The beguiling smile of Robert Pekin
Robert Pekin’s madly infectious smile has the kind of power to convince you to become deeply involved in a new social movement you’ve never heard of, adopt a so-far-out-of-left field idea that gets you simultaneously excited & terrified or has you sign onto a scheme so optimistically crazy that just might work….and possibly get you arrested. […]
Happy lower intestine = happy life. Patronise your local Food Host.
Lately, usually to a stony faced response, I’ve been recommending fecal transplants to my friends and family for basically every physical and mental ailment they collectively suffer from. Now if you watched Gut Reaction on ABC’s Catalyst last week you’d know I’m only half joking. The bottom line (no pun intended) is that if we feed the billions […]
Basil, tomatoes, zucchini and a bumper crop of cherries, maybe. Rewiring the food system – you really delivered!
Lately, everything we’ve been missing over winter and spring seems to be announcing itself to the season; check out CERESfarmer, Katherine’s, shiny basil crop above, Labertouche’s cherry tomatoes are arriving next week, Craig and Shelley Heppell will be dropping off their new zucchinis at the warehouse tomorrow and there’ll be cherries, yes cherries, in almost all of […]
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 […]
Weekly Update: Connected Communities Are More Resilient
Last week Chris wrote about how Climate Change is likely to impact our local food systems; increasing prices and making us more food insecure, as higher carbon imports move in to fill the space and add even more fuel to the climatic wildfire… read on…
New sustainable restaurant in St Kilda
Locavores will be pleased to know that SlowDown!@HarleyCourt is a new sustainable restaurant that has opened in St. Kilda focusing on serving local, sustainable produce – an ethos heartily shared by CERES Food Connect.