Give us a sign Youbi / Never a better time to be Australian
Give us a sign For months at the new Fair Food warehouse in Preston disorientated delivery drivers have been tentatively sticking their heads in the front door asking if they’re in the right place. The confusion has arisen due to the huge plumbing supplies sign above our roller door, a leftover from the previous tenants. Clearly something had to be done. First […]
Feijoas / New Food Hosts up and running
Feijoas I realised my love for feijoas (aka pineapple guavas) was getting out of hand when our friend, Meg, pointed out I had planted 13 feijoa trees around our house. “Thirteen?” I asked, slightly startled. “Thirteen,” Meg confirmed. “Really, that many?” “That many”, Meg reconfirmed firmly. “That’s quite a lot.” “It is.” Feijoa are guavas […]
Apple, fennel & radish salad-slaw / Hot cross bun regret
Rebirth, renewal & hot cross bun regret Easter with its themes of renewal and rebirth may seem as incongruous with our southern hemisphere autumn as the Sexyland Superstore that’s located near the Essendon off-ramp on the Tullamarine Freeway. But when it comes to produce this time of year there is a kind a renewal, a changing of the guard; gone are the bold stone fruits of […]
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 […]
A man of many branches
This time of year when feijoa season comes around I think of one person – Paul Haar from Archie’s Creek. Grower, architect, innovator.
Somewhere between sweet and tart
Ian Cuming has been teaching biodynamics and supplying kiwifruit to CERES for twenty years. Thankfully Beenak Farm has been passed on to new farmers who will continue it’s good work, and we wish Ian and Anna all the best for a new chapter of regenerative change.
