Renmark High School
In 2008 Outback Pride, in
conjunction with the Renmark High School, constructed a bush food
production plot at the schools Farming Management Centre at Ral Ral
St, adjacent to the McCormick Environmental Centre.
This project gives a hands on educational and commercial outcome
for the school. The longer term objective being to help the young
Indigenous students at Renmark High School to become the next
generation of experts and supervisors of native food enterprises on
remote Aboriginal communities. This will ultimately create
employment and ongoing skills development.
This project has been an
outstanding success due to the dedication of the staff and students
at Renmark High school and the professional management of the
farming centre.
A doubling of the capacity of this commercial growing operation
was undertaken in 2011, with support from Rotary International. The
new crops include: Passionberry; Marsdenia; Quandong; Tanami Apples
and Kutjera.