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Penfolds has selected the successful recipients of the inaugural Penfolds Evermore Australia Grant Program, with four recipients chosen to share $200,000 (AUD) of funding for their bold and innovative projects contributing to community and culture.
Aligning to the grant program focus areas of ‘food’, ‘winemaking and viticulture’ and ‘creative arts’ (including fashion and music), the program received more than 80 applications from businesses, individuals and community organisations across the country hoping to create positive impact and reflect the Penfolds brand DNA of venturing beyond.
For their project, ReFELT Empowering Abilities Through Sustainable Textiles, A Fitting Connection will acquire a FeltLOOM to transform textile waste into recycled fabrics and run workshops to empower individuals with disabilities to design new fabric, while collaboration with local creatives and artists will yield unique products inspired by wine culture. The ReFELT employment program will employ individuals to create ReFELT fabric and products for other organisations ideally using their own textile waste. ReFELT will also support participants with the set-up of micro businesses and provide the ‘textile tech’ curriculum at Banyule Nillumbik Tech School access to the FeltLOOM.
The B&B Highway is a regenerative and educational community initiative focusing on Bees, Birds, plants and other pollinators, essential for biodiversity and ecosystem health. Four local sites will be identified as hubs for the Penfolds B&B Highway with the fifth and central hub located at Penfolds Magill Estate. The recent loss of local Green Carpenter species affects ‘buzz’ pollination practices which impacts on local plant life and resilience. This project would create appropriate habitats and plant native vegetation to encourage this species. The project will involve an education program consisting of indoor learning and outdoor associated activities.
Using grape marc as a feedstock, this project will assess the impacts of insect frass on vineyard soil and plant health with the aim of closing the loop on winemaking ‘waste’ whilst enhancing viticulture sustainability. The project proposes to extend existing research through future grape marc conversion trials. Analysing the resultant frass and developing field application trails based on the resultant nutrient and microbial profiles, the project aims to demonstrate the impact of insect frass on vineyard performance. Industry facing material will also be developed that share their findings with the wine making and viticulture industry.
A Kitchen Library will act as a hub for community, connection, information and knowledge through the provision of food preparation equipment and educational workshops designed to connect people to healthy, seasonal, and local produce while optimising their capacity, reducing reliance on supermarket supply chains, and empowering the community to manage their own food security in a sustainable way. A case study of this program will also be developed and shared with other markets across the country to implement the same activity for their communities.
Evermore is Penfolds commitment to making a positive contribution towards a world where future generations can thrive and reflects our aspirations as a global winemaker, employer, and leader to leave a lasting, positive impact on the places, communities and people connected to Penfolds.
This new global initiative aims to create and support positive change by focusing on delivering programs and activities under three strategic priority areas: Community and Culture, Future Winemaking, and Toward Sustainability.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming Meet the Recipients series where our successful recipients will share more about their organisations, their projects and how they are creating change.
Sign up to hear more about Evermore here.