Yummy choc coconut balls / A different kind of hero
Lately I’ve been writing about how Easter evolved from its pagan predecessor Eostre. In my wife’s childhood home Good Friday meant strict observance of Jesus’ sacrifice with quiet reflection, house cleaning, no meat eating, no phone calls to friends and definitely no playing. But for our kids today Jesus’ story is no longer their story – to […]
Shane O'Dea and his fresh pistachios / Boxes at 61%
The picture above is Shane O’Dea cuddling his family’s harvest of fresh pistachios (that’s right, fresh). Last year Shane wandered into the Fair Food warehouse with a five kilo box of shiny pink nuts and asked if we were interested. Needless to say we said yes and asked him if he would come back again this year. Shane’s family planted 2000 pistachio trees […]
What farmers see / Knowing nettles better?
What farmers see…. There are some magical parts of the growing season that only the farmer gets to see – I’ve been saving this picture since January – Jenny Indian sent it in from her farm in Stanley because she wanted to share the amazing sight of her chestnut trees in full flower. Jenny says if you […]
What this country needs… / When the feijoa comes
What this country needs…. This weekend coming Mathees, Fair Food’s Production Supervisor, moves his young family into their own new house. Mathees has worked at Fair Food since the first veggie box rolled off the conveyor almost seven years ago. Mathees is a Tamil, he fled civil war in Sri Lanka and came to Australia as […]
Aquaponics farm looking for new home / Next-Day-Delivery debuts
Aquaponics farm looking for a new home The magic of opening up the poly tunnel doors onto a sea of aquaponic greens never goes away. Built six years ago in the car park beside the Fair Food warehouse the 120 square metre commercial aquaponics system will be growing its last coriander bunch when Fair Food moves to its new Preston home in […]
Pear & almond crumble / Introducing five day home delivery
Introducing five day home delivery Last week we rolled out Next Day Delivery…. This week we’re introducing 5 Day Home Delivery. This means you can get a Fair Food home delivery any day from Monday to Friday. You have up until midday the day before to get your order in. This has been a very, very, […]
