Meanwhile down on Hazeldean Forest Farm / Fair Wood at Darebin Pitch IT Finals
Meanwhile down on Hazeldean Forest Farm Jason Alexandra is just back from a ute-ride around the farm checking on quince, persimmons and the last few fuji and jonagold left to ripen on the trees. Jason (that’s him enveloped by fruit above) reckons there’s just one more day of picking before they say goodbye to the crew of two backpackers and four locals who […]
Give us a sign Youbi / Never a better time to be Australian
Give us a sign For months at the new Fair Food warehouse in Preston disorientated delivery drivers have been tentatively sticking their heads in the front door asking if they’re in the right place. The confusion has arisen due to the huge plumbing supplies sign above our roller door, a leftover from the previous tenants. Clearly something had to be done. First […]
Welcome to UBtopia / Delivering Delectables to the Dandenongs
Welcome to UBtopia In last week’s newsletter you may have seen a picture of Youbi Lee aka UB on the CERES Fair Food packing line, where she works as a team leader and grocery buyer. This week I’d like to share UB’s other life as a community artist. UB studied printmaking in South Korea at Chugye University of […]
Falling in love with the Earth
Keep on lovin’ you Previously when people asked what CERES is, our CEO, Cinnamon Evans, would say it’s a place that reconnects people with the earth. But a little while ago in a Melbourne airport waiting lounge Cinn told me that what she really wants to say, but has been too shy, is that CERES is […]
Who owns the Farming Zone? / Field of Beans
Who owns the Farming Zone? There’s a “Utopia” moment happening in our food regulatory landscape. One of those times the government’s “got all the stakeholders in the room” to “consult” over a big decision, has made all the right listening noises, but then after everyone’s left, seems to have stayed back for a beer with the big boys […]
CERES ripples / Know thy heirloom
CERES ripples Lorna Pettifer, CERES Education Group Manager, has a wicked sense of humour and a keen appreciation of 80’s synth-rock bands. Last Thursday on stage at the Plaza Ballroom as she accepted the Premiers Award for Sustainability award for Education from Victorian Environment Minister Lily D’ambrosio, Lorna wouldn’t have surprised her workmates if she had pulled out a keytar (I […]
