Message in a box
There’s some excellent lockdown love going around in the form of decorated Fair Food boxes, and we love it!
Emotional firefighting
Can sending visual messages on cardboard boxes be a fun and tangible way to help us stay connected? We hope so!
Frank and Dan’s unusual relationship
The idea was if Frank did the harvesting himself bit by bit and Dan bought the logs directly from Frank then most of the tree’s value would stay on Frank’s farm.
Francis, ReBoxCo & CERES
11 years ago Francis saw a couple of old wooden apple bins outside Gangemi’s fruit and veg shop in Barkly Square destined for the tip. Unable to see the timber go to waste he hauled the bins home and made a raised garden bed.
When life gives you juicing apples
For the Edwards farm, the result of cider and juice making has been huge – well over a hundred 350kg bins of juice grade apples and pears are now finding a productive use each year.
A cold hand thanks
This week the front rolling off the Southern Ocean delivered hard frosts and some of our coldest days in years. In this freezing week I think about the people bringing us our food and say a little thanks to their hands.
