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 Paul Haar

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 […]

Under the giant monkey puzzles

Fiejoas

New Zealand/Aotearoa in early Autumn is a fruit-lovers paradise – there’s a plethora of apples, pears, passionfruits, black & blueberries, kiwis and tamarillos, but there is one fruit that unites the nation like no other – the feijoa.

Somewhere between sweet and tart

Ian and Anna Cuming at Beenak Farm

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.

A man of many branches

Paul Haar, architect and grower

This time of year when feijoa season comes around I think of one person – Paul Haar from Archie’s Creek. Grower, architect, innovator.