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 […]
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, […]
Late Easter Monday morning cut-off for Fair Food orders & You've got that feijoa feeling
This week when you’re busy coming home from an Easter away putting in a Fair Food order is often the last thing on your hot cross bun and chocolate affected mind. Sadly it’s often the time when the cupboard and fridge are at their barest. Fear not, as is our public holiday tradition, we are pushing our […]
Crowdsaucing – 1 week to get your tomatoes. Jenny & Steve's Spanish Reds.
If you’ve been promising yourself that this is the year you’ll make passata, it is not too late, but it almost is. There’s one more week to get your tomatoes for Crowdsaucing Day and sauce it up like they do at the Fitzroy Community Food Centre (that’s them above and yes, they’re hosting a Crowdsaucing if you’d like […]
Is this a feijoa rapture? Cast your vote in the Bowel Buddy Box Comp.
I was in the CERES main office this week and there lying casually in a bowl on the lunch table were a couple of feijoas. I ate one thinking how lucky I was. A few minutes later down in CERES Honey Lane market garden our head farmer, Meg Stewart, took me aside to a waist […]
