Birds, trees, beetroot and olives

So much happening around CERES during this wintery weather! From firewood and awards for Fair Wood, to our waste-free beetroot curry workshop, and Joes Garden Feathery Fundraiser (complete with bird-themed dress up) at the farm gate. Busy season!
Caring for the Mother Tree

In times of trouble we seek sanctuary and in weeks like these CERES, more than ever, feels like a Mother Tree.
Growth rings

Like Baltic pine there are lots of other native timbers we use every day but don’t talk about – Merbau from South East Asian rain forests, Cumaru from South American jungles, even our own old growth Mountain Ash.
Can food be fairer?

At Fair Food we are defined by a question – Can food be fairer? The answer of course is always changing and evolving. There are, however, constants that guide us …
Growing farmers

Skilled organic farmers just don’t magically happen – they need land, training, resources and time to learn the discipline and intricate skills it takes to reliably grow and bring in a crop.
Measure twice. Cut once.

Measure twice. Cut once. There seems to be so many opportunities to mess up a perfectly good piece of timber even before a walking-DIY-disaster like me tries to bang in a nail straight. Watching Fair Wood grow over the past year I’m slowly discovering that for such a seemingly simple material there seems […]