The highs and lows of hemp / Beans and Tomatoes
Highs and lows of hemp This time next week any right-minded person can openly walk into a shop and buy hemp seeds turn around walk out onto the street and start eating them freely without fear of arrest and prosecution. Hemp’s recent history in Australia is completely contradictory. Food Standards Australia and New Zealand declared hemp […]
Getting on with it while our old men bicker / New Brunswick West Food Host
Getting on with it while our old men bicker This past week while we despaired at our old men in Canberra continuing to deny Indigenous communities a voice at the national table, refusing refugees safe haven, delaying marriage equality and prioritising of the world’s largest coal mining ahead of the world’s largest coral reef, there was down on […]
The Matrix, the abyss and a sack of rice / Help CERES stay crazy
The Matrix, the abyss and a sack of rice Since CEO, Cinnamon Evans swallowed her fear and spoke the words, CERES is a place that helps people fall in love with the earth, our mission has crystallised into getting so emotionally and economically connected with our ecology, so part of “the Mother” as elder Aunty Di […]
Wet weekend wrap-up / The great kitchen-wrap unwrapping
The wet weekend wrap up So far the feeling is of general relief after warnings of an unprecedented dump of rain although it’s not looking the best for grain farmers . After a quick check in around the state Joe Sgro out West in Colac reports an underwhelming 8mm, although they have had 4 weeks of […]
Seasonal Asteroid Shower of Community Joy / Call of the Reed Warbler
The Seasonal Asteroid Shower of Community Joy This week as we navigate the seasonal asteroid shower of community joy – the wind-ups, the concerts, the family dos, graduations and gatherings we have news to connect you to neighbours and/or large zucchinis, to keep you looking sharp & plastic free, to buoy your spirits and finally offer a […]
Tito Jackson’s Bacterial Celebration / Welcome back, Welcome back, Welcome back…
Tito Jackson’s Bacterial Celebration If we sprayed the planet with a giant can of Glen 20 and somehow managed to kill 99.9% of all bacteria, we wouldn’t survive more than a day. However, if all of humanity packed up and left Earth for cheaper house prices and more reliable broadband on Mars, the bacterial world […]
