Years later, unaware of the history that came before him, Alex Iordanov found himself working in the kitchen of the CERES Grocery Cafe and dreaming about starting a little bakery in the Grocery kitchen.

At this year’s Harvest Festival as the passata makers wiped the last sauce spatters away, Rosa Voto and musicians, Sancori, took centre stage to perform Stories of Harvest from Southern Italy to a gathering of harvest revellers primed to let loose.

Like Claire from Cherry Road, Dot and Nev only have a small farm so dahlia bunches will be limited to Saturday deliveries only – set your delivery day to Saturday and they appear in stock.

Wanting to share the food traditions of Charith’s mother, grandmother and the village communities they’d worked with but not knowing how to package it right – their zero waste solution had literally been under their noses for the past fifteen years – the banana leaf.

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

A year ago our friend and workmate Mo Nabaie got his front wheel stuck in a tram track, landed face first on Plenty Road and lost three of his front teeth.