In the face of empty supermarket shelves we feel the vulnerability of our global food supply chains.

Working together, taking the climate-grief we’re suffering as individuals and turning it into collective action.

On Thursday afternoon the cars began arriving at Christine and Chris Watts’ Paynesville farm. All of us have been drawn here by the desire to help out after the fires.

A shared, low-tech solution requiring a small but powerful change in the way we grow our food and fibre.

The challenge for people after the fires”, she points out, “is going to be the ongoing trauma. After all the initial attention fades people will feel forgotten – that’s why we need to keep coming together to heal.”

What really matters is that all across our community we come together to help and care for each other and our country.