No time not to use the regular plates / Farm seeks a farmer
No time not to use the regular plates On Friday I went with my sons and several thousand other Victorian children to the steps of the Treasury Museum for the Students Strike For Climate Change. From a respectful (non-embarrassing) distance it was thrilling to watch the crowd of young faces welcoming waves of […]
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 […]
Why I farm. Fair Food Convergence. Fruit Vipassana
The second instalment in a series of Fair Food farmers and grocery makers talking about why they do what they do. She started Madelaine’s Eggs on her parents’ Macedon Ranges farm as an 8 year old. Fourteen years later Madelaine runs 2000 chickens and sells her eggs online, at farmers’ markets and through more than a dozen […]
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 […]
Eat at Joe’s
For years I’ve watched people wander off the Merri Creek swing bridge, round the corner and stop dead in the middle of the bike path, mesmerised by a scene out of time and place.
The soil is strong in this one… When Generous Cooks Share. The Complete Urban Chef
Some people fall into their vocation others just can’t help themselves. Emily Connors is of “the can’t help herself” variety. Emily, that’s her harvesting rapa with CERES farmer Vince, says she’s been playing at being a farmer her whole life and it’s about all she’s ever wanted to do. Like so many farmers Emily’s journey started as a kid hanging around […]
