A team definitely worth following / Happy soil = happy life
A team definitely worth following About a year ago I wrote about, CERES Education Group Manager, Lorna Pettifer, being selected for The Premiers Sustainability Award for Education. Over the weekend Lorna’s work was recognised again becoming Environment Education Victoria’s Environmental & Sustainability Educator of the Year – (that’s Lorna on the left with Karen Jones from Port Phillip Ecocentre). Now […]
No time not to use the regular plates / Farm seeks a farmer
No time not to use the regular plates On Friday I went with my sons and several thousand other Victorian children to the steps of the Treasury Museum for the Students Strike For Climate Change. From a respectful (non-embarrassing) distance it was thrilling to watch the crowd of young faces welcoming waves of […]
Diet for a new climate / New food host in Yarraville
Diet for a new climate Two years ago one of my oldest friends turned 50 and, like his dad before him, promptly had a massive heart-attack. His recovery included embracing a plant-based diet, about which he’s posted on his Facebook page with the fervour of a man literally born-again. I love butter; it makes most things in […]
The magic of social mycelium / Farmer Christmas at Joe’s
The magic of social mycelium This is our last full week of deliveries for 2018 (yes, we’re delivering on Christmas Eve Monday). As we wind up for the year and take our usual two week break (our first 2019 delivery is on Monday January 7th) I want to share with you a little of […]
Speaking to Jason and selling plums
Speaking to Jason and selling plums These summer holidays in Perth have fostered a kind of existential hopelessness. Firstly, when I hear at beach that the sunscreen we have been so well-trained to slap onto our family’s skin is poisoning the coral reefs it creates a paralysing moral choice between melanoma and marine ecosystem destruction? Secondly, […]
Between convenience and connection
Between convenience and connection Yesterday morning at a small café off Sydney Road I shared a plate of fried dumplings with my eight year old son. The café was empty apart from a solitary diner across the room sipping her wonton soup . As we ate our food we curiously watched a stream of […]
