Big win for small farmers / Dream job at CERES Farm
Big win for small farmers The indefatigable Tammi Jonas, President of The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), has been celebrating a win for Victorian small-scale pastured pig and poultry farmers this past fortnight. You might remember late last year our State Government was planning changes to The Farming Zone which would have required very small […]
February rich pickings for the thinking farmer
February – rich pickings for the thinking farmer February is a busy time for most farmers and gardeners but if you can get somebody to cover your zucchini harvest, water your microgreens and bottle your kombucha then this month there is some seriously inspiring fruit to fill your metaphorical apple picking bag! Here’s a taster….. Saturday Feb 3rd CERES Joe’s Market Garden Tour […]
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 […]
How to grow a farmer. Vince's broad bean bounty. More CERES tomato seedlings.
Once upon a time we were all farmers – well most of us were. As the industrial revolution took hold more and more of us left the the land to become shopkeepers, doctors and digital insights analysts and we finally came to a today where hardly any of us are farmers or even have family […]
Local coconuts!? Dan O'Farrell and his irrepressible pea sprouts.
Local coconuts you ask? Is that a picture of a secret plantation somewhere on the Mornington Peninsula? Has global warming changed things this much already? Well, not really, it’s just that Malcolm from Aclara Health Foods came by the Fair Food warehouse last week. Malcolm was ecstatic that after many years working with organic coconut […]
Vince Fitipaldi – inner city rapa. The all new One Person Box now in-webstore
Down at the CERES Merri Creek Market Garden deep in the heart of Coburg (yes, you read right Coburg!) farmer Vince Fitipaldi (that’s him above with Heidi Sanghvi, our farm volunteer co-ordinator) has been busy growing, among other things, a crop of rapa, a leafy Italian heirloom brassica that Vince’s cousin and the original farmer, […]
