January 2013 – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

A soil-testing project on Goulburn Valley orchards has found a high level of phosphorus. The tests, conducted under the Commonwealth Government’s Caring For Country program, found about 80 per cent of the samples contained phosphorus levels above what was needed for a healthy soil.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.