In the shed putting eggs in boxes / Robyn Clayfield – coming to CERES
In the shed putting eggs in boxes Being a farmer can be a very Instagramable profession, but this pic is actually what a lot of farming looks like – you in a shed, at a desk, packing eggs into boxes. There’s also the pic of you in the van bringing eggs to drop around town, the […]
Caring for your food host: a guide. Clifroy Community Bank does something truly special.
Fair Food has 67 Food Hosts across Melbourne Food. It’s really quite a strange concept when you think about it; somebody sharing a space at their homes for others (read complete strangers – at first anyway) to pick up their shopping from. Food Hosts make our strange but effective food distribution system work, without them […]
A software barn-raising. Consider the loquat.
When Fair Food first started I thought that all anybody could want was a mixed fruit and veg box and the only question could be whether it was small, medium or large. I mean I liked shopping this way, why wouldn’t everybody else? I have been learning ever since and Fair Food has been changing how […]
Happiness is like a sandstone. Free tomatoes for Cup Day. Late midday Monday order deadline.
I was reading something in the paper this morning about happiness, it came from a famous study that had followed a group of Harvard men for 75 years measuring every aspect of their lives. The conclusion of over three quarters of century’s scientific effort was that happiness is not related to a successful career or high intelligence […]
The war on milk. Rewiring the Food System update.
What is it about milk straight from the cow that gets people so wound up? From this week anybody providing raw milk for consumption will face a fine of up to $60,000 (in case you were wondering the penalty for distribution of small amounts of the drug “Ice” attracts a $45,000 fine). This weekend as we quietly finish our last […]
News from Hollyburton Farm. Reaction to the war on milk.
I had a chat the other day with Madelaine, from where else but Madelaine’s Eggs. You might remember early last year Madelaine was crowdfunding for an egg cleaning/grading machine. Like everything she does Madelaine ran a campaign way beyond her 19 years and raised an incredible $67,986. Now almost a year later, after waiting for the […]
