Social Enterprising
On July 1st, eleven years ago at our old warehouse in Beavers Road Northcote, Fair Food received its very first order.
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.
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 it rains…
Being bordered on three sides by the river Chloe Fox had been warned by the SES to expect minor flooding. But when their road access was cut off they knew they were in for something bigger, peaking at 2.5 metres higher than predicted, the Goulburn broke its banks at the top end of the farm and the river simply poured in.
A new story
This pic is what a CERES geography, science, maths, design and ethics classroom looks like. This is CERES Schools for Wildlife and it happens in schools all over Melbourne.
