A year ago we filmed with Elisabeth Fekonia a fantastic little DVD on Home Cheesemaking and All things Dairy. What we didn’t show you on the DVD – is what happens when best intentions don’t necessarily go according to plan. Elisabeth was instructing the camera how to milk a...

Speaking at the launch of her new DVD on Home Cheese-making, Elisabeth Fekonia stressed the need for people to take charge of what they eat and start growing their own food. Addressing a group of locals at the function room of the Cooroy Library she said that she recently had a blood test and...

"Getting healthy bacteria into your gut flora to enhance your immune system." she says. "Making one's own fresh yoghurt with culture and kefired milk is essential in your family's diet. It will boost your health and vitality."

Okay it’s taken a while and we were expecting to release this title last year. We even had a few people ask for it for last year’s Christmas but the truth is we took too long to finish it. So now its here! Ready to go. Elisabeth Fekonia Home Cheesemaking and All Things Dairy DVD...

What started off as an introduction to building a basic shed for housing goats turns into a lesson in cycling nutrients and understanding Permaculture. When Ecofilms asked Elisabeth Fekonia to show us her goat milking shed we wondered what those two covered bathtubs in the corner of the shed were doing there? What we got was a lesson in Permaculture nutrient cycling and simple effective design that just works without costing you a lot of money.

Getting goats to nibble on Mugwort is not easy. Elisabeth says it took her cattle and goats about a year of grazing before they attempted to nibble on this plant. Now they readily nibble on this plant only when they feel the urge to expel parasites from their system.

Even if you've never milked a cow before, she'll show you how to do that successfully.