CERES’ Appeal / Manager’s Log / Good Gut is Go!
CERES’ Appeal CERES is more idea than place; an idea planted on top of an old rubbish tip amidst birds, trees and gardens. An idea built out of things that were thrown away. An idea that there’s something half-remembered in the earth and air and water that we need to know again. CERES is such a multifarious conglomeration of […]
Big win for small farmers / Dream job at CERES Farm
Big win for small farmers The indefatigable Tammi Jonas, President of The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), has been celebrating a win for Victorian small-scale pastured pig and poultry farmers this past fortnight. You might remember late last year our State Government was planning changes to The Farming Zone which would have required very small […]
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 […]
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 […]
When fungi calls your name / Joe’s Farm Raiser / Vote 1 CERES
When fungi calls your name What kind of mushrooms do marine biologists like best? Oyster mushrooms of course! (Ouch! I’m so sorry) John Ford (that’s him in the pic) holds a PhD in Marine Biology and has spent his career reducing the environmental impact of fishing. Lately however John’s lifelong passion for fungi has been taking him […]
Got to be worth a try / Kids play at Joe’s Garden
Got to be worth a try I was looking at an Instagram post about the big vegetable growing competition at CERES Harvest Festival when a comment caught my attention…. “While CERES do great work in these sorts of areas, the lack of advocacy around the climate emergency is extremely disappointing. The planet won’t be […]
