Harvest Festival is when we give thanks to our farmers, our makers and the sacred dance of sunshine, air, water, soil and plants from which all life follows.

For years I’ve watched people wander off the Merri Creek swing bridge, round the corner and stop dead in the middle of the bike path, mesmerised by a scene out of time and place.

So far Fair Food customers have generously paid forward more than $15,000 to help put on the Friday markets.

Sand Talk makes me rethink the big things; work, spirituality, sending our kids to school, the nature of cities, my ongoing war with the blackberry down in the bottom paddock…

Welcome back to a new year, from all of us at Fair Food.

This year more than any other there seems a lot to be thankful for.