The Cream of the Crop Competition invites students in NSW secondary and tertiary education institutions to create a PowerPoint or a video which can be published on the web and win $500. The competition ask the students to promote the importance of agriculture to their peers, to encourage a better understanding of agriculture as well as promote agricultural careers and rural life.

1. My Teeny Tiny Farm
Just like me everyone can be a farmer in
their own small way.

2. Welcome to my
Farm!
I am Amber and I
am going to take
you on my journey
to grow food for
my family whilst
learning about
sustainable
agriculture.

3. What is my Aim?
My aim is to show that city folk like myself are truly
capable of using the resources in their backyard to grow
food sustainably.
Whilst our backyards will never feed the world, growing
your own food (even just a small amount) gives you a
new appreciation and respect for farmers all over
Australia who are not only feeding Australian families
but many other families around the world sustainably.

5. So what is Sustainable
Agriculture?
Sustainable Agriculture is the
use of farming practices and
systems which maintain and
enhance the economic
viability of agricultural
production; the natural
resource base; and other
ecosystems which are
influenced by agricultural
activities.

6. My Teeny Tiny Farm
Nectarine
Cherry Tomatoes
Grapes Spinach Bonsai
Lettuce
Worm farm
Seedlings Silverbeet
Herbs
Strawberries
Lemon tree

7. What is a Teeny Tiny
A teeny tiny farm is simply hectares of
paddocks, crops and livestock condensed
into one small, family-sized, easily
managed farm that produces fruit and
vegetables for the needs of a household.
Instead of growing three hectares of
lettuces, a Teeny Tiny Farm may only
produce three plants.

8. Process to
create a
Teeny
Tiny Farm
Acres of land used
for high agricultural
production
Metres of soil used for
personal agricultural
production

9. Why have a Teeny Tiny Farm?
A teeny tiny farm is an
experimental activity
outdoors, it is lots of
fun and it is practical.
My teeny tiny
vegetable patch
produces vegetables
of all kinds, our
chickens produce eggs
and the rest of our
backyard is scattered
with fruit trees.
With all that done, my
farm supports my
family and our friends
in the community,
making me proud!

10. Being involved
in Agriculture
leads to so many
more
opportunities!
This little cria (baby
alpaca)Hugo, needed
bottle feeding for the
first few nights of his
life... an amazing
experience!!!

12. Everything Counts
If we are going to sustain
the
future we all have to
maximise our resources and
use them wisely.
A Teeny Tiny Farm is ideal for:
Individual production…
That environmentally
friendly family
That enthusiastic gardener
and even…
Even that lazy person on
the couch ready for a
snack.
Producing your own food is
great fun and very rewarding
for everyone!!!

13. Growing
You don’t your own
need to produce
start big, comes with
just have the
fun. satisfaction
of having
grown it
yourself.
I have a cow
on my Teeny
Tiny Farm…
she produces Potted herbs
herbs, not and veggies
milk! can give you
a start.

14. Look at ALL the Benefits
You will know exactly where your food has
come from.
You will have fresh produce at your
fingertips.
You will have vitamin/nutrient rich and
vine ripened produce. Vine ripened produce

15. But wait there is more!
The growing and tending of the
veggies will relieve stress and give
therapeutic benefits.
It can be educational for children who
will learn where fresh food comes from
– it is NOT the grocery store!
You can share what you have left over

16. Why go to the Effort?
Why wouldn’t you, when you can grow all this?

17. I have a Teeny Tiny Farm, not just to produce my own
food or make use of space, but to learn as much as I
possibly can about Agricultural production.
I am able to learn what happens on large farms by
studying my small farm.

18. Silverbeet Layer Hens
Grapes
Lettuce
Tomatoes Herbs
Potatoes

20. Four Weeks Later...
My garden is huge!

21. A farm in your backyard
Teeny Tiny Farms
are
environmentally
friendly
… they can be
portable, tiny or
huge
… minimal cost…
it is so much
fun!!!!

22. No pollution
A Teeny Tiny Farm
needs no huge
machinery or fuel to
harvest produce. A
Teeny Tiny Farm
does not require
large quantities of
chemicals (if any)
and does not pollute
our waterways if
managed correctly.

23. Subsistence
Farming not Excess
A Teeny Tiny Farm can be managed
to produce only what is needed, no
waste (money wise or produce)
Subsistence farming is farming
simply for what is needed for
example:
My farm produces spinach, where
the leaves are picked only when
they are needed (rather than
wasting uneaten sections).
Any excess produced by Teeny Tiny
Farms can be shared with friends
and family.

24. Portable, Tiny or Huge
A Teeny Tiny Farm isn’t just a farm like mine, with
pots and garden beds, trees and shrubs. It doesn’t
have to have chickens or be spread all around.
A Teeny Tiny Farm can be a vegie patch with many
different vegetables or even a single fruit tree on
the back of a porch. It can be in a tub to take
wherever you wish or it can be a mix of everything.
A Teeny Tiny Farm is simply a farm that is smaller
than what most imagine. My Teeny Tiny Farm is
here to show that it’s not only experienced farmers
in the country that can grow their own produce, but
city folk like me can grow all that too (only a little
bit tinier).

25. Lots of Fun!
A Teeny Tiny Farm is lots of
fun. It does not require heaps
of labour, money or time but
it does require a smile.
Spending time outside with
your hands in the soil and
plants everywhere couldn’t be
more fun… it’s the perfect
Sunday afternoon with the
family.
Not only is it so much fun to
set up and look after, you get
results in only a few weeks…
kilos of greenery and colour
ready for the plate!!!

26. But wait there is
more!
Make sure you check
out Part 2 of my series
on My Teeny Tiny Farm; Grow
Your Own
In part 2 I will share
with you how to set up
your own Teeny Tiny Farm,
so you too can grow
healthy nutritious food
in your own back yard

27. WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THE
2011 CREAM OF THE CROP COMPETITION
PLATINUM GOLD SILVER
BRONZE

28. Thankyou!
Amber O’Neill