIGHT: Australian woolgrowers at Hong Kong Wool Resource Centre.

Woolgrowers visit China Wimmera graziers have been among Australian woolgrowers to gain first-hand insight into the Chinese wool industry during an Australian Wool Innovation trip to China.

Self-funding their trip, woolgrowers from every state toured and met officials from key vertical mills such as Nanshan and Sunshine, key processors such as Tianyu and knitting facilities such as the Xinao-Woolmark Knitwear Development Centre.

In Shanghai, Nanjing and Hong Kong growers met with AWI-Woolmark staff as well as retailers and designers who all work to sell wool in this market.

Australia exports almost 80 percent of raw wool to China for early-stage processing.

Half of this wool is consumed in China at a retail level, making the Chinese wool processing and retail economy critically important to Australia’s $3-billion wool industry.

Daniel Rogers from Balmoral said the tour gave him a greater understanding of the passion and expertise involved with taking wool from its raw state through to a beautiful garment at retail.

“It was an amazing experience to see the enormous investment the Chinese industry has made in wool and their love

of Australian merino wool,” he said.

“It really has given me a lot of confidence in the future of the industry. To see so many Chinese designers, retailers and brands wanting to use the product we produce was really good. The future looks bright.”

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