A home for Matthew / You complete me Urban Farmer
A home for Matthew Matthew’s journey from Tehran to Melbourne began when his workplace supervisor found a transistor radio in the cab of his truck. To understand the surreal seriousness of Matthew’s situation we need to go back to the time of the Iranian Revolution. In 1979 as Iran lurched from secular society to Islamic […]
Mal and Ben good wood men / Congrats Nicky, welcome Kelly
Mal and Ben good wood men The big cold front rolled in this afternoon. The Bureau says the temperature has dropped from 18C to 12C though they reckon it actually feels like 6.7C. Which seems like as good a moment as any to talk firewood. Agroforesters Mal and Ben came to the Fair […]
Another kind of sugar / Urban Farmer dream job
Another kind of sugar When I was seven years old growing up in rural New Zealand my mum flew to Brisbane to help my uncle Jeff, whose Gold Coast nursery business was going down the gurgler. In those days getting on a plane was a really big thing. We drove Mum up to Auckland airport […]
Measure twice. Cut once.
Measure twice. Cut once. There seems to be so many opportunities to mess up a perfectly good piece of timber even before a walking-DIY-disaster like me tries to bang in a nail straight. Watching Fair Wood grow over the past year I’m slowly discovering that for such a seemingly simple material there seems […]
The future of Fair Food / Yes, we’re delivering Cup Day!
The future of Fair Food The pic above is Nicki, Hema and Robyn celebrating getting their forklift licenses. When I look at them I see the future of Fair Food. Each of these women started on our packing line and are now working in or training for senior roles. Between the three of them they […]
Nola’s human infrastructure
Human infrastructure work is slow, boring and incremental. Unlike a shiny new conveyor or a forklift, human infrastructure isn’t obvious, but without it even the best logistics equipment is useless.
