Emily Connors, Why I farm. Giant Vegetable Comp. Krautsourcing early reports.
The first instalment in a series of Fair Food’s farmers and grocery makers talking about why they do what they do. I am driven by a desire to build resilience in my self and my community. This stems from the political, however I am constantly seeing how farming has spiritually enriched my life. By being […]
Wanna buy a farm? / Complete Urban Farmer
Wanna buy a farm? Carolyn Suggate wants to buy a farm, well lots of farms actually and not just for herself she wants to buy farms with people who care about securing land to be farmed organically forever. This week the Organic and Regenerative Investment Co-operative (ORI Coop), Carolyn co-founded is launching the prospectus for Lyndale Park, a 714 hectare […]
Come to the party.
Everything raised will support organic & biodynamic farmers affected by the bushfires around Australia.
Alex Podolinsky – Pattern & Flow / Exciting Dirt
Alex Podolinsky – Pattern and Flow Growing up in 1930’s Germany Alex Podolinsky had a dream about a place with a giant yellow sun. Later as a refugee escaping World War II Alex Podolinsky came to the sunny land he saw in his dream and for the rest of his long life witnessed every single sunrise and sunset. If you’ve […]
Once you see the emu……
Last week we were up on the Murray River near Renmark looking at an incredibly bright night sky. My wife was showing her Uncle John the dark emu, a sort of unconstellation that exists in the negative space of the milky way (something as familiar to Aboriginal culture as the Shopping Trolley aka Orion’s Belt […]
Winter drops in. Love Crowdsaucing? Now try Krautsourcing.
It’s funny, last week I read that the 2016 El Niño was officially over, the very next day the cold front hit and it was like summer had leap-frogged autumn and gone straight into winter. Suddenly it’s too cold for Shelley and Craig Heppel to grow lettuce, Coolibah Farm’s roquette got frozen in Monday’s frost and overnight broccoli […]
