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In fields and backyards in and around Melbourne there’s a new crop of farmers sowing the seeds of organic and regenerative change.
Summer's first tomatoes from a low profile Joe. Robert Larocca's gift of governance.
If ever there was an under-the-radar farmer it’s Joe Valente from Mornington Organics, I’ve known Joe for more than 10 years and as I was writing this I realised I didn’t have a single photo of him. I got on-line and after an hour of fruitless Google searching nothing; no webpage, no Facebook, no twitter, […]
The Beautiful World of Dan The Egg Man. What's In The Box is Back
This is a story about a man who throws in his corporate city job to follow his passion and become a farmer. With the help of his giant white chicken protecting dogs he repairs the pastures, protects the bush and native animals and builds his free range chicken flock. Dan begins selling his eggs, immediately […]
Ian Cuming – farmer at the pointy end. Got a spare warehouse?
Every year like clockwork Paul Haar calls to announce that his feijoas have finished. Pretty much the next day Ian Cuming (that’s him above) will be on the phone to talk about dropping off the first of his biodynamic kiwis Not this year though, with the endless summer everything is out of whack – feijoas […]
Don't plant in winter months beginning with 'J'. Go toward the light Ameen.
This morning while I froze on the sidelines at my son’s footy game I thought of the Foothills Organics crew down in Colac harvesting in the frost. My hands felt sympathy pains for whoever was washing the radishes and leeks. When I got home I called Joe Sgro who said the frost had stuck around all morning. He was hoping a band of […]
Fair Food's Pear to Peer Network, A better name for the Bowel Buddy Box
I was talking this week to John Mustafa from Petty’s Orchard in Templestowe about their season. With only the Lady Williams and persimmons to come John and his father, Sam, are coming to the end of picking now. John says it’s been a bit of a light year for apples but there have been plenty of […]
