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# CERES Fair Food

Organic fruit, veg and grocery delivery Melbourne

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- [Schulz's new glass](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/schulzs-new-glass/) - With the new Australian made glass bottles launched this week Simon Schulz is asking for everyone's help to return the old style milk bottles through July.
- [Xocolatl anyone? Cocoa Rhapsody](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/xocolatl-anyone/) - With Floyd's super fine Swiss style chocolate, Cocoa Rhapsody is one of Australia's best kept chocolate secrets.
- [Walter Swingle's family tree](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/walter-swingles-family-tree/) - Grown on the family orchard on Millewa-Mallee country, the early mandarins, unlike many other fruits, are at their best at the start of the season.
- [Swimming together for Solstice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/swimming-together-for-solstice/) - Celebrating Winter solstice at CERES, gathering with friends and neighbours, community rituals and warming fire.
- [Citrus season: our best tricks to use up the glut!​](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/blog/what-can-i-do-with-excess-citrus/) - With citrus season at its peak, here are our best ways to use up lemons, oranges, mandarins and more. Get delicious and minimise waste!
- [Everything about Avos](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/blog/everything-you-want-to-know-about-avocados/) - It’s (almost) everything about avocados! Local seasons, varieties, our best storage tips, and delicious recipes to really enjoy their creamy, nutty flavour.
- [Meal planning template](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/blog/meal-planning-template/) - Make the most of your fruit and veg with simple, delicious meal ideas, and a little help from some forward planning with our printable meal planning template.
- [Edible Gift Ideas: Festive favourites to make and share](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/blog/edible-gift-ideas-festive-favourites-to-make-and-share/) - Make it yourself with our best homemade, edible gift ideas. Share simple, waste free treats for a joyous festive season. Here's our favourites!
- [Should I wash my fruit and veg? We dish up the dirt.](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/blog/should-i-wash-my-fruit-and-veg-we-dish-up-the-dirt/) - Washing fruit and vegetables doesn’t need to be complicated. Find out more, and why a quick rinse with water is usually your best bet.
- [Buying fruit and veg online - what's the best way to shop?​](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/blog/whats-the-best-way-to-shop-for-organic-fruit-and-veg-online/) - We take you through the difference between buying a fruit and veg box or customising your fruit and veg online delivery to find the best shop for your household
- [How to grow a tree (like CERES)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/how-to-grow-a-tree-like-ceres/) - We don’t know what the next spindly seedling that will grow into a tree at CERES will be, only that so many of the things people love about this unique place ... all seem to start this way.
- [Sunday fun day gets things done day](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/sunday-fun-day-gets-things-done-day/) - CERES really shouldn’t exist. Ten undeveloped acres located right on the Merri Creek, near a tram line, major roads, only a few ks from the CBD.
- [Protein Protein Protein](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/protein-protein-protein/) - I realised recently that I was the only person in our household not thinking, talking or eating more protein.
- [All the <em>göz</em>](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/all-the-goz/) - The light, crispy, gooey spinach and cheese pastries have been selling out faster than we can get them in.
- [Glass campaign half full / A feast in time](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/glass-campaign-half-full-a-feast-in-time/) - Glass campaign half-full When I was a little kid one of my jobs after school was to put four empty milk bottles in the wire carrier and take them out to the letterbox for the milkman to swap over for full ones. Around dinner time the teenage milkboys in their Dunlop volleys and leather aprons
- [From defenders of the fair go to.....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/from-defenders-of-the-fair-go-to/) - From defenders of the fair go to..... On Friday the Fair Food crew went for a Tamil Feast at CERES, that’s us above. We were there to share a meal and catch up with our old workmate and Tamil Feast superstar, Nirma (waving at the back). As we ate, talked and laughed I looked around our table and
- [Soft Plastic Pick-Up is GO!](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/soft-plastics-pick-up-is-go/) - As much as we try to avoid them, soft plastics have a way of insinuating their way into our lives. So we're excited to launch our new collection service!
- [Joyful mindshifts](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/joyful-mindshifts/) - Changing how we think about something that has always been this way is one of our most powerful human abilities. CERES' beloved Olives to Oil project is another mindshift.
- [Refillable](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/refillable/) - Now as you know we love recycling, but refilling is Next Level - this week we share the story of Frankie Layton and her Brunswick refillable laundry company, Dirt.
- [Winter Solstice - Tilting back](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/winter-solstice-tilting-back/) - On the longest night of the year at CERES we celebrate the Winter Solstice. Two events over two nights, to welcome the return of the light.
- [Nature-based maintenance ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/nature-based-maintenance/) - CERES Winter Solstice is nearing, where thousands will join on the Village Green to mark the turning point of winter and celebrate the return of the light on the longest night of the year.
- [New Click In Fair Fizz | Feijoa's are in!](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/new-click-in-fair-fizz-feijoas-are-in/) - We think not having to buy a new plastic bottle every time you want a fizzy drink is a great idea, but having to pay a premium to refill the gas is not so great.
- [Finding love on the farm](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/finding-love-on-the-farm/) - I can think of no work that requires such intimate co-operation with natural systems than organic farming.
- [Be the connector](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/be-the-connector/) - In the week after Harvest, the question at Fair Food is how do we build on this connection every day and not let the fear from our feeds seep back in?
- [Vale Gil Freeman](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/vale-gil-freeman/) - Honouring Gil's life and legacy with every walk along our vibrant Merri creek.
- [Eve was so cool](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/eve-was-so-cool/) - What is so striking reading her words all these years later is that Eve Balfour returns again and again to the tenet that all life is connected.
- [Mill Spring Farm](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/mill-spring-farm/) - If you've bought organic stone fruit in Melbourne over past 30 years then you’ve most likely eaten Adrian and Valda’s plums, peaches or cherries.
- [Get down for the gift economy ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/get-down-for-the-gift-economy/) - I ate a blood peach for the first time today. I picked it off a small non-descript tree in the front garden that I’d never really paid much attention to. This year it's full of fruit and when I squeeze a small purply furry peach it has a promising give.
- [Seductive summer pleasures](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/seductive-summer-pleasures/) - I’m hoping Dre’s encyclopedia can help us out with some nectarine recipe ideas but instead I get stuck in the pitted fruit history section…
- [The whole tomato rainbow](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-whole-tomato-rainbow/) - This meant that if you walked into a Bunnings looking for tomato seedlings twenty years ago you would only find a Grosse Lisse and a Roma if you were lucky.
- [A handful of beans](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/a-handful-of-beans/) - Early this morning down at Joe’s Garden in Coburg I find Vince Fittipaldi, Joe’s younger cousin, waist high in his broad bean patch.
- [Buyer for the county](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/buyer-for-the-county/) - Produce buyers live in the future, this week's fruit and veg was ordered last week. I ask how February's looking and Joshua gives me the run down…
- [Lifelong learning](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/lifelong-learning/) - And that's the thing - no matter how long you do it there is always something to learn, to see, to smile at in a garden.
- [Vollies, momo's and a Permapixie / Organic farmer bushfire appeal](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/vollies-momos-permapixie-organic-farmer-bushfire-appeal/) - Farming together in the city and an appeal to support fire affected farmers
- [Live from the Packing Floor](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/live-from-the-packing-floor/) - Join our live-stream this Wednesday at 9.30am, with Carl Pannuzzo live from the warehouse!
- [Self-image and the veg box](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/self-image-and-the-veg-box/) - After many years of trying I have given up buying my veg box. Like doing early morning yoga three times a week I wish I was a veg box person, but I'm not.
- [Hello Vegetable, Humankind, and Pay-it-forward](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/hello-vegetable-humankind-and-pay-it-forward/) - And I don’t know if it was the emotion of lockdown lifting but watching an unhusked cob of corn fly like a migratory bird bought a tear to my eye.
- [Caring for the Mother Tree](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/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.
- [The thing about boxes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-thing-about-boxes/) - Every time we see a box come in it brings us joy and every time it goes out it again it spreads a little hope.
- [Normal](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/normal/) - In my head I knew it was coming but it wasn’t until after work on Friday standing in the drive-through at the Lomond Hotel that it sunk in - we were actually re-opening.
- [The Gatherer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-gatherer/) - Named after her adopted town, Sally feels that her Forrest Gin smells and tastes like the Otways she's come to know. Others clearly agree, Sally and Wayne's Forrest Gin was awarded a silver medal at this year's Royal Australian Spirit Awards.
- [Work with us](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/work-with-us/) - This month we're hiring a new customer service person! Read on for more about our team, our values, and of course the PD.
- [All singing, all dancing, all cooking](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/all-singing-all-dancing-all-cooking/) - No online grocery social enterprise is an island – in years past artists and musicians have been the first ones to put their hands up when CERES has needed help with a fundraiser or a festival.
- [Finding a way](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/finding-a-way/) - This week 12 years ago CERES Fair Food began delivering organic veggie boxes to pick up points around Melbourne. It was the same year Julia Gillard became prime minister, Leigh Sales started hosting 7.30, Jessica Watson sailed around the world and Mary McKillop was sainted. Happy Birthday Fair Food!
- [Laughing inside the box](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/laughing-inside-the-box/) - You may not know it but it’s quite likely that the person delivering your Fair Food groceries is in actual fact a comedian.
- [A new story](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/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.
- [The creek that defines us](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-creek-that-defines-us/) - Flowing out of the foothills of the Great Dividing Range the Merri Creek makes its way to Melbourne through the grasslands and into the Northern suburbs picking up Wallan Creek, Aitken Creek, Malcolm Creek, Merlynston Creek, Central Creek and Edgars Creek as it flows south.
- [Chipping Point](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/chipping-point/) - One of the last things I thought climate change would bring us was a hot potato chip shortage.
- [Feels like it could be a bit of a big year](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/feels-like-bit-big-year/) - This week on our Facebook feed you might have seen Lily D’Ambrosio, state minister for energy, environment and climate change, drop by the Fair Food warehouse to announce a Sustainability Victoria hybrid grant/loan for three projects; - building a vertical microgreens teaching farm - recycling a cool room destined for landfill from our previous warehouse
- [Bogong moth puttanesca / Job at Fair Food](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/bogong-moth-puttanesca-job-at-fair-food/) - Bogong moth puttanesca Last night when Antony Green revealed that the nation had collectively chosen to buy a negatively-geared townhouse in Airport West over saving the Great Barrier Reef I began imagining my family’s off-grid future. First thing next week we would sell-up, leave all those greedy people to their capital gains exemptions
- [Beautiful Darkness / New Food Hosts / Closed Monday](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/beautiful-darkness-new-food-hosts-closed-monday/) - Beautiful Darkness When I’ve watched one too many “What’s Trump done now” stories, listened to another Fortune 500 CEO crying like a baby bird for a tax break or seen that Facebook post about there being more plastic soy sauce fishes in the ocean than actual fish, I can become susceptible to a bit of
- [Tentatively & with trepidation here we go... / A new Good Gut Box?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/social-enterprise/tentatively-with-trepidation-here-we-go-a-new-good-gut-box/) - Tentatively & with trepidation here we go.... Sometime after lunchtime on Monday, that's tomorrow, the wonderful coding crew at the Open Food Network will flick the "on" switch to our new mobile-friendly webshop. The great thing about the new shop is that it works particularly well on mobiles and tablets - so no more fumbling around clicking the wrong thing and pushing and
- [With One Bean / The importance of getting to know sunflowers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/with-one-bean-getting-to-know-sunflowers/) - With One Bean I didn't know that it’s faster to take a plane from Darwin to Dili than it is to fly from Melbourne to Sydney. However, standard of living-wise, education-wise, just about everything-else-wise between our countries is as about far apart as you could imagine. It’s easy to forget that less than 20
- [Joe's Market Garden FarmRaiser  / Green Drought](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/joes-market-garden-farmraiser-green-drought/) - Joe's Market Garden FarmRaiser Yesterday a group of visitors from ORI Co-op came down to visit Joe’s Market Garden and take in the Saturday Farmgate. It was a beautiful scene; a group of regular veggie shoppers were gathered around the fire bin chatting, sipping coffee, breathing in wood smoke mixed with the smell of soil
- [Subterranean portent](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/subterranean-portent/) - Each year around the middle of September there’s an awakening down in the swamps of Koo Wee Rup.
- [A lesson from Mo, broad beans with Joe and a word with Eric](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/a-lesson-from-mo-broad-beans-with-joe-and-a-word-with-eric/) - A lesson from Mo! It’s been a big week for Fair Food's production supervisor, Mohammed Nabaei. When Doug, a journalist from The Thomson Reuters Foundation, visited in August to do an article on Fair Food nobody really gave it a second thought. But when the article was picked up by the South China Morning Post nobody was
- [Lucky we’ve got Dan / Big news on the Recycled Kinetic Electric Playground](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/lucky-weve-got-dan-big-news-on-the-recycled-kinetic-electric-playground/) - Lucky we've got Dan Four years ago Dan O’Farrell finished his studies in Brisbane and came down to join CERES as professional writing intern. After a few weeks of working on Fair Food's Terms and Conditions page Dan confessed his dream to be a farmer..... Dan: “Chris is there any sort of farming I could do here?” Chris: “Hmmmm
- [The beguiling smile of Robert Pekin](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-beguiling-smile-of-robert-pekin/) - Robert Pekin’s madly infectious smile has the kind of power to convince you to become deeply involved in a new social movement you’ve never heard of, adopt a so-far-out-of-left field idea that gets you simultaneously excited & terrified or has you sign onto a scheme so optimistically crazy that just might work….and possibly get you arrested.
- [How Now Dairy - Cow-centred farming/ Love Stories and Dedications](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/how-now-dairy-cow-centred-farming-love-stories-and-dedications/) - How Now Dairy - Cow-centred farming Cathy Palmer and Les Sandles are doing something at their Wunghnu dairy farm, their industry said couldn’t be done. They’re milking cows while keeping the calves with their mothers. It sounds pretty simple but it goes directly against dairy farming orthodoxy and is shaking people’s ideas up about what’s possible when comes to
- [Rowe Morrow - see her before she gets big / Fair Wood - what Pete's been up to](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/rowe-morrow-see-her-before-she-gets-big-fair-wood-what-petes-been-up-to/) - Rosemary Morrow I’m not sure why Rosemary Morrow isn’t better known, her life story would make an incredibly watchable Netflix drama. For the past 40 years Rowe Morrow (that's her above in red) has been teaching Permaculture to tens of thousands of people in shattered communities across the world’s warzones and disaster areas. Perhaps the lack of recognition
- [In the shed putting eggs in boxes / Robyn Clayfield - coming to CERES](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/in-the-shed-putting-eggs-in-boxes-robyn-clayfield-coming-to-ceres/) - In the shed putting eggs in boxes Being a farmer can be a very Instagramable profession, but this pic is actually what a lot of farming looks like - you in a shed, at a desk, packing eggs into boxes. There’s also the pic of you in the van bringing eggs to drop around town, the
- [A team definitely worth following / Happy soil = happy life](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/a-team-definitely-worth-following-happy-soil-happy-life/) - A team definitely worth following About a year ago I wrote about, CERES Education Group Manager, Lorna Pettifer, being selected for The Premiers Sustainability Award for Education. Over the weekend Lorna's work was recognised again becoming Environment Education Victoria’s Environmental & Sustainability Educator of the Year – (that’s Lorna on the left with Karen Jones from Port Phillip Ecocentre). Now
- [Diet for a new climate / New food host in Yarraville](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/diet-for-a-new-climate-new-food-host-in-yarraville/) - Diet for a new climate Two years ago one of my oldest friends turned 50 and, like his dad before him, promptly had a massive heart-attack. His recovery included embracing a plant-based diet, about which he’s posted on his Facebook page with the fervour of a man literally born-again. I love butter; it makes most things in
- [The magic of social mycelium / Farmer Christmas at Joe's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-magic-of-social-mycelium-farmer-christmas-at-joes/) - The magic of social mycelium This is our last full week of deliveries for 2018 (yes, we’re delivering on Christmas Eve Monday). As we wind up for the year and take our usual two week break (our first 2019 delivery is on Monday January 7th) I want to share with you a little of
- [Tearing off the tofu bonnet / Dream job on the tools at CERES](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/tearing-off-the-tofu-bonnet-dream-job-on-the-tools-at-ceres/) - Tearing off the tofu bonnet For a long time being a vegetarian or vegan was akin to being of part a dystopian underclass – members were cruelly forced to wear tofu bonnets and left to survive on green salads and side menu items. Family barbecue rituals could be especially savage; open mocking of poorly manufactured
- [Speaking to Jason and selling plums](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/speaking-to-jason-and-selling-plums/) - Speaking to Jason and selling plums These summer holidays in Perth have fostered a kind of existential hopelessness. Firstly, when I hear at beach that the sunscreen we have been so well-trained to slap onto our family’s skin is poisoning the coral reefs it creates a paralysing moral choice between melanoma and marine ecosystem destruction? Secondly,
- [Schulz milk in glass bottles update / PAZOYND Day, Saturday, Feb 23rd](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/schulz-milk-in-glass-bottles-pazoynd-day/) - Schulz milk in glass bottles coming soon... Here’s a progress update on Schulz Organic Dairy’s new glass milk bottles. You may remember back in 2018 Simon Schulz raised $106,100 to buy plant & equipment to put his milk into 5,000 reusable glass bottles each week. The glass bottles that are estimated to eliminate up to 10 tonnes
- [The bill's arrived / Regenerative Agriculture Day](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-bills-arrived-regenerative-agriculture-day/) - The bill's arrived.... As the big cold front came over Western Victoria last week I called Joe Sgro, Fair Food’s largest vegetable grower, to see if the rain had reached his market garden in Colac yet. It’d starting spitting and Joe was hoping for a good drenching after all the heat. January has been brutally dry
- [Ahead of his time, again  / Meet "Previously Ordered"](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/ahead-of-his-time-again-meet-previously-ordered/) - Ahead of his time, again. Four years ago this past week Joe Garita, our market garden mentor, passed away (that's Joe above with his John Deere tractor). Beginning in 1945 with his father and then later with Jean, his wife, Joe farmed his two and a half acre market garden on the Merri Creek feeding his
- [A big tree and a new understory](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/a-big-tree-and-a-new-understory/) - Five years on and the clearing Joe left is slowly being filled by a diverse new understory of farmers, teachers, artists, cooks, volunteers, children, weed-daters and eaters of all kinds.
- [Hopeful, resilient and fiercely generous  / CERES Harvest Festival](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/hopeful-resilient-and-fiercely-generous-ceres-harvest-festival/) - Since Friday all I’ve heard about are the actions of a fearful man. I don’t to want hear about that any more. I want to hear the voices of 30,000 striking school children marching down Collins Street on Friday morning. I want to hear them calling on us to wake up and share our planet with
- [Got to be worth a try  / Kids play at Joe's Garden](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/got-to-be-worth-a-try-kids-play-at-joes-garden/) - Got to be worth a try I was looking at an Instagram post about the big vegetable growing competition at CERES Harvest Festival when a comment caught my attention.... "While CERES do great work in these sorts of areas, the lack of advocacy around the climate emergency is extremely disappointing. The planet won’t be
- [Fresh pistachios - a rare treat indeed](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/fresh-pistachios-a-rare-treat-indeed/) - Fresh pistachios - a rare treat indeed Shane O’Dea remembers that when they first started growing pistachios people said Wahring was too far South and the trees wouldn't bear. But Jenny, Shane’s sister, did her research and discovered during the 1970’s the CSIRO trialled pistachios about 80kms from the O’Dea’s farm, confirming they were viable
- [Fair wood for your fire / No box left behind](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/fair-wood-for-your-fire-no-box-left-behind/) - Fair wood for your fire On Friday Pete Smyth, Fair Wood’s manager, came back to the Fair Food warehouse with a truckload of firewood (that’s it above). After Pete unloaded the four and a half tons of firewood by hand he was heard to say, “I am very tired now.” Pete has been wanting
- [Nine years later... / Send them home](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/nine-years-later-send-them-home/) - Nine years later This week CERES Fair Food is nine. Fair Food was kind of an accident, it started life as a weekly veggie co-op for CERES staff. Each week a couple of co-op members would pack fruit and veg into boxes on a picnic table outside the old quarry hut. There were
- [The future of Fair Food / Yes, we're delivering Cup Day!](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-future-of-fair-food-yes-were-delivering-cup-day/) - The future of Fair Food The pic above is Nicki, Hema and Robyn celebrating getting their forklift licenses. When I look at them I see the future of Fair Food. Each of these women started on our packing line and are now working in or training for senior roles. Between the three of them they
- [Meat](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/meat/) - Last week I was talking to Amy Paul from Ruby Hills about her organic lamb deliveries into Melbourne and also saw Ben Falloon, from Taranaki Farm, successfully crowd-funding $111,507 for an micro-abattoir to process his pastured chickens on-farm. It got me thinking about organic and regenerative meat. Lots of people I know eat organic fruit and veg but eat
- [A delicate balance / Milk in glass](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/a-delicate-balance-milk-in-glass/) - A delicate balance Every year around this time Jenny Indian emails from Stanley with an update on her and partner, Steve’s, chestnuts and quinces. This year I’m sharing Jenny’s message because it so honestly and humbly reveals what farmers are going through with the drought and a never-ending fire season. It also gives an insight into the constant
- [Time to do ... something / CERES Winter Solstice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/time-to-do-something-ceres-winter-solstice/) - Time to do....something If you feel like bringing on an existential crisis this week then have a read of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service’s (IPBES) media release. The report confirms something we all know deep down - that at an ever-accelerating rate we are hunting, fishing, chopping down, burning, farming, mining, paving
- [Between convenience and connection](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/between-convenience-and-connection/) - Between convenience and connection Yesterday morning at a small café off Sydney Road I shared a plate of fried dumplings with my eight year old son. The café was empty apart from a solitary diner across the room sipping her wonton soup . As we ate our food we curiously watched a stream of
- [Sofi's Seasonal Signposts / Fair Food Job Closing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/sofis-seasonal-signposts-fair-food-job-closing/) - Sofi's Seasonal Signposts Last week in a return-of-the-light antidote to mid-winter, post-election, extinction crisis despair I wrote about the first Murnong planting at Joe’s Garden, the CERES staff solstice bonfire and NUCA’s (Neighbours United for Climate Action) first meeting. I also wrote about an eight season calendar that I’d fallen in love with which I couldn’t quite fit in….until
- [Agroforestry's time / Tamil Feast's Richman](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/agroforestrys-time-tamil-feasts-richman/) - Agroforestry's time It’s hard to know why some things get fished out of in-boxes while others, equally worthy of our attention, are left to drift by and wash up in the eddies of the unread. For some deeply unknowable reason this week I found the clickbait of the Victorian Government’s Report from The Independent
- [Plastic free mind / Seeking a self-seeder](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/plastic-free-mind-seeking-a-self-seeder/) - Plastic free mind I wandered down to the Merri Creek this morning – no matter how long it’s been the creek always welcomes me back from whatever digital diversion that has kept me away. “Where’ve you been,” the muddy water, the yellow wattle flowers and wattlebirds ask. The winter flood had left its usual trove
- [If the Murray were a he or she / Matthew](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/if-the-murray-were-a-he-or-she-matthew/) - If the Murray were a he or she On Thursday the media was full of the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL). The report warned that… if the world is to combat dangerous climate change then we must urgently revolutionise what we eat, how we grow it and the way we use land. Once
- [Mal and Ben good wood men / Congrats Nicky, welcome Kelly](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/mal-and-ben-good-wood-men-congrats-nicky-welcome-kelly/) - Mal and Ben good wood men The big cold front rolled in this afternoon. The Bureau says the temperature has dropped from 18C to 12C though they reckon it actually feels like 6.7C. Which seems like as good a moment as any to talk firewood. Agroforesters Mal and Ben came to the Fair
- [Alex Podolinsky - Pattern & Flow / Exciting Dirt](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/alex-podolinsky-pattern-flow-exciting-dirt/) - Alex Podolinsky - Pattern and Flow Growing up in 1930's Germany Alex Podolinsky had a dream about a place with a giant yellow sun. Later as a refugee escaping World War II Alex Podolinsky came to the sunny land he saw in his dream and for the rest of his long life witnessed every single sunrise and sunset. If you’ve
- [What took us so long? / Best hospo gig ever?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/what-took-us-so-long-best-hospo-gig-ever/) - What took us so long? Early this morning I was over in the park walking Jessie, our kelpie. The remnants of a kid’s party lay scattered on the ground around a picnic table. I picked up the foil lolly wrappers, the empty plastic creaming soda bottle and a half dozen plastic cups. Passing by, my neighbour, Alan
- [Upcoming field trip / Fair Wood needs a home](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/upcoming-field-trip-fair-wood-needs-a-home/) - An upcoming field trip Kids come to Ceres and learn how to see webs of life in a bucket of water they pull from the old dam or in the handfuls of soil they dig from the market garden. They learn that the azolla, the tadpoles, the mosquito fish, the worms, the millipedes, the fungi, the vegetables and
- [Recycled Electric Kinetic Playspace Update](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/recycled-electric-kinetic-playspace-update/) - Recycled Electric Kinetic Playspace Update This time last year the Ceres Recycled Electric Kinetic Playspace got a guernsey in the Pick My Project competition. Inspired by a chaotically beautiful community-built playground at the St Louis Museum, the Ceres Playspace was workshopped into existence with groups of local kids - often employing giant native insects loaned from Melbourne Museum as conversation starters.
- [It's very wet in Colac / Playspace Design Launch](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/its-very-wet-in-colac-playspace-design-launch/) - It's very wet in Colac On Friday night I gave Lliam, my neighbour, a lift down from Melbourne to Fish Creek. I drop him at his front door and as I turn to take my usual short cut across their hill top paddock, Em, Lliam’s wife calls out from the veranda that the field is
- [Ben's best on-farm chicken abattoir / Christmas break](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/bens-best-on-farm-chicken-abattoir-christmas-break/) - Ben's best on-farm chicken abattoir Yesterday, I drove out to Taranaki Farm in Woodend to see Ben Falloon and his new on-farm micro-abattoir (that's it and Ben above). You may remember Ben’s Pozible campaign where eight hundred and fifty people pledged $111,507 supporting Ben's vision to process his chickens in the most ethical, healthy and humane way he could. Coming up the Taranaki Farm driveway the grass
- [Our Merri Creek](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/our-merri-creek/) - Gathering together to acknowledge, cleanse and reclaim our safe spaces along the Merri Creek and across our community.
- [Slow-browning mushies for quiet Australians](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/slow-browning-mushies-for-quiet-australians/) - One of those subtle yet significant changes in legislation is currently before our national parliament - it's being spruiked as a win for science and business but it also happens to take away our ability to tell whether a plant or animal is genetically modified.
- [Mushin's magnificent millipede](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/mushins-magnificent-millipede/) - On Friday while picking up some tomato seedlings from CERES Propagation I spy the unmistakable red bearded figure of Steve Mushin creating some kind of metal hooped sculpture up on the hill. This vision can only mean one thing.
- [Come together / Thanks....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/come-together-thanks/) - Thank to you for all your support, your feedback, your stories and for another wonderful year - we would not be here without you.
- [Come to the party.](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/come-to-the-party/) - Everything raised will support organic & biodynamic farmers affected by the bushfires around Australia.
- [What to do....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/what-to-do/) - This month instead of doing free delivery offers or our usual welcome back promotions we’re going to give five dollars for every home delivery to the Organic Farmers Bushfire Appeal.
- [Sharing the load](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/sharing-the-load/) - A shared, low-tech solution requiring a small but powerful change in the way we grow our food and fibre.
- [Open hearts](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/open-hearts/) - 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.
- [Breathing deeply](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/breathing-deeply/) - At first it struck me as strange that people would be thankful for the opportunity to give, but after a while I got it. We need to give. We have to give.
- [Cost to serve](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/cost-to-serve/) - Aren't people great. This week we're inspired and renewed by our community's creative generosity!
- [The giddiness of wild berries](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-giddiness-of-wild-berries/) - The cold and wet past six weeks we’ve just had has got local tomato growers wondering if their fruit will ever ripen. But blackberries? They're on.
- [The power of We](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-power-of-we/) - Working together, taking the climate-grief we're suffering as individuals and turning it into collective action.
- [How to get through](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/how-to-get-through/) - Thank you for all your kindness, patience and care. We're doing our best to continue serving our community through COVID-19, and to keep you informed of what that looks like day by day.
- [Pull together](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/pull-together/) - The week that was. And looking ahead together.
- [And we wait](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/and-we-wait/) - Like we all know so well, the wait for covid test results can feel like an age. And support is everything. But last week we REALLY knew that truth afresh.
- [Displaced](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/displaced/) - Each year thousands seek refuge in Australia. And its the quality of our welcome that makes all the difference to what happens next.
- [Veg Box Shame](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/veg-box-shame/) - For CERES Fair Food, which grew out of a staff veggie co-op, our identity was so intertwined with Veg Boxes it seemed inconceivable they could have a dark side.
- [Everyday Miracles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/everyday-miracles/) - Thanks to EVERYONE (our farmers, foragers, bakers and makers, our team, customers and readers)! The food we eat is an everyday miracle and we are ever grateful.
- [Revolving door](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/revolving-door/) - If you have any questions or observations about anything we're doing please get in touch!
- [Safe Harbour](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/safe-harbour/) - It’s not lost on the new workers that they are being welcomed by people who know intimately about having the world pulled from under their feet.
- [The outliers and the unloved](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-outliers-and-the-unloved/) - It's taken a crisis to reveal why mother nature's always made room for the unconventional.
- [wood4good](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/wood4good/) - There’s an emerging movement of foresters who are thinking very differently about the timber plantations they manage.
- [Joy-driven recovery](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/joy-driven-recovery/) - With venues closed and gigs cancelled all over the country CERES Fair Food is paying artists to perform at our warehouse.
- [Bring the teachers back](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/bring-the-teachers-back/) - Bring the teachers back Since the late eighties children have been coming to CERES to learn how to fall in love with the Earth. More recently CERES has sent teachers out to hundreds of Victorian schools to share the love as widely as we can. Since March no school children have come to learn at CERES
- [Fair Food turns ten](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/fair-food-turns-ten/) - Ten years ago this week CERES Fair Food opened its digital doors.
- [Here we go](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/here-we-go/) - A team effort to stay safe and get essentials out to all.
- [Fair Wood finds a home / Live from the Packing Floor Number Five](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/fair-wood-finds-a-home/) - This Wednesday morning's LIVE from The Packing Floor features singer, guitarist and spinner of stories, Marty Kelly accompanied by Fair Food’s own fiddle playing production manager, Jesse Hull.
- [Cabbage Rising](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/cabbage-rising/) - Sourdough may have been the defining food of the first lockdown, but will kimchi and sauerkraut be the food heroes of ISO part two?
- [Spring tide / Live from the Packing Floor VI](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/spring-tide-live-from-the-packing-floor-vi/) - If you're a parent/carer looking for something to mix up the home-school day bring your big questions and sign up.
- [Al Bardon’s Steri-Matic 7000](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/al-bardons-steri-matic-7000/) - Flat pack your boxes and leave them out for collection, the Bardon Steri-Matic 7000 is go!
- [Hello Vegetable](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/hello-vegetable/) - With more lockdown ahead we need something to help us through – so we are making an animated film! Send in your produce photos, drawings and audio memos to get involved!
- [Joe's Farmgate turns Five / Hello Vegetable](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/joes-farmgate-turns-five-hello-vegetable/) - No better time to celebrate an incredible community milestone and share the love of fruit and veg.
- [The music's on us at The Boîte](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-boite/) - This month, in the spirit of our Live from the Packing Floor shows, CERES Fair Food is joining with The Boîte to bring the music to you.
- [Vegetable Rising](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/vegetable-rising/) - As Meg's rouge de marmande and yellow cherry pear seedlings reach skyward to the spring sun a corresponding urge to garden rises among the good people of Melbourne.
- [Keeping food on the table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/keeping-food-on-the-table/) - On Monday Fair Food quietly launched a $20 pay-it-forward box which has already helped Open Table put together another 300 food parcels.
- [Play on ...](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/play-on/) - We are so pleased to have joined forces with the champions of world and indigenous music, the amazing Boite.
- [Grater good](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/grater-good/) - Over two Sunday’s Alanna is holding her popular hands-on cooking workshops focusing on zero-waste cooking that make the most of what you have in your fridge and garden.
- [The Year of Living Lovingly](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-year-of-living-lovingly/) - Welcome back to a new year, from all of us at Fair Food.
- [Joy, tears, disbelief!  Mo smiles again](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/joy-tears-disbelief-mo-smiles-again/) - "Thank you so much to everyone of you and every individual who donated for me. I feel very lucky to have a family like you guys.”
- [Ultrawild](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/ultrawild/) - To the best of my research, every project in this book, however bonkers, is theoretically possible, so writes industrial designer and inventor Steve Mushin’s of his book, Ultrawild, a wonderfully outlandish celebration of the power of creative thinking to help navigate the climate and ecological crisis.
- [Reciprocity](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/reciprocity/) - This year more than any other there seems a lot to be thankful for.
- [Sand Talk](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/social-enterprise/sand-talk/) - 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...
- [Once in a lifetime](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/once-in-a-lifetime/) - If you or someone you know is looking for a working experience unlike anything you’ll have in your life drop us an email and we’ll help put you in contact.
- [Social Enterprising](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/social-enterprising/) - On July 1st, eleven years ago at our old warehouse in Beavers Road Northcote, Fair Food received its very first order.
- [Lessons from a supermarket tomato](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/lessons-from-a-supermarket-tomato/) - In the 80’s and 90’s Coles and Woolies’ dominated the grocery market and fruit and veg got very boring. Epitomised by the industrial tomato – it was the supermarket produce buyer’s holy grail.
- [The Stretch](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-stretch/) - So far Fair Food customers have generously paid forward more than $15,000 to help put on the Friday markets.
- [And into Guling](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/and-into-guling/) - Just down the road, the kids at Moreland Primary School have been learning the seven Wurundjeri seasons with Uncle Dave Wandin - their awesome web page tells everyone along the Merri Creek the different seasonal signs to look out out.
- [Thor's downtime](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/thors-downtime/) - 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.
- [Mo got his smile back](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/mo-got-his-smile-back/) - 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.
- [Tuesday is Flower Day](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/tuesday-is-flower-day/) - Claire from Cherry Road Flower Farm in Red Hill is a regenerative flower farmer growing spray free, seasonal bunches of cosmos, zinnias, daffodils, tulips and snapdragons.
- [A man of many branches](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/a-man-of-many-branches/) - This time of year when feijoa season comes around I think of one person – Paul Haar from Archie’s Creek. Grower, architect, innovator.
- [Like it should be](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/like-it-should-be/) - 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.
- [Dot and Nev's dahlias](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/dot-nev-dahlias/) - 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.
- [Get reciprocal](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/get-reciprocal/) - 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.
- [The path to vegetable enlightenment](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/veg-enlightenment/) - My own failed veg box experience was years of composting the limp beetroot and yellowing cabbage my family didn't eat and feeling a kind of “veg box shame”.
- [Reconciliating](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/reconciliating/) - On a crisp autumn morning a few weeks ago Wurundjeri elder, Uncle Ringo Terrick, came to the Fair Food warehouse to conduct a Welcome to Country ceremony.
- [Wood Savings](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/wood-savings/) - The storm that tore through Victoria a week and a half ago brought down so many mature trees that Hayden Cronin, Fair Wood's manager, has been inundated by emails asking for help - including one from a landholder in Newbury who had lost more than 100 trees.
- [Slow rise](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/slow-rise/) - 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.
- [Lessons in Currawong](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/lessons-in-currawong/) - I look up from my boots and my eyes widen. Overnight it seems like someone’s set off a golden-bomb – all along the creek bank the silver wattles are in glorious bloom.
- [Growth rings](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/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.
- [Brown gold](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/brown-gold/) - Today is National Tree Day* and if you head down to the Yarra River this week you’ll see the wattles along the banks dropping their blossoms onto the water in drifts and swirls turning the Yarra into a river of gold.
- [Full circle](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/full-circle/) - Late Wednesday night a text comes through from CERES farm manager, Meg Stewart, there's a fire at CERES. Another follows with a photo taken from Blythe Street showing an ominous glow through the trees.
- [Message in a box](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/message-in-a-box/) - There's some excellent lockdown love going around in the form of decorated Fair Food boxes, and we love it!
- [A walk in Maurie's gumboots](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/a-walk-in-mauries-gumboots/) - Maurie knows cutting asparagus is a slog - starting as early as 2am, working by torchlight, walking five kilometres a day in diving boots, cutting 300kgs of asparagus – it’s not for everyone.
- [Spear in hand (it's asparagus time)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/spear-in-hand-asparagus-season/) - The weather’s been warming up so it’s been a busy week in Maurie Cafra's asparagus crop, keeping up with the world’s fastest growing vegetable.
- [Pierogi Pierogi](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/pierogi-pierogi/) - As part of our effort to bring you comfort food during COVID we're now stocking two favourites from this much loved Melbourne duo.
- [Perfectly square](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/perfectly-square/) - Get ready for some seriously good katsu sandwiches at your place. Lt Cardigan shokupan is here.
- [Bee here now](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/bee-here-now/) - The Backyard Bee Census is a simple 10 minute count of all the insect pollinators you can see visiting a chosen tree/bush/plant in your backyard, street or park.
- [Diary of a Grocer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/diary-of-a-grocer/) - Thank you for all your messages, your kindness, your support for CERES and our wider community. Have a safe break and see you in 2022.
- [Thanisa Adams' practical reponse](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/thanisa-adams-practical-reponse/) - Through spring and summer Thanisa’s growing strawflowers, statice, Queen Anne’s lace, cornflowers, Canterbury bells, sunflowers, zinnias and lots of dahlias.
- [Gift economy](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/gift-economy/) - With today’s novelty cheque donation Open Table's pay-it-forward total now stands at $45,000. We’d love to push that total to $50k (!!) so more people can cook the food that's special to them through the holidays.
- [Patient resignation](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/patient-resignation/) - Over the past two years many people have been unable to visit CERES, but this week if you were to return you would be witness to a transformation.
- [Head, hands, heart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/ead-hands-heart/) - The Back to School Campaign is about rebooting this rite of passage and providing safer, more accessible spaces for kids and teachers.
- [2022 Green Grocer's Diary](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/2022-green-grocers-diary/) - We’ve gotten through another enormous year together - these are a few excerpts from my Diary for 2022.
- [The Walkers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-walkers/) - As the name First Generation Organics suggests the Walkers are relatively new to agriculture.
- [Francis, ReBoxCo & CERES](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/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.
- [Growing farmers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/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.
- [When life gives you juicing apples](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/when-life-gives-you-juicing-apples/) - For the Edwards farm, the result of cider and juice making has been huge - well over a hundred 350kg bins of juice grade apples and pears are now finding a productive use each year.
- [Electric Organic Grocery Delivery](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/electric-organic-grocery-delivery/) - CORENA*'s revolving fund works by providing interest-free loans to not-for-profit organisations to invest in things like solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles. (*Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia)
- [The great revealing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/system-change-not-climate-change/the-great-revealing/) - Like the fires and the pandemic before it the aftermath of the flood reveals all kinds of truths about our climate, our governments, our communities and each other.
- [Finding form](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/finding-form/) - This coming Saturday the 26th March join us at the CERES Harvest Day - celebrate CERES fortieth birthday and give thanks to the good Earth, our farmers and the cycle of the seasons.
- [Home for Harvest](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/home-for-harvest/) - Harvest is CERES’ Thanksgiving – we give thanks to the good Earth, the farmers, the bakers, the makers and the cooks but above all we do it by coming together to celebrate!
- [PAZOYND Month](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/pazoynd-month/) - Every time something is given and received it’s like a delicate thread is strung between us. Repeat it enough times over the years and we make a kind of community macrame creation that holds us together.
- [Unexpected harvest](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/unexpected-harvest/) - When pistachio farmer Shane O’Dea returns my call, he explains he's been tied-up in the neo-natal intensive care unit delivering a set of twins. Like many farmers, Shane has a city job that helps keep the farm going.
- [Gold nuggets up at Noleen's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/gold-nuggets-at-noleens/) - Noleen runs Emmaline Farm, a small property tucked below the Cathedral Ranges near Buxton in Taungurung Country.
- [Pressing together](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/pressing-together/) - If all this rings a bell deep inside you, then it’s time to get your picking crew together and bring your olives, your neighbour’s or your whole neighbourhood’s olives in for pressing.
- [How to grow a grower](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/how-to-grow-a-grower/) - Young urban farmers like Charlotte, Pat and Kirsty are the future of our food supply, nurturing their success is nurturing the land and the regeneratively grown fruit and vegetables we'll be eating in years to come.
- [Rake or tub?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/rake-or-tub/) - Community harvests of olives and other fruits have been spreading across Australia with the wonderful effect of building community and preventing food waste at the same time. And it's happening this weekend at CERES!
- [Too big to feel](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/too-big-to-feel/) - As the ACCC inquiry into supermarket power continues I'm thinking more and more about the Dunbar Number.
- [A whole lot of aligning](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/a-whole-lot-of-aligning/) - In the last line of The Uluru Statement from the Heart the authors invite non-Indigenous Australians to “walk with them in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.”
- [Impact measurement](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/impact-measurement/) - More than ever we are waking up and wanting to learn about our food and how to grow it and more than ever we are going to CERES Organic Farm to do it.
- [Glorious, gorgeous imperfect](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/glorious-gorgeous-imperfect/) - Look out for the most amazing bouquets from Anna Sfyris at 302 Flowers in Macedon Ranges (delivered Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays), plus special Mother’s day blooms coming online for delivery later in the week.
- [Shaking the habit](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/shaking-the-habit/) - At the Fair Food warehouse there's a continuing collective effort to reduce the amount of plastics coming into our warehouse and ending up in landfill.
- [A cold hand thanks](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/a-cold-hand-thanks/) - This week the front rolling off the Southern Ocean delivered hard frosts and some of our coldest days in years. In this freezing week I think about the people bringing us our food and say a little thanks to their hands.
- [Sharing during soup season](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/sharing-during-soup-season/) - We love nothing more than sharing the surplus at Fair Food - not only does it prevent food waste, it doubles as a reciprocal reminder of Mother Nature's endless generosity.
- [Vale Dan Palmer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/vale-dan-palmer/) - There’s so much more to Dan Palmer’s legacy than can be shared here – in all he's done he has left our world a better place and left us better people for knowing him.
- [Different kind of activism](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/different-kind-of-activism/) - Google image “environmental activism” and you’ll see hundreds of street protests - big crowds, placards, fists in the air, megaphones and giant banners. But environmental activism takes many guises.
- [Following the money](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/following-the-money/) - Not everyone knows Fair Food is a social enterprise and that each year a hundred percent of our profits go to support CERES’ mission helping people fall in the love with the Earth. A couple of weeks ago we worked out that since Fair Food opened it had contributed over two million dollars towards this mission.
- [Circular citrus economy](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/circular-citrus-economy/) - Over the weekend you may have found a surprise lemon in your Fair Food box with an accompanying note. At CERES we love the Earth and we also love saving lemons (and food in general) from going to landfill.
- [Once in a hundred lifetimes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/once-in-a-hundred-lifetimes/) - Last weekend while frying up a couple of eggs for his noodles our eldest son was surprised to crack open not a double-yoker, not a triple-yoker but a quadruple-yoker! We all thought this was a pretty special thing, however, at the time none of us had an inkling that what had just happened in our frypan was an astronomically unlikely event.
- [The opposite of screen time](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/the-opposite-of-screen-time/) - Since opening, Fair Food has contributed 100% of our profits to CERES School of Nature and Climate helping over 1 million students learn hands-on ways we can take care of the Earth.
- [Produce anxiety](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/produce-anxiety/) - Like we do in other essential industries, we need to nurture the the new growers who will one day feed us. And while the government has its role to play, we as eaters have ours too.
- [Can food be fairer?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/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 ...
- [Bee-longing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/bee-longing/) - Fifteen years ago Lyndon Fenlon had so many beehives stashed around his Footscray rental he was becoming paranoid that someone would dob him into the Department of Primary Industries. But where to go?!
- [When it rains...](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/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.
- [Gifts that keep giving](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/gifts-that-keep-giving/) - At the end of last year as we were planning our regular customer thank-you cards and gifts we had a thought - maybe there was a better use for the money we were about to spend on cards and gifts?
- [ Can work be fairer?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/can-work-be-fairer/) - Convenient and delicious home-delivered food and groceries are a wonderful thing – but if we don’t look after the people who bring them to our doors, then it just becomes ashes in our mouths.
- [How not to blow up the farm?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/how-not-to-blow-up-the-farm/) - Simon’s feeding out hay to his cows but no rain equals no grass equals less milk. Simon says this means reduced bottled milk production and a stop to making feta altogether.
- [Packaging anxiety rising](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/packaging-anxiety-rising/) - As the Christmas presents from our scattered family start hitting our doorstep I'm feeling my packaging anxiety beginning to rise.
- [Do snails have hearts?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/do-snails-have-hearts/) - In the morning when I water our little garden plot I’ve been daydreaming more than the usual amount about how and why we grow things the way we do.
- [Beyond resolutions](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/beyond-resolutions/) - With our heads, hands and hearts we welcome you back to CERES in 2023.
- [Completing a sort of cycle](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/completing-a-sort-of-cycle/) - Inside a Fair Food box is a rectangular cardboard insert that keeps groceries from falling into a demoralising pile at your doorstep. If you have an idea or something you'd like to share with us - just write, draw or paint it on the cardboard and put it out with your box for collection when your next delivery comes.
- [Other food of love](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/other-food-of-love/) - At Fair Food we're lucky enough to have three of Melbourne's very best chocolatiers whose ethics are as good as their conching.
- [The sustainable farmers you've never heard of](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-sustainable-farmers-youve-never-heard-of/) - As 2022 closed out and the cost-of-living crisis began to bite, we heard our customers and staff talking about wanting to support organic farmers but really struggling to afford it
- [Returnable, reusable, recyclable coolers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/plastic-free-low-impact/returnable-reusable-recyclable-coolers/) - After a successful trial, our new returnable, reusable cooler boxes made from recycled cardboard have been launched to replace polystyrene coolers.
- [Culmination](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/culmination/) - It's the peak of the growing season when a year or sometimes more of a farmer's work comes to fruition.
- [The question that guides](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-question-that-guides/) - Can food be fairer? It’s the question that guides our work and over the years it's evolved in sometimes surprising ways.
- [Jesse's long & winding electric road](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/jesses-long-winding-electric-road/) - In 2018 Jesse Hull, Fair Food’s logistics manager, was charged with transitioning Fair Food’s fossil fuelled fleet over to fully electric.
- [New Traditions](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/new-traditions/) - Olives to Oil returns to CERES this May 21st when people all around Melbourne will harvest urban olives to be turned into the most unique olive oil.
- [Regluing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/regluing/) - And in a time where the world seems out of control these simple community rituals are a kind of annual regluing of bonds that hold us together and reaffirm who we are.
- [Isabelle's cheese dreams ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/isabelles-cheese-dreams/) - Cheese comes to Fair Food’s French marketing manager, Isabelle Fouard, as naturally as an Eastern Curlew's yearly migration from Siberia to Australia.
- [Under the giant monkey puzzles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/under-the-giant-monkey-puzzles/) - New Zealand/Aotearoa in early Autumn is a fruit-lovers paradise – there's a plethora of apples, pears, passionfruits, black & blueberries, kiwis and tamarillos, but there is one fruit that unites the nation like no other - the feijoa.
- [Sweet sawdust smelling stacks](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/sweet-sawdust-smelling-stacks/) - Fair Wood is Fair Food’s sustainable timber selling cousin, the brainchild of award-winning architect and feijoa grower, Paul Haar.
- [Never the same again](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/never-the-same-again/) - It's an Olive-o-lanche! Last Sunday's Olive to Oil collection day broke all the records, what a harvest!!
- [ The invisible farmers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-invisible-farmers/) - IPM produce isn’t organic but it does tick a lot of sustainable boxes - it also fits a lot more people’s budgets.
- [ For the love of curds](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/for-the-love-of-curds/) - This month our Cheese Lovers aisle is featuring third generation French cheesemaker, Matthieu Mégard - owner of L’Artisan Cheese.
- [Olive stories](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/olive-stories/) - This week I've been loving reading the #olivestories coming out of CERES' Olives to Oil. The wonderful stories below have been put together by Olives to Oil project manager Merrin Layden with pics from Ana at Sol Foto.
- [Intrinsically human / intensely purposeful](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/intrinsically-human-intensely-purposeful/) - With the Olives to Oil Festival coming up I’ve been keeping an eye on three olive trees close to my house...
- [Coming around](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/coming-around/) - The Currawongs are back in town - they're fitting birds for longest nights of the year.
- [Rennet happens, you'll know](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/rennet-happens-youll-know/) - Boatshed Cheese in Dromana are all about handmade French style soft goat, cow and buffalo cheeses.
- [The Washups](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-washups/) - Each week at Fair Food we read The Washups; a report that shows us how many orders went out successfully (most of them) and how many had something that wasn’t right (there’s always a few).
- [In the washup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/in-the-washup/) - Working in an online grocery can be quite disconnected - but one of the few times we make actual human-to-human contact is when something goes wrong - which often turns into an opportunity to make things right and get to know each other a little bit.
- [The Guides](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-guides/) - The guide makes it easy if you want to eat seasonally or stay local or just be a bit more connected to the Earth cycles.
- [The Month in Cheese](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-month-in-cheese/) - This month Fair Food’s resident turophile, Isabelle Fouard, is taking our tastebuds on a trip up to the Sunshine Coast to visit the Woombye Cheese Company.
- [The rhyme and the rhythm](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-rhyme-and-the-rhythm/) - A week ago inside a large greenhouse warmed by the afternoon sun, a group gathered and raised their glasses to open the new CERES Microgreens Farm.
- [The Secret in Floyd's Seat](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-secret-in-floyds-seat-2/) - A week ago inside a large greenhouse warmed by the afternoon sun, a group gathered and raised their glasses to open the new CERES Microgreens Farm.
- [The mould in me](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-mould-in-me/) - Long Paddock Cheese are Fair Food’s cheesemakers of the month! We are delighted to deliver a selection in September, with complex tastes and textures all of their own.
- [Bee present](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/bee-present/) - In 2015 Moss and Andrew McCallum left city careers to become migratory apiarists, a.k.a. beekeepers. Eight years later the family manage around 700 beehives from their off-grid base on Taungurung country in North-East Victoria.
- [How to make a difference](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/how-to-make-a-difference/) - Gathered beside the small pond above the community garden with a group of donors to the recent CERES’ annual appeal - this is the question we’re here to answer.
- [Take a look at me now](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/take-a-look-at-me-now/) - If you take a closer look brassicas play an important role in our lives and are actually an amazingly diverse family of vegetables.
- [A time to relish](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/a-time-to-relish/) - This week, in honour of our heirloom heroes, we're sharing tomato excitement with you!
- [How to build love](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/how-to-build-love/) - These are not the major milestones or the grand gestures that we mark our lives with, just millions of small daily acts offered freely without expectation.
- [Meanwhile down at Joe’s](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/meanwhile-down-at-joes/) - If there's one vegetable that embodies Joe Garita, who farmed here for 70 years, it's the broad bean.
- [An invitation ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/an-invitation/) - This is an invitation to all of us, I don’t think we have to wait for our politicians to accept it first.
- [Barry and Cheryl's blues](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/barry-and-cheryls-blues/) - Barry Charlton and Cheryl Hulls were at the Mould Cheese Festival in Sydney when they heard they'd been named the world’s best artisan cheesemakers at the International Cheese and Dairy Awards, a competition for 5,500 of the world's best cheesemakers.
- [On the road](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/on-the-road/) - It’s an occupation where the range of possibility from day to day varies so widely that it’s unsurprising so many of Fair Food’s drivers are philosophers, comedians and practicing stoics.
- [Sharon's chocolate challenge ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/sharons-chocolate-challenge/) - Sharon Brindley, a Yamatiji/Noongar woman, grew up on Bunurong country on the Mornington Peninsula. But a lot of her childhood was spent out in the bush with her grandmother East of Kalgoorlie.
- [Plastic passionate](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/plastic-passionate/) - Each week at the Fair Food warehouse we put aside our soft plastics for Cesar to collect - this includes the very distinctive pink carrot bags which you’ll find on many Aoracreo designs.
- [Different kind of bargain](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/different-kind-of-bargain/) - In 2019 Schulz Organic Dairy re-introduced old-school milk-in-glass bottles, and this week Simon Schulz proudly announced that after four years they’ve refilled their one millionth bottle.
- [Tin thing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/tin-thing/) - Fair Food are proud to be one of a handful of Victorian shops stocking Little Tin Co. Local - Delicious - Considered!
- [I eat, therefore....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/i-eat-therefore/) - Just as Einstein theorised that people, islands, everything only exist through their relationships with each other, maybe Descartes would also conclude that no person or grocery provider is an island.
- [So small yet so large](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/so-small-yet-so-large/) - Along with Joe’s Garden, Fair Food gathers almost all of our lettuce, bunched greens and herbs from a group of small growers farming in and around Melbourne. These farms couldn’t be smaller yet their influence couldn’t be larger.
- [The best of times](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-best-of-times/) - For Southern hemisphere produce farmers Christmas is a baffling time - just when everything is getting really good everybody eats out or goes away on holiday.
- [Re-emerging](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/re-emerging/) - The flood at Chloe’s has also affected growers and other farmers across Victoria. This week looking over Fair Food's produce lists there are already a few “out-of-stocks” and it’d be a safe bet that there’ll be more to come.
- [A beginning and an end](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/a-beginning-and-an-end/) - On Saturday Mo, our warehouse supervisor, messaged the Fair Food crew with good news...
- [Tell the world](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/tell-the-world/) - Each week in the customer service office Kelly and Steph (that's them above) receive email and phone messages about everything from identifying a bunch of leaf amaranth to requests for help with school projects.
- [1.5 million of best flat whites ever](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/best-flat-whites-ever/) - Last year Alice and Jake Mahar bought 16 tons of beans from 386 Timorese farming families paying 73% higher than fair trade prices.
- [Show of hands....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/show-of-hands/) - In situations like these I often find myself imagining how conversations between supermarket execs go down at Coles and Woolies head offices….
- [Oh fudge...](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/oh-fudge/) - Ten years ago when Bonnie Halliday couldn’t find any cold smoked rock salt in Melbourne she began making her own.
- [No carrot left behind](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/no-carrot-left-behind/) - People say in our surveys one of things they hate most is throwing out food. There’s the money of course, but it’s the waste people feel so strongly about.
- [In a jam](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/in-a-jam/) - Wherein Alan, our neighbourhood preserver, suffers a crippling crisis of confidence. Is the new induction stove the end of jam-heaven?
- [Think it, bee it](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/think-it-bee-it/) - Robert worked the hive and admired the togetherness of his bees’ and their ability to organise around a cause. Humans, he thought, didn’t always look after each other as well.
- [Beguiled by biriyani?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/beguiled-by-biriyani/) - Aditi, who learnt how to cook from her grandmother growing up in Pune, in central India, is returning to CERES to share her family’s food secrets in April and October.
- [Thanksgivings](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/thanksgivings/) - Traditionally many harvest festivals like Mardi Gras, Carnival or Saturnalia were wild steam-letting-off affairs with regular rules of behaviour going out the window.
- [In a soft, sweet nutshell](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/in-a-soft-sweet-nutshell/) - The season is short - one to two weeks, but the good news is we have lots of fresh unsalted and unroasted pistachios to share with you.
- [The real dirt on dirt](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-real-dirt-on-dirt/) - And if you've just come home from a long weekend away in nature you'll know exactly what this feels like and how important this is for our little souls.
- [O2O returns](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/o2o-returns/) - Last year Olives to Oil manager Merrin Layden was frantically revising her participant predictions for the CERES annual olive picking and pressing festival with every passing hour...
- [Feijoa-curious?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/feijoa-curious/) - Yesterday, a friend dropped off a shopping bag of their excess feijoas. A frenzy of scooping teaspoons and pleasurable moans immediately ensued.
- [A year of IPM](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/a-year-of-ipm/) - The search led us to a group of sustainable farmers that the supermarkets surprisingly didn’t want to talk about.
- [Gathering](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/gathering/) - If you’d like to get involved there are three more olive collection days coming up!
- [The stuff of life ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-stuff-of-life/) - Compost! CERES may not have a bobcat or frontend loader but it does have community and corporate volunteers and skilled compost makers.
- [Bird makes better people](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/bird-makes-better-people/) - Can magpies and people be friends? The magpies we know at CERES are genuinely curious about what we do, join in with activities and introduce family members.
- [Can firewood be fairer?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/can-firewood-be-fairer/) - It’s just after sunrise and I’m driving the CERES Fair Wood truck at a crawl up a gravel road North of Heathcote in Central Victoria.
- [The friendship economy](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-friendship-economy/) - Three or four times a year Mo Nabaie finishes up the Fair Food packing line on Saturday and heads up to Emmaline Farm in Buxton, Taungurung Country...
- [Best of times for birds and fruit](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/best-of-times-for-birds-and-fruit/) - When the birds are busy it’s no coincidence that there's also a lot of fruit about and for me this is the best time of year for fruit.
- [Something's off](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/somethings-off/) - This week Shepparton cannery SPC announced a 40 per cent cut in its peach and pear intake to its Victorian fruit growers because Woolworths was buying its home-brand canned fruit more cheaply from China and South Africa.
- [Completely unreasonable hope](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/completely-unreasonable-hope/) - Where else could a gigantic millipede with old Ford factory robot antennae and legs made of Spirit of Tasmania ropes exist?
- [Wim-Hof-like](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/wim-hof-like/) - It’s cold, very cold and when it’s cold our thoughts at Fair Food go out to our farmers. It's our winter farm report!
- [Eat the change you want see](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/eat-the-change-you-want-see/) - It was tongue-in-cheek, but there was ring of truth to it - here was an opportunity to make a difference three times a day, every day.
- [Getting down to Joe's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/getting-down-to-joes/) - Joe’s Market Garden is a beautiful anomaly; a two and a half acre remnant of early Melbourne when market gardens and dairies were dotted along the Merri Creek.
- [The OG Cheese](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-og-cheese/) - Name a cheese made from sheep’s milk? How about Pecorino, Feta, Ricotta, Roquefort, Manchego, Bulgarian Kaschkavalo, Halloumi. And Grandvewe!
- [Let it go](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/let-it-go/) - Plastic Free July is just about over - here’s a few makers and the packaging we’re proud to share and support this and every month.
- [Bee friendly](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/bee-friendly/) - Bees in Berwick backyards may seem a thousand miles away from the troubles plaguing industrial agriculture, but the solution to varroa could be in our hands.
- [Who owns the Farming Zone? / Field of Beans](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/who-owns-the-farming-zone/) - Who owns the Farming Zone? There's a "Utopia" moment happening in our food regulatory landscape. One of those times the government's "got all the stakeholders in the room" to "consult" over a big decision, has made all the right listening noises, but then after everyone's left, seems to have stayed back for a beer with the big boys
- [Existential labrador walking](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/existential-labrador-walking/) - These times also can include ownership of something that could best be described as an existential labrador – insistently nudging us until we take it for a walk
- [A pie pilgrimage](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/a-pie-pilgrimage/) - A pie is like a pop song – the ingredients are familiar, the recipe well-worn, and though we may not be able to describe why, we know a great one when we taste one.
- [Free muddy, curious child](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/free-muddy-curious-child/) - Under the black Koo Wee Rup soil on Maurie Cafra’s farm, asparagus crowns commune with their fungal collaborators patiently waiting ...
- [Seeking the Sauce bird ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/seeking-the-sauce-bird/) - Join us for the CERES Bird Count Picnic this October, at Joe's Market Garden in Coburg. There'll be produce, stalls and music plus bird workshops and walks.
- [The hungry time](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-hungry-time/) - We're so proud to support and deliver the work of the Corner Store Network. Since it began in 2019, the preserving initiative has saved over 30 tons of food!
- [Chances are they’re lying](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/chances-are-theyre-lying/) - Just when you thought their behaviour couldn’t possibly get worse this week the ACCC alleged Woolworths and Coles have been price gouging on more than 500 popular products.
- [Favafest at Joe's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/favafest-at-joes/) - To celebrate the tradition of Joe's fava beans and the fava's importance to many communities, we invite you to join us at a ‘Festival of Fava’, Sat 26 October!
- [The Orange Lady](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-orange-lady/) - Fresh picked from The Orange Lady's family farm, Gaby, Chris, Francis and Phoebe’s sweet juicy navels are ready to deliver.
- [Navel gazing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/navel-gazing/) - Now it'd be reasonable to think that Cara Cara and Blood Oranges, with their characteristic coloured fleshes, might have similar thing goings on, but you’d be dead wrong.
- [Full circle peaches](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/full-circle-peaches/) - When I saw the golden clingstones tucked in my Fair Food box this week I smiled and thought to myself - I know these peaches.
- [Out in it](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/out-in-it/) - On hot days like today most of us get to hide away in front of our air cons or fans, but if you're an animal, a vegetable or a farmer, no matter what the temperature is you're going to be outside.
- [And in return](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/and-in-return/) - Each piece of return packaging coming back to us to refill or reuse is a little win - one less bottle, box, cooler, container to be mined and manufactured.
- [The versatile sugar gum](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-versatile-sugar-gum/) - Looking back to the devastation of Victoria's Mallee country and the windbreaks of the dust bowl, from the comfort of a Fair Wood sugar gum deck.
- [Master non-strivers ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/master-non-strivers/) - Like many new birders I begin by making a list of the birds I see, but once I know a few of their names I start making a list of the things they do...
- [See change](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/see-change/) - There are some things that once you experience them you never see the world the same way again.
- [Sharing sweet nectar](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/sharing-sweet-nectar/) - Pick-your-own summer flowers in Coburg at Joe’s Garden!
- [Chew your food](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/chew-your-food/) - Such diversity of food! And yet we’ve never been more distracted and less appreciative of the grocery heaven-on-earth we find ourselves in.
- [Summer snow in Officer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/summer-snow-in-officer/) - With a rail link into Melbourne, deep, fertile soils, reliable rainfall and a cool foothills climate Officer was deemed ideal for growing apples, pears and stone fruit.
- [Love and trust ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/love-and-trust/) - On Friday Georgia and Roni from the Community Grocer, a not-for-profit that runs six super affordable weekly produce markets across Melbourne came for a visit to the Fair Food warehouse.
- [Doing for ourselves](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/doing-for-ourselves/) - I know Meredith Freeman OAM would be mortified (she’d use that exact word) that I’d mention her public honour as well as calling her a hero, which I’ll do now because she is one.
- [Paul’s trees](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/pauls-trees/) - Working together after the storm - Hepburn Shire resident (and berry / orchid grower) Paul Ulrik and CERES Fair Wood.
- [Skill and care](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/skill-and-care/) - The name Atypic reflects Charles and Chi’s desire to do something singular, something different in the chocolate world. You can taste their vision at Fair Food in these beautifully made and packaged bars...
- [N.I. Tools](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/n-i-tools/) - Recently I've noticed that instead of speeding everything up to be more productive, there are people around me actively slowing everything down.
- [Are we compatible? ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/are-we-compatible/) - This month CERES is launching our Keep CERES humming campaign. So I’ve compiled a science-based-style compatibility test to see if we're a fit 💕🍃
- [Two in the bush](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/two-in-the-bush/) - Starting tomorrow and for the rest of the week the Aussie Bird Count - the avian census that also happens to be Australia’s biggest citizen science event - is on across the country.
- [Coming round again](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/coming-round-again/) - The bees are out and the wattlebirds chase each other through branches even more boisterous than usual. I take it all in and am reminded that Spring is a force.
- [Closer to fine](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/closer-to-fine/) - With this knowledge I offer a row or two of Cocoa Rhapsody 85% Ebony to anyone who comes to our house for more than ten minutes.
- [Gentle persistent focus ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/gentle-persistent-focus/) - Matcha was discovered in the sixth century by Chinese and then later Japanese Zen Monks who, in the best spiritual traditions, were into plant alchemy and how it might get the human body closer to nirvana.
- [Making better people](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/making-better-people/) - It’s easy to think of cities and forests as being separate things, yet here we live in Greater Melbourne’s urban forest among more than 30 million trees.
- [Avocados are different](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/avocados-are-different/) - It seemed like such a simple idea though maybe we should have known; avocados always seem to generate a big online response, though not quite this big.
- [Do one thing (Holy Crumpets!)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/do-one-thing-holy-crumpets/) - Walking through the front door every sense tells us this is a place of worship, a shrine to the one true warm and guzzy God - for yeah verily, we have come to pray at the altar of Holy Crumpets in North Carlton.
- [WoodisGood](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/woodisgood/) - Selling timber at Fair Wood is a mix of matchmaking and storytelling - like our food there’s an inherent need to make things and to know where the ingredients come from.
- [Low impact ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/low-impact-ipm/) - You can find our IPM produce range with the ladybird badge in the fruit and veg section.
- [Gleaning the columns](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/gleaning-the-columns/) - In 2002, while working at CERES Grocery, I made a produce ordering spreadsheet in Excel; a simple list of fruit and veg with a few columns.
- [Little voice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/little-voice/) - CERES seems smaller than the ten inner-city acres it covers in Brunswick East. It's all nooks and crannies...
- [The soft plastics idea](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-soft-plastics-idea/) - It’s almost impossible to avoid alarming quantities of soft plastics in our lives. Which is why we're working on a nifty new idea.
- [Just can't get enough](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/just-cant-get-enough/) - During our fundraising campaign there are still amazing things happening at CERES every week - here's a fabulous glimpse!
- [Keep being, keep doing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/keep-being-keep-doing/) - When raising support it’s always the people who know you that help out the most. CERES is depending on this being true - this year we need the people who know us to help us get to our target.
- [Heartwood](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/heartwood/) - As part of this year’s Melbourne Design Week, Rowan Reid, along with architect and Fair Wood co-founder, Paul Haar, are talking about agroforestry, beauty and the future of timber at the Fair Wood Warehouse.
- [Pack it up](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/pack-it-up/) - About half of the seven million tons of packaging we use each year in Australia ends up in landfill, and plastics by themselves are even worse - more than 80% of our plastic packaging is just thrown out.
- [Grown where?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/grown-where/) - It always brings a smile to my face when someone asks if we grow all the produce we sell at CERES. “I wish!” is my response.
- [Discovering the people's fruit](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/discovering-the-peoples-fruit/) - Feijoa grower Paul Haar messaged yesterday from his Archies Creek farm on Gunaikurnai Country - feijoas are on their way!
- [We are the food](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/we-are-the-food/) - A Currawong calls and the resident Magpies gurwurdle as we set up the tables and stalls for this year’s CERES Harvest Festival...
- [Scratching around](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/scratching-around/) - There’s nothing like the mass disappearance of eggs to get people's attention. When I call James from Mountain View Free Range he’s just coming home from their farmers market stand in Flemington.
- [Value beyond toil](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/value-beyond-toil/) - Living more and more online so much of the work we do has become hidden, making it hard for us to see who does what and how much effort goes into the products and services we consume.
- [Vigil](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/vigil/) - In different parts of the garden two locals are showing first time visitors around like it’s their own farm - which it is.
- [Worm time](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/worm-time/) - At the end of the year when all the pressures of work and family collide sometimes the best place to go is underground. This is worm time.
- [Do something useful](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/do-something-useful/) - 1982 and Brunswick is a dying suburb with a ten acre former rubbish tip overgrown with wild fennel and boxthorn.
- [Working bee](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/working-bee/) - Over the weekend I was talking to a beekeeper friend expressing my amazement at the extraordinary organisational and logistical skills displayed by a honey bee colony.
- [The people are the place](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-people-are-the-place/) - A quiet, hot morning. As I showed two visitors around the East Brunswick site I found myself struggling to explain what CERES is.
- [Where have the growers gone?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/where-have-the-growers-gone/) - Joshua Arzt says the organic stone fruit shortage is not due to the usual culprits, bad weather or drought. The problem is lack of farmers.
- [Eat better meat, less](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/eat-better-meat-less/) - This time of year as we may find ourselves buying turkeys, hams and other meats we don’t often eat Tammi’s advice would be to learn what better meat is, find the farmers who raise it and cook dishes that use less.
- [The serviceberry gift giving guide](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/serviceberry-gift-giving-guide/) - As she eats serviceberries by the handful, Kimmerer is almost embarrassed by the plant’s generosity, it's the antithesis of the way we accumulate stuff.
- [Out the back of special](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/out-the-back-of-special/) - Sam retired a while ago now, we still buy pears from his son John, but I thought of Sam this week when I read the news coming out of the ACCC Supermarket Inquiry.
- [Where wood comes from](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/where-wood-comes-from/) - Six years ago when Fair Wood launched illegal logging was the third largest global criminal activity behind drugs and counterfeiting. Things haven’t changed much...
- [Fate in our hands](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/fate-in-our-hands/) - Today, thirty two years after almost losing everything, CERES social enterprises employ around 250 people and generate 90% of CERES’ income.
- [Tethering](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/tethering/) - Down at the Festival of Fava on Saturday hundreds come to explore Joe's Garden; they've come to pick the enormous, sweet fava beans that Joe first started growing here in 1945.
- [Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/scrolling-scrolling-scrolling/) - Contemplations on the attention economy - getting lost in the garden, endless scrolling, algorithms and paper daisy pollinators.
- [Everyday rituals](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/everyday-rituals/) - Seasonal markers like Solstice or Harvest are a wonderful time for our big collective rituals but when you can’t get a thousand or so like-minded neighbours together around a fire there are the everyday rituals.
- [Compost of the soul](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/compost-of-the-soul/) - Slowly, I came to recognise this was a kind of composting of the soul, a breaking down and renewing of self that’s as essential to a human as regular compost is to soil.
- [It's in the bag](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/in-the-bag/) - Earlier this month Australian Marine Conservation released a study confirming that Australians are the second biggest single-use plastic users in the world.
- [The gift that keeps giving](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/the-gift-that-keeps-giving/) - This afternoon, Mary, our neighbour, called me over to help pick her mandarin and orange trees. In her sixties these days Mary can no longer balance at heights. I grab a ladder, a bucket, our sixteen year old son and head next door.
- [How to make jam](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/how-to-make-jam/) - It’s Put a Zucchini on Your Neighbour’s Doorstep Week – which is, exactly as it says, the time we share our garden surplus with the people who live near us.
- [A circular sort of love](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/a-circular-sort-of-love/) - Valentines Day. For a long time, here in Australia we didn’t take the whole thing too seriously. Until somewhere along the way we did....in a big way. So much so that now each year we fly around 10 million red roses into the country to prove our love to each other.
- [Bedrock](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/bedrock/) - In loving memory of our dear colleague, Adrian Mathie.
- [Joshua's vision splendid ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/news/joshuas-vision-splendid/) - To these small growers Fair Food is an income stream complimenting their sales to restaurants, their box schemes, farm gate stalls and farmers markets stands.
- [The welcome we all want / Senape your time has come](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/the-welcome-we-all-want-senape-your-time-has-come/) - June 20th is World Refugee Day. As you know a big part of Fair Food's mission is to provide permanent jobs for asylum seekers while they rebuild their lives in Australia. Since World War II Australia has welcomed people from all over the world seeking safety from conflict and disaster. Embracing asylum seekers has made our country richer and our
- [Aki's wombok, carrot & apple salad / Behind the scenes of Beetroot & Parsnip Fortnight](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/akis-wombok-carrot-apple-salad-behind-the-scenes-of-beetroot-parsnip-fortnight/) - Behind the scenes of Beetroot & Parsnip Fortnight The other day Kane Busch called from his family’s farm near Bairnsdale on the banks of the Mitchell River. “We’ve got a lot of beetroot and parsnips, could you help us out?” "I reckon we could do something. How much do you have?" "A lot." "Well....we could make it beetroot and parsnip fortnight."
- [Ian and his intense kiwi / Beetroot & Parsnip Fortnight](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/ian-and-his-intense-kiwi-beetroot-parsnip-fortnight/) - Like seasonal clockwork feijoas drift out of our fruit bowls as kiwis appear. Hoddles Creek kiwi grower, Ian Cuming, spent the beginning of May with five highly motivated young backpackers (three Germans & two South Africans) picking his 15 tonne kiwi crop in two weeks versus the usual four. When they finished Ian left a couple of kiwi pallets out of his
- [CERES: different & good / Tamil Feasts go on the road](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/ceres-different-good-tamil-feasts-go-on-the-road/) - CERES doing different and good In the beginning, back in the early eighties when Brunswick's textile industry was packing up and heading for China. Back when local businesses were still using the Merri Creek as a sewer. Back when a culture of community mindedness was becoming swamped by a culture of shopping. A small group of people decided to do something different, something good
- [First principles: it all comes back to lemons & boxes.](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/first-principles-it-all-comes-back-to-lemons-boxes/) - The lemon economy Back in 2000 right around winter solstice while I was walking down a quiet Thornbury street I saw a basket of lemons sitting at somebody's front gate with a "take one" sign. I gratefully pocketed my lemon and went about my day. But the lemon basket sparked an idea that grew to become the Urban Orchard
- [Spiced pears in wine / Ultimate Mondays & Fridays](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/spiced-pears-in-wine-ultimate-mondays-fridays/) - We've been doing next day/5 day deliveries for almost two months. It's completely changed everything (well a lot of things). When you have a schedule/lifestyle that could be generously described as agile or fluid being able to order for the next day of the week rather than a weekly cutoff is similar to gaining freedom from tyranny (ok
- [The reward of inconvenience / Plastic Free July](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/the-reward-of-inconvenience-plastic-free-july-2/) - The reward of inconvenience This week I had the privilege, the pleasure of spending time with the people of Voedselteams in Belgium. Translated as Food Teams, there are close to 200 teams across Belgium' s 5 regions, each being served by local farmers, bakers & wine makers. Voedselteams also draw on Fair Trade groceries from Oxfam and some of the farmers
- [The reward of inconvenience / Plastic Free July](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/the-reward-of-inconvenience-plastic-free-july/) - This week I had the privilege, the pleasure of spending time with the people of Voedselteams in Belgium. Translated as Food Teams, there are close to 200 teams across Belgium' s 5 regions, each being served by local farmers, bakers & wine makers. Voedselteams also draw on Fair Trade groceries from Oxfam and some of the farmers use their networks to
- [Veggie Pickers Week / July at Joe's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/veggie-pickers-week-july-at-joes/) - Oooooh it's cold. Saturday's frosty kale pic above from Joe's Market Garden makes me think of all the people who harvest our vegetables at this time of year. Harvesting fruit is different; before the cold hits all our apples, pears and kiwi that will get us through to stone fruit season have been picked and safely stored away. Many veggies however,
- [The unicorn that's also a bumblebee / New Food Hosts](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/the-unicorn-thats-also-a-bumblebee-new-food-hosts/) - The unicorn that's also a bumblebee I’m fascinated by organisations that shouldn’t work, the ones like bumble bees that have no business flying but somehow do. Unicorn Grocery’s two story supermarket building dominates South Manchester’s Chorlton shopping strip. With a product range built on fresh produce, bulk dry goods and a few refrigerated items by all rights it really
- [The Incredibles / Come down to the farm](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/the-incredibles-come-down-to-the-farm/) - Almost as soon as I landed in the UK, I began seeing evidence of their handiwork. Around Lambeth in South London I ran into a community orchard, a community greenhouse, raised veggie beds at bus stops. Later in two towns in Devon I see rows of edible beds holding pride of place in parks, roadsides and outside
- [Guy Watson is at one with vegetables / New Reservoir Food Host](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/guy-watson-is-at-one-with-vegetables-new-reservoir-food-host/) - Guy Watson is at one with vegetables He’s been BBC's farmer of the year, his veggie box scheme won Ethical Product of the Decade as well as just about every other organic retail and farming award going. As a speaker and leader he’s much in demand, but I get the feeling as we bomb down the
- [Austerity & The Potato Movement / Backyard Harvest Festival](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/austerity-the-potato-movement-backyard-harvest-festival/) - » Full newsletter here Austerity & The Potato Movement Put yourself in Greek shoes for a moment - if you were sitting at a café table sipping coffee with five good friends, up to three of you would be unemployed, meanwhile the remaining three would have had your wages cut by a third and taxes increased.
- [Hong Kong's Last Farmers / No FOMO at Joe's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/hong-kongs-last-farmers-no-fomo-at-joes/) - Hong Kong's Last Farmers You can tell Becky Au Hei-man’s mother has done a lot of hard work; waving us into her farmers market stall her deeply sun-browned face seems young and old at the same time. Rearranging produce as she shows us around around her lean body is all efficiency. Becky (that's her cracking herself
- [Wanna buy a farm? / Complete Urban Farmer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/wanna-buy-a-farm-complete-urban-farmer/) - Wanna buy a farm? Carolyn Suggate wants to buy a farm, well lots of farms actually and not just for herself she wants to buy farms with people who care about securing land to be farmed organically forever. This week the Organic and Regenerative Investment Co-operative (ORI Coop), Carolyn co-founded is launching the prospectus for Lyndale Park, a 714 hectare
- [How weeds lead and why we follow / Try Monday and/or Friday](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/how-weeds-lead-and-why-we-follow-try-monday-andor-friday/) - How weeds lead and why we follow Two years ago this coming weekend CERES farmer Emily Connors (that's Em with her marriage equality rainbow chard above) started selling a few bunches of produce from a table at Joe's Market Garden. We'd been talking about setting up a farm gate just like farmer Joe Garita had done many
- [How to get politicians to eat their greens / Community Gardens Gathering at CERES](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/how-to-get-politicians-to-eat-their-greens-community-gardens-gathering-at-ceres/) - How to get politicians to eat their greens On Friday I went on a "date" with Peta, my wife, to the launch of the Moreland City Council's Food System Strategy - yes, clearly we don't get out much. In a Coburg community garden in front of about 40 people our mayor gave a speech; announced
- [A send off for the Gundaroo Tiller / In the field of opportunity....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/a-send-off-for-the-gundaroo-tiller-in-the-field-of-opportunity/) - A send off for the Gundaroo Tiller In 2003 when weeds were threatening to take over my new pumpkin patch down at Joe’s Market Garden I turned to Eliot Coleman's New Organic Grower for help. Coleman, who had a deeply considered take on every challenge a vegetable grower may come up against, also had an abiding love of elegant & efficient hand
- [A sebago anniversary / The onion situation](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/a-sebago-anniversary-the-onion-situation/) - A sebago anniversary We've been talking about new farmers a lot lately but this week I want celebrate one of the old guard, Joe Sgro from Foothill Organics in Colac. This year it's 15 years since we started buying produce off Joe for CERES Market. That's Joe on the right at his farm stand at the old
- [Mathees' 10 year homecoming / Footy ends, asparagus begins](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/mathees-10-year-homecoming-footy-ends-asparagus-begins/) - Mathees' ten year homecoming It's been a big year for Matheeswaran Subramaniam, fondly known as Mathees at the Fair Food warehouse (that's Mathees on the right moving our warehouse). In the year he bought his first home in Australia he's also been able to go back to his Sri Lankan home. And right now as you read this, for the first time
- [Longing to be belonging / Grassiest of grassroots gatherings / Dandenong Deliveries](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/longing-belonging-grassiest-grassroots-gatherings-dandenong-deliveries/) - Longing to be belonging "Everybody should have a place they belong to", said the speaker at the social enterprise conference this week and I wrote the words down in my notebook and thought a bit.... Growing up I went to seven different schools and got good a taste of being the new kid in the street,
- [Welcome to UBtopia / Delivering Delectables to the Dandenongs](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/welcome-ubtopia-delivering-delectables-dandenongs/) - Welcome to UBtopia In last week's newsletter you may have seen a picture of Youbi Lee aka UB on the CERES Fair Food packing line, where she works as a team leader and grocery buyer. This week I'd like to share UB's other life as a community artist. UB studied printmaking in South Korea at Chugye University of
- [Falling in love with the Earth](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/falling-in-love-with-the-earth/) - Keep on lovin' you Previously when people asked what CERES is, our CEO, Cinnamon Evans, would say it’s a place that reconnects people with the earth. But a little while ago in a Melbourne airport waiting lounge Cinn told me that what she really wants to say, but has been too shy, is that CERES is
- [CERES ripples / Know thy heirloom](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/ceres-ripples-know-thy-heirloom/) - CERES ripples Lorna Pettifer, CERES Education Group Manager, has a wicked sense of humour and a keen appreciation of 80's synth-rock bands. Last Thursday on stage at the Plaza Ballroom as she accepted the Premiers Award for Sustainability award for Education from Victorian Environment Minister Lily D'ambrosio, Lorna wouldn't have surprised her workmates if she had pulled out a keytar (I
- [The highs and lows of hemp / Beans and Tomatoes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/highs-lows-hemp-beans-tomatoes/) - Highs and lows of hemp This time next week any right-minded person can openly walk into a shop and buy hemp seeds turn around walk out onto the street and start eating them freely without fear of arrest and prosecution. Hemp’s recent history in Australia is completely contradictory. Food Standards Australia and New Zealand declared hemp
- [Getting on with it while our old men bicker / New Brunswick West Food Host](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/getting-old-men-bicker-new-brunswick-west-food-host/) - Getting on with it while our old men bicker This past week while we despaired at our old men in Canberra continuing to deny Indigenous communities a voice at the national table, refusing refugees safe haven, delaying marriage equality and prioritising of the world's largest coal mining ahead of the world's largest coral reef, there was down on
- [The Matrix, the abyss and a sack of rice / Help CERES stay crazy](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/matrix-abyss-sack-rice-help-ceres-stay-crazy/) - The Matrix, the abyss and a sack of rice Since CEO, Cinnamon Evans swallowed her fear and spoke the words, CERES is a place that helps people fall in love with the earth, our mission has crystallised into getting so emotionally and economically connected with our ecology, so part of “the Mother” as elder Aunty Di
- [Wet weekend wrap-up / The great kitchen-wrap unwrapping](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/wet-weekend-wrap-great-kitchen-wrap-unwrapping/) - The wet weekend wrap up So far the feeling is of general relief after warnings of an unprecedented dump of rain although it's not looking the best for grain farmers . After a quick check in around the state Joe Sgro out West in Colac reports an underwhelming 8mm, although they have had 4 weeks of
- [Seasonal Asteroid Shower of Community Joy / Call of the Reed Warbler](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/seasonal-asteroid-shower-community-joy-call-reed-warbler/) - The Seasonal Asteroid Shower of Community Joy This week as we navigate the seasonal asteroid shower of community joy - the wind-ups, the concerts, the family dos, graduations and gatherings we have news to connect you to neighbours and/or large zucchinis, to keep you looking sharp & plastic free, to buoy your spirits and finally offer a
- [Tito Jackson’s Bacterial Celebration  / Welcome back, Welcome back, Welcome back...](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/tito-jacksons-bacterial-celebration-welcome-back-welcome-back-welcome-back/) - Tito Jackson’s Bacterial Celebration If we sprayed the planet with a giant can of Glen 20 and somehow managed to kill 99.9% of all bacteria, we wouldn’t survive more than a day. However, if all of humanity packed up and left Earth for cheaper house prices and more reliable broadband on Mars, the bacterial world
- [Tito Jackson and the Bacterial Big Band  / What's in the box?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/tito-jackson-bacterial-big-band-whats-box/) - In case you missed last Thursday’s newsletter our annual Unglut Your Gut Challenge has been renamed Tito Jackson's Month of Bacterial Celebration. And if you were wondering how it came to pass that our annual pilgrimage of human microbial restoration has been rebadged under the name of the least heralded member of The Jackson family read on. Okay why Tito Jackson you
- [As above so below, only more so](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/as-above-so-below-only-more-so/) - As above so below...only more so About a dozen years ago on a two week intensive soils course in Lismore NSW, Dr Elaine Ingham revealed to a roomful of farmers that in the top few inches of a hectare of healthy soil there existed an interdependent web of nutrient-cycling bacteria, fungi, nematodes, flagellates, protozoa, mites
- [February rich pickings for the thinking farmer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/february-rich-pickings-thinking-farmer/) - February - rich pickings for the thinking farmer February is a busy time for most farmers and gardeners but if you can get somebody to cover your zucchini harvest, water your microgreens and bottle your kombucha then this month there is some seriously inspiring fruit to fill your metaphorical apple picking bag! Here's a taster..... Saturday Feb 3rd CERES Joe’s Market Garden Tour
- [CERES Fair Wood - that's right, WOOD / CERES Harvest Festival](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/ceres-fair-wood-ceres-harvest-festival/) - CERES Fair Wood - that's right "wood" Two years ago while dropping off some fruit at the Fair Food warehouse, feijoa grower and award-winning architect Paul Haar cannily planted an idea. He asked if CERES could do something like Fair Food but with small scale agroforesters and timber - i.e. CERES Fair Wood? My first reaction
- [Virtuous eggy circle / And then our fingers brushed in the oxalis](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/virtuous-eggy-circle-fingers-brushed-oxalis/) - Virtuous eggy circle Each Wednesday when he brings his eggs in from Abundance Farm in Raglan just North West of Ballarat to the Fair Food warehouse in Preston, Alex also collects our green waste to take back to feed his chooks. All that not-quite-right fruit and veg that didn't make the grade goes up the Western Freeway to make more eggs
- [The Joy That Lies Ahead / Fair Food Closed Easter Monday](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/joy-lies-ahead-fair-food-closed-easter-monday/) - The joy that lies ahead I got an email from Jenny Indian up in Stanley this week containing the picture above- it was a reminder that chestnuts would be arriving in the next couple of weeks. Now ignoring for a moment that it's apple and pear season (we'll be catching up with Hazeldean Forest Farm in the next week
- [Give us a sign Youbi / Never a better time to be Australian](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/give-us-a-sign-youbi-never-a-better-time-to-be-australian/) - Give us a sign For months at the new Fair Food warehouse in Preston disorientated delivery drivers have been tentatively sticking their heads in the front door asking if they're in the right place. The confusion has arisen due to the huge plumbing supplies sign above our roller door, a leftover from the previous tenants. Clearly something had to be done. First
- [Meanwhile down on Hazeldean Forest Farm / Fair Wood at Darebin Pitch IT Finals](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/meanwhile-down-on-hazeldean-forest-farm-fair-wood-at-darebin-pitch-it-finals/) - Meanwhile down on Hazeldean Forest Farm Jason Alexandra is just back from a ute-ride around the farm checking on quince, persimmons and the last few fuji and jonagold left to ripen on the trees. Jason (that's him enveloped by fruit above) reckons there's just one more day of picking before they say goodbye to the crew of two backpackers and four locals who
- [Jen Osborne - Produce Trader / New Mobile Website](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/jen-osborne-produce-trader-new-mobile-website/) - Jen Osborne - Produce Trader About nine years ago at the Melbourne Markets, Harvest Organic, a wholesale agent unexpectedly went bust owing farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars. For those left holding the bag it was a bitter blow and for a time a mood of suspicion and mistrust hung over the market. Early one
- [Benedict Hughes - Bee here now / I want you back](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/benedict-hughes-bee-here-now-i-want-you-back/) - Benedict Hughes - Bee here now Benedict Hughes aka the Practical Beekeeper has been extra busy this autumn; not only has he been extracting honey from his hives scattered around the Northern Suburbs, he has also been launching the Pollinator Alliance - a bee education social enterprise. Benedict’s passion is sharing his love of beekeeping as well as teaching people
- [Fair Wood wins Darebin Pitch IT / How do feel about pet food?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/fair-wood-wins-darebin-pitch-it-how-do-feel-about-pet-food/) - CERES Fair Wood wins Darebin Pitch-IT Thursday was a big night for CERES' newest social enterprise Fair Wood - our name got called out and now we are extremely grateful recipients of $20,000 in start-up funding from Darebin Council and Melbourne Innovation Centre's Darebin Pitch-It Competition It's been a big learning curve ever since architect Paul Haar, the
- [CERES' Appeal / Manager's Log / Good Gut is Go!](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/ceres-appeal-managers-log-good-gut-is-go/) - CERES' Appeal CERES is more idea than place; an idea planted on top of an old rubbish tip amidst birds, trees and gardens. An idea built out of things that were thrown away. An idea that there's something half-remembered in the earth and air and water that we need to know again. CERES is such a multifarious conglomeration of
- [CLOSED Queen's Birthday](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/closed-queens-birthday/) - We are closed next Queen's Birthday Monday - we're hoping all our farmers and makers also get some time off from harvesting, packing, cooking or baking or delivering. We will be back bright and early on Tuesday for deliveries as usual.
- [The Regathering / Holiday Provisioning Strategies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-regathering-holiday-provisioning-strategies/) - The Regathering In the beginning, or as far back as we can fathom, a functioning hunter-gatherer unit consisted of around 30-50 highly interdependent people with an intimate material and spiritual relationship with the plants and animals in the waters and landscape they came from. Today the smallest functioning post-industrial human family unit is one person
- [Is this what we're doing now? / And when she whispered dandelions.....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/is-this-what-were-doing-now/) - Is this what we're doing now? Iva from The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Food Bank called the other day - they need our help. So many more people are coming every week to the ASRC Food Bank for meals and groceries that they're running out of food regularly. You might remember last year the government changed the rules
- [It's cold this week / Joe's Farm Gate](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/its-cold-this-week-joes-farm-gate/) - It's cold this week It’s been a cold week in Victoria. On Tuesday The Age reported it was the coldest June day in 25 years and as is custom at Fair Food during the coldest part of the year we acknowledge our farmers frozen fingers and chilled extremities. Early this morning over in the Schulz Organic
- [Big win for small farmers / Dream job at CERES Farm](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/big-win-for-small-farmers-dream-job-at-ceres-farm/) - Big win for small farmers The indefatigable Tammi Jonas, President of The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), has been celebrating a win for Victorian small-scale pastured pig and poultry farmers this past fortnight. You might remember late last year our State Government was planning changes to The Farming Zone which would have required very small
- [The Retelling / Honouring Nirma](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-retelling-honouring-nirma/) - The Retelling Over the last seven years Plastic Free July’s were largely the unfashionable provenance of a few well-meaning but deeply suspect folk likely to ride bamboo framed bicycles or be the evangelistic owners of a home biodigester. This Plastic Free July, however, has been unlike any other; since ABC’s War on Waste, the supermarket plastic bag bans and the
- [Svend and the Garden of Tastes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/seasonal-news/svend-and-the-garden-of-tastes/) - Svend and the Garden of Tastes Last July I visited Svend Davorksen at the warehouse of Aarstiderne – Denmark’s largest online organic grocery. I thought I was going to learn about cutting edge logistics and sophisticated marketing from one of Europe’s most successful organic food business. A year later I’m still trying to integrate what I
- [The why's & wherefore's of wood / New Food Host in Hoppers Crossing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-whys-wherefores-of-wood-new-food-host-in-hoppers-crossing/) - The why's and wherefore's of wood. Much attention has been devoted to the global trade of illegal drugs, blood diamonds, ivory smuggling and the black market in endangered animals. Human trafficking has rightly had its fair share of coverage and of course there’s always plenty of interest in the fate of stolen objects of priceless art. There
- [Porridge & the Promised Land  / Pick our projects...please](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/porridge-the-promised-land-pick-our-projects-please/) - Porridge & The Promised Land We’re all children of migrants; over millennia our ancestors have escaped ice ages, droughts, famines, religious persecution, great depressions and world war. There's always a crisis in the mix and little by little our own crisis is revealing itself. This time, despite what American tech billionaire preppers might say about the South Island of New Zealand,
- [Reconnecting with asparagus  / Joe's Farm-Raiser Party](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/reconnecting-with-asparagus-joes-farm-raiser-party/) - Reconnecting with asparagus This week if you take some time to quiet your mind and find a place where the edges of human & universal consciousness overlap, you may just be able to feel the subterranean vibration of asparagus crowns awakening in the swamps of Koo Wee Rup. And it’s about this time of year I feel
- [When fungi calls your name  / Joe's Farm Raiser / Vote 1 CERES](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/when-fungi-calls-your-name-joes-farm-raiser-vote-1-ceres/) - When fungi calls your name What kind of mushrooms do marine biologists like best? Oyster mushrooms of course! (Ouch! I'm so sorry) John Ford (that's him in the pic) holds a PhD in Marine Biology and has spent his career reducing the environmental impact of fishing. Lately however John's lifelong passion for fungi has been taking him
- [Sweet victory for local honey hero  / Bee aware at CERES](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/sweet-victory-for-local-honey-hero/) - Sweet victory for local honey hero Three years ago Victorian beekeeper, Simon Mulvany (that's him above), began blowing the whistle on commercial honey giant Capilano Honey for blending cheap Chinese honey with Australian honey in its budget Allowrie brand. Chinese honey according to Simon contains high levels of antibiotics, chemical residues and diseases like foul brood which can
- [The produce and the people / Urban farming kids](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-produce-and-the-people-urban-farming-kids/) - The produce and the people Today I was taking pleasure in a wheelbarrow full of a dark, moist chocolatey compost; a miracle of microbiological transmogrification. I’m no musician or gifted cook, but I can make a pretty good compost (it’s possibly genetic; my dad is well known for his heaps). Anyway, I was admiring the compost because Alan, our neighbour's,
- [Retrosuburban Rich List / New Food Host in Oakleigh East](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/retrosuburban-rich-list-new-food-host-in-oakleigh-east/) - The Retrosuburban Rich List David Holmgren, aka the co-originator of Permaculture, is coming to CERES in October for a conversation about his new book Retrosuburbia; The Downshifters Guide to a Resilient Future. I’ve been reading this latest chapter in David’s 40 year Permaculture journey and beneath the practical strategies on retrofitting our houses, gardens and neighbourhoods David is
- [No time not to use the regular plates / Farm seeks a farmer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/no-time-not-to-use-the-regular-plates-farm-seeks-a-farmer/) - No time not to use the regular plates On Friday I went with my sons and several thousand other Victorian children to the steps of the Treasury Museum for the Students Strike For Climate Change. From a respectful (non-embarrassing) distance it was thrilling to watch the crowd of young faces welcoming waves of
- [Get a feast sized delivery on Christmas eve!](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/get-a-feast-sized-delivery-on-christmas-eve/) - We're have a short break for 2 weeks but will be back Jan 7 to keep your Summer grocery supplies (and all the peaches) fully stocked! ps. The calendar is working in your favour this year ... get (very) Last minute, ethical gifts and festive groceries delivered to your door on december 24!
- [Bringing the murnong back / Closed Monday, back Tuesday](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/bringing-the-murnong-back-closed-monday-back-tuesday/) - Bringing the murnong back These days the Kiwis seem to be way ahead of us in pretty much all areas of human endeavour. Take reconciliation; whenever I go to see a New Zealander speak, be they brown or white, they’re forever reeling off paragraph-long Māori welcomes, breaking into traditional song or pulling off a flawless haka at the drop
- [A seat at EAT's table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/a-seat-at-eats-table/) - A seat at EAT's table On Friday night I went to the “EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems." launch, one of 35 world-wide. It’s fascinating reading; a three year, multi-disciplinary, game-changing study outlining strategies on how to provide 10 billion of us with a healthy diet that reduces greenhouse emissions, saves half the planet
- [Lost trades  / No box left behind](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/lost-trades-no-box-left-behind/) - Lost trades I’m in Kyneton with 16,000 others this weekend to see the Lost Trades Fair. The Labour Weekend event has become so popular they’ve capped the numbers this year. Spread around the Kyneton Racecourse on the banks of the Campaspe River is a world made by hand. People’s intimate lives with clay, wood, flax, wool,
- [Feijoas / New Food Hosts up and running](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/feijoas-new-food-hosts-up-and-running/) - Feijoas I realised my love for feijoas (aka pineapple guavas) was getting out of hand when our friend, Meg, pointed out I had planted 13 feijoa trees around our house. “Thirteen?” I asked, slightly startled. “Thirteen,” Meg confirmed. “Really, that many?” “That many”, Meg reconfirmed firmly. “That’s quite a lot.” “It is.” Feijoa are guavas
- [World Bee Day & The Fake Honey Saga](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/world-bee-day-the-fake-honey-saga/) - World Bee Day & The Fake Honey Saga Monday was World Bee Day (said quickly takes on a meaning I don't think the organisers intended) and there was a plethora of stories about the state of the world’s bee populations, domestic and wild. Curiously I didn't come across anything about last year’s fake honey scandal
- [A fuss, a bloody big fuss](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/a-fuss-a-bloody-big-fuss/) - A fuss, a bloody big fuss Last week CERES’ Chief Financial Officer, Nico Porter, gathered the CERES management team around a large round table to work through the coming 2019/20 budget. At the beginning of the meeting Nico handed out his budget; an enormous spreadsheet summarising the incomings and outgoings of forty different social enterprises,
- [Slower and deeper](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/slower-and-deeper/) - Last week I wrote an impassioned call to action for the CERES Appeal; that in the face of our climate emergency we needed to quickly prepare ourselves, skill ourselves up and give, really give, to get something done. But that all came to a stop on Wednesday when one of our Fair Food workmates lost
- [In trees we trust](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/in-trees-we-trust/) - If in doubt plant a tree Today is National Tree Day, Planet Ark’s Australia-wide tree planting day. And I don’t know if you've noticed but trees are suddenly cool again. In the lead-up to National Tree Day Planet Ark have been running a TV ad spruiking woodas the “Ultimate Renewable”. But trees are not just getting a rebrand;
- [A home for Matthew / You complete me Urban Farmer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/a-home-for-matthew-you-complete-me-urban-farmer/) - A home for Matthew Matthew’s journey from Tehran to Melbourne began when his workplace supervisor found a transistor radio in the cab of his truck. To understand the surreal seriousness of Matthew’s situation we need to go back to the time of the Iranian Revolution. In 1979 as Iran lurched from secular society to Islamic
- [Another kind of sugar / Urban Farmer dream job](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/another-kind-sugar-urban-farmer-dream-job/) - Another kind of sugar When I was seven years old growing up in rural New Zealand my mum flew to Brisbane to help my uncle Jeff, whose Gold Coast nursery business was going down the gurgler. In those days getting on a plane was a really big thing. We drove Mum up to Auckland airport
- [Reallocating the red carpet](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/reallocating-the-red-carpet/) - Reallocating the red carpet Last Monday our own Lorna Pettifer won the equivalent of the Brownlow when she was announced as Australian Environmental Educator of the Year. And though Nat Fyfe is surely good at footy in this time of climate emergency it could be a wise move to reallocate the red carpet from the fella
- [Measure twice. Cut once.](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/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
- [The life changing joy of cycling-up](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/life-changing-joy-of-cycling-up/) - The life changing joy of cycling-up Everything that comes in and out of the Fair Food warehouse goes past Robyn Lasker’s desk. Robyn is the logistical link between Fair Food and the world - she supervises a team of drivers, she sets their routes, she loads their vans and she works out the delivery windows to let
- [The best time to plant a tree....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-best-time-to-plant-a-tree/) - With an end to logging our Victorian forests, let's consider the future of ethical timber.
- [If we decide to...](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/if-we-decide-to/) - What really matters is that all across our community we come together to help and care for each other and our country.
- [The healing process](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-healing-process/) - 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.”
- [Holding it together (even whilst apart)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/holding-it-together/) - Here is the latest recap of important changes at Fair Food due to increased demand. Thanks for all your patience, kindness and understanding.
- [Never be the same](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/never-be-the-same/) - In the face of empty supermarket shelves we feel the vulnerability of our global food supply chains.
- [What Hedgehogs know](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/what-hedgehogs-know/) - The Coronavirus is revealing how interlinked, how long, how complex and how vulnerable our global food system is.
- [#birdsarelouder](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/birdsarelouder/) - For all the terrible disruption it’s caused I can’t help wondering if Coronavirus is making me be a better human being
- [Unsung hero](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/social-enterprise/unsung-hero/) - I was reminded the other day when Debb Makin from Ratio Cocoa Roasters came to Fair Food with a delivery that one of the unsung heroes helping us navigate this crisis is chocolate.
- [Terra Wonder](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/terra-wonder/) - Terra Wonder Playspace! This awesome insect vision has been conjured into life by artist, Steve Mushin, creative director, Nick Curmi, and a team of CERES builders and welders.
- [Shine a light](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/shine-a-light/) - If it wasn’t before, it is now abundantly clear who gets a fair go and who doesn’t.
- [Year of Welcome](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/year-of-welcome/) - This Wednesday at 9.30am, just after morning tea, Iranian-Australian Gelareh Pour will be singing LIVE from the Packing Floor.
- [When the war is over](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/when-the-war-is-over/) - And here we are today rueful that we kind of declared war on our planet to feed ourselves but still unsure how we fix the mess.
- [Nola's human infrastructure](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/nolas-human-infrastructure/) - Human infrastructure work is slow, boring and incremental. Unlike a shiny new conveyor or a forklift, human infrastructure isn't obvious, but without it even the best logistics equipment is useless.
- [A choice, a chance....](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/a-choice-a-chance/) - Now lockdown is done and we are free to return to our old lives we have a choice, a chance.
- [Help Mo smile again](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/help-mo-smile-again/) - Always first to arrive and last to leave - Mo has become a leader. And no more so than this winter, when despite his damaged teeth, his care and good humour helped us get through the lockdowns. Now it is our turn to help Mo get his smile back.
- [A thousand legged welcome](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/a-thousand-legged-welcome/) - CERES Terra Wonder now open! Come for a play.
- [The Long Haul](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/the-long-haul/) - The Farm Blitzes below are incredible opportunities to get to know country and the people who care for it.
- [When in doubt go outside](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/when-in-doubt-go-outside/) - Reconnecting, both in the office and outside of it, for a new year of Fair Food action - or making ourselves useful in 2021.
- [Seeing the rabbit](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/seeing-the-rabbit/) - The other day Marg Alexandra from Hazeldean Forest Farm delivered a ute-load of early season Summer Reds to the Fair Food warehouse. We talked a bit about family, timber, the apple season (it’s looking good) but mostly about farm succession.
- [The Really Truly Rich List](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-really-truly-rich-list/) - This week CERES is advertising about a dozen new roles on the Sidekicker platform - everything from market gardening to digital marketing.
- [Eat at Joe's](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/eat-at-joes/) - 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.
- [Wise Investing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/wise-investing/) - In fields and backyards in and around Melbourne there’s a new crop of farmers sowing the seeds of organic and regenerative change.
- [Forestry in the city](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/forestry-in-the-city/) - Each year around Melbourne hundreds of trees simply die, come down in storms, are felled for safety reasons or removed to make way for new roads and housing.
- [Somewhere between sweet and tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/somewhere-between-sweet-tart/) - Ian Cuming has been teaching biodynamics and supplying kiwifruit to CERES for twenty years. Thankfully Beenak Farm has been passed on to new farmers who will continue it's good work, and we wish Ian and Anna all the best for a new chapter of regenerative change.
- [Birds, trees, beetroot and olives](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/birds-trees-beetroot-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!
- [Flowering](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/flowering/) - From this Wednesday Anna and Rays flowers will be on sale in the webshop! 302 Flower Farm bunches are limited so be quick!
- [Won't be the same](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/wont-be-the-same/) - On Thursday Fair Food grocery orders were delivered to our Food Host pick-up points for the last time. A huge thank you to all our incredible hosts who have given their time and shared their verandahs with us over the last eleven years!
- [Say momo](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/social-enterprise/say-momo/) - This week on our own dumpling odyssey, we began selling fresh momos from the much-loved Himalaya Tibetan Tent.
- [Emotional firefighting](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/emotional-firefighting/) - Can sending visual messages on cardboard boxes be a fun and tangible way to help us stay connected? We hope so!
- [Frank and Dan's unusual relationship](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/frank-and-dans-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.
- [Shelter in the storm](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/regen-farming/shelter-in-the-storm/) - Through the storm of this last eighteen months Joe’s Farmgate is growing up; evolving its identity from CERES’ little sister site into something entirely its own.
- [Live from the kitchen floor](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/live-from-the-kitchen-floor/) - We love art and we really need art; we listen, watch, read, wear, taste, breathe art. It’s got us through the last 18 months of isolation.
- [How wet is it?](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/how-wet-is-it/) - If it’s wet and cold here, it’s going to be wetter and colder down at Joe Sgro’s place.
- [Pros and cons of going back to work in 2022](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/pros-and-cons-of-going-back-to-work-in-2022/) - See you there!
- [The kids are alright](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-kids-are-alright/) - Thanks to everybody who has helped fill staffing gaps and keep the deliveries flowing safely. Total team effort!
- [Dirty, exposed and quite possibly dangerous](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/dirty-exposed-and-quite-possibly-dangerous/) - CERES Nature Playgroup for kids, at Brunswick East and Joe's Garden, is beginning in Term 2.
- [The Waring](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/fair-food-crew/the-waring/) - Look out for Manny’s persimmons, apples from Hazeldean Forest Farm, pears, quinces, Noleen's gold nuggets, walnuts, olives and Paul's feijoas.
- [Fully Franked](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/fully-franked/) - Outwardly the visiting tree farmers are not particularly upbeat nor are they in any way dour but there is a solidity about them - perhaps it's their ability to envision cycles of time that most of us will never be able to see.
- [From Scomo to Gazpacho](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/from-scomo-to-gazpacho/) - I’ve noticed my daily doom-scrolling has effortlessly flicked over from climate denial and corruption to stagflation and $10 iceberg lettuces. And as always with a self-excavated rabbit hole, the question is how do you dig yourself out? How do you turn paralysing fiscal panic into some kind of purposeful frugal positivity?
- [The whole Tharang](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/ceres-community/the-whole-tharang/) - Trying to quantify Fair Wood's impact for funders and social investors, it occurred to me we were stuck trying to use the same reductive thinking that got us into this whole environmental pickle in the first place.
- [Schulz Five-O](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/chris-newsletter/growers-and-makers/schulz-five-o/) - Shout out to Schulz Organic Dairy in South West Victoria this year as they celebrate three generations of regenerative dairy farming.

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- [What we deliver and why](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/what-we-deliver-and-why/) - We always: Prioritise Victorian produce; Work with a growers of all sizes for a diverse and resilient food system; And pay our farmers fairly, valuing the true cost of food production.
- [Growers and makers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/our-growers-and-makers/) - ​We support over 175 growers and makers, pay them fairly, and stick with them through the seasons to deliver the best local groceries we can! Meet our growers!
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- [Seasonal Produce Guide](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/seasonal-produce-guide/) - Our guide to seasonal fruit and veg available in Victoria and Australia. Eat fresh, eat delicious, and celebrate the seasons!
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- [Meet our team](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/meet-our-team/) - At CERES Fair Food we are a diverse and inclusive team, working together with care, joy and courage. We are resourceful and customer committed - meet our team!
- [Media](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/media/) - Media Sometimes the things we do pop up in the news From hosting packing floor concerts that support local musicians during COVID-19 to sharing our knowledge on sustainable farming - there's always a story to tell about our community. See some of our media coverage below SBS News Listen to full interview here This year
- [FAQs test](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/faqs-test/) - The Elementor widget, and shortcode do not work properly (all items are expanded and can’t collapse).The Elementor “Dynamic Add” widget does expand/collapse, but doesn’t support multiple groups. [helpie_faq show_title=”1″ title=”Helpie FAQ Shortcode” title_tag=”h3″ show_search=”1″ search_placeholder=”Search FAQ” search_by_tags=”1″ exclude_from_search=”1″ display_mode=”faq_list” faq_url_attribute=”1″ faq_url_type=”post_id” display_mode_group_by=”category” sortby=”menu_order” order=”asc” category_sortby=”menu_order” category_order=”asc” limit=”-1″ enable_content_hooks=”1″ enable_schema=”1″ onload_scrollto_delay=”0″ categories=”all”]
- [Fruit and Veg Storage Guide](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/fruit-and-veg-storage-guide/) - Use this storage guide to help keep your fresh produce at its best. Reduce food waste at home and enjoy organic fruit and veggies full of life and flavour.
- [Refund Policy](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/refund-policy/) - We are here to help! If you have any issues please contact us promptly and we will happily resolve it with you. See our full refund policy here.
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## Recipes

- [Easy Plant Based Bolognese](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/easy-plant-based-bolognese/) - Our organic tempeh works wonders in this Easy Plant Based Bolognese bolognese! It's got a unique nutty profile that does savoury, complex magic within the rich tomato based sauce.
- [Simple Sauerkraut by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/simple-sauerkraut-by-open-table-for-ceres-fair-food/) - Great for your gut and taste buds! Simple sauerkraut is the perfect way to use up cabbage and store it for later. This recipe makes about three cups and will keep for about one month in the fridge after being opened.
- [Porridge with Orange Baked Rhubarb](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/porridge-with-orange-baked-rhubarb/) - GF, VG Freezing mornings call for warm bowls of creamy porridge with vibrant fruit toppings!
- [Teriyaki Tofu Burgers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/teriyaki-tofu-burgers/) - Juicy tofu burgers (with or without chicken). Now on high rotation thanks to this recipe from Spiral Foods.
- [Flourless Orange or Mandarin Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/flourless-orange-mandarin-cake/) - This classic cake never fails to please a crowd and is a cinch to whip up. Gluten and dairy free!
- [Baked Quinces with Orange and Honey](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/baked-quinces-w-orange-and-honey/) - GF This recipe needs intermittent attention, so it's perfect for a weekend when you're staying in on the sofa.
- [Spicy black beans and tortillas](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spicy-black-beans-and-tortillas/) - Pile these warming beans on an easy rice bowl with fresh toppings, or scoop into quick tortillas. Don't forget the hot sauce.
- [La Tortilleria's guacamole](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/la-tortillerias-guacamole/) - Guacamole is best when made fresh, just before devouring. Make sure your avocados are deliciously ripe!
- [Veggie Sausage Rolls](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/veggie-sausage-rolls/) - When all you really need is a tray of party-sized, veggie sausage rolls. This adaptable, straightforward recipe is our most popular of all time!
- [Vegetarian Okonomiyaki](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegetarian-okonomiyaki/) - If there was ever a time for Japanese comfort food that makes brilliant use of whatever you have in the fridge, we think this is it.
- [Poached Quince](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/poached-quince/) - Wherein fragrant quinces in the kitchen are slowly poached, and become a pot of ruby red magic.
- [Palak Paneer or fetta/tofu/tempeh](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/palak-paneer-or-fetta-tofu-tempeh/) - GF, VG Does it get any greener than this? Try making your own paneer, it's easy!
- [Citrus Garland](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/citrus-garlands-2/) - We love these plastic-free, vibrant Christmas decorations! Give it a go this year with oranges, lemons and grapefruits.
- [Green Spelt Risotto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/green-spelt-risotto/) - Got a mountain of leafy greens? Hook them up with nutty, tender spelt grains in this fabulous, flavourful combo.
- [Feijoa Fizz](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/feijoa-fizz/) - It's fragrant, refreshing and makes great use of scooped-out skins. Totally delicious alone or add it to your favourite spritz. Thanks to the CERES Merri Cafe!
- [Chocolate Pear Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chocolate-pear-cake/) - Try this amazing chocolate pear cake with a glut of pears and eggs. Really easy and delish.
- [Sweet potato and lentil soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sweet-potato-and-lentil-soup/) - A flavorsome and hearty soup for those cold autumn and winter days.
- [Spelt Honey Biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/honey-biscuits/) - With the oven on it's a perfect time to bake a tray of simple honey bites. These keep the subtle flavour of your local honey front and centre, and are just the thing with a cuppa.
- [Honey Tahini Biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/honey-tahini-biscuits/) - These simple, gluten-free biscuits are chewy, crispy, nutty and sweetened with Victorian honey. They're the kind of morsels you find you eat three of and could easily have three more.
- [Summer Soba Noodle Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/summer-soba-noodle-salad/) - This summer soba noodle salad holds a delicious balance of salty eggplant, sweet mango, acidic dressing and mellow noodles.
- [ANZAC biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/anzac-biscuits-2/) - Anzacs are a classic treat and super easy to whip up - a great little bickie to have in the repertoire. And these are CWA-sanctioned no less, so they're the real deal.
- [Homemade granola](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/granola-3/) - Bake a tray of totally scrumptious homemade granola with lightly toasted oats, and make it chock full of your favourite seeds and nuts. It’s easy, cost effective and of course very delicious
- [Zucchini and Tomato Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zucchini-and-tomato-pasta/) - A truly local pasta recipe by Jaclyn Crupi from her latest book 'Pasta Love'. Gather the friends and family because this one you're going to want to share.
- [Quince Paste](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quince-paste/) - Everyone wants quince paste on their cheeseboard. With time, heat and sugar, you can transform autumn's strange offering into a divine condiment.
- [Vegetable Maqluba](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/maqluba/) - Wishing our Muslim community a very happy, very yummy Eid al-Fitr!
- [Hot Cross Buns (the best)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/hot-cross-buns-the-best/) - Pass the butter, it's going to be a great Friday.
- [Nutty Crescent Cookies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/nutty-crescent-cookies/) - Versions of these nutty crescent cookies are made in Austria - vanillekipferl, Italy - frollini, Greece- kourabiedes and Poland - rogaliki (if they're familiar to you with a different name, do let us know in the comments)!
- [Big Chickpea Sandwich](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/big-chickpea-sandwich/) - This big chickpea sandwich ticks all the (lunch) boxes. It's got crunch factor, is satisfyingly filling, easy to share and best when made a few hours in advance.
- [Baked zucchini risotto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/baked-zucchini-risotto/) - A big old one-pot-winner - it may not be real risotto but it's worth sharing. GF
- [Best Blueberry Muffins](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/blueberry-muffins/) - Blueberries have hit the shelves and we're celebrating with what we think might be the best blueberry muffin recipe ever!
- [CWA Zucchini Pickles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cwa-zucchini-pickles/) - Zucchini pickles are so tasty in your ploughman’s lunch or sandwich, and it’s easy to make a couple of jars at a time to deal with a steady zucchini supply.
- [Eggplant Pickle](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/eggplant-pickle/) - A punchy condiment to be dolloped beside a curry, dahl, omelette... jazzing up even a sandwich with it's relaxed flair.
- [Hema's Momo Chutney](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/hemas-momo-chutney/) - This momo chutney recipe was provided by Hema, our wonderful Operations Manager at CERES Fair Food. It's SO delicious and is the perfect condiment to accompany your Himalaya Tibetan Tent momos!
- [Mallum - Sri Lankan kale and coconut salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mallum-sri-lankan-kale-and-coconut-salad/) - Huge thanks to Island Home for sharing this Sri Lankan kale and coconut salad with us!
- [Tomato Kasundi](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tomato-kasundi/) - If you've got tomatoes going gangbusters then whip up a jar of this tomato kasundi! GF, VG
- [Simple Peach Galette](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/peach-galette/) - Peaches are here, so we're getting straight to it with this simple peach galette. We love this tart because its imperfect production ensures no pastry is wasted.
- [Sardine Canapés: A Summer Brunch](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sardine-canapes-a-summer-brunch/) - Gather around the table and savour a rustic Mediterranean shareable brunch, with simple ingredients that sing together.
- [Mini Asparagus and Mint Frittatas](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mini-frittatas/) - These little gems are studded with salty feta and sweet spring produce - a delightfully light, creamy mouthful that’s just perfect for a picnic or school holiday adventure snack.
- [Roast Tomato Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/roast-tomato-soup/) - Dump a bunch of Autumn's best offerings in a roasting tray, forget about it for 30 minutes, come back, blend it all up, and voila, dinner is ready!
- [Dreamy Zucchini Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/dreamy-zucchini-pasta-2/) - In this recipe we braise zucchini and anchovies into a dreamy sauce that coats each pasta shape deliciously.
- [The Bestest Chocolate Cake for our 14th Birthday](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/the-bestest-chocolate-cake-for-our-14th-birthday/) - We turn 14 this month, which calls for chocolate cake!
- [Orange and Almond Granola](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/orange-and-almond-granola/) - This orange and almond granola is an all time favourite Fair Food recipe. It's a crunchy, zesty breakfast companion that doubles as an excellent gift idea!
- [Preserved and Pickled Lemons](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/preserved-lemons-2/) - Winter is prime lemon time, and an embarrassment of lemons means plenty of pickling and preserving to share with your friends, family and neighbours. These two recipes are simple to make and provide zingy zangy flavour like no other!
- [Rapa, Garlic and Chilli Orecchiette](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/rapa-chilli-orecchiette/) - Coburg rapa and yummy pasta - cheaper than a trip to southern Italy. Eat it with gusto in the sun and you'll be there. Thanks Vince.
- [Asparagus Spring Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/asparagus-spring-salad/) - Simple, delicious and ever adaptable with the goodies in your spring deliveries or the backyard patch. Get your spring salad on, and get thee to the park!
- [Chargrilled Broccoli and Avocado Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chargrilled-broccoli-avocado-salad/) - Great seasonal produce, some reliable extras from the pantry and a ripe avocado.
- [Grilled Peach Salad with Carrots and Goats Cheese](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/grilled-peach-salad/) - The barbecues are well and truly warmed up, the stone fruit are delicious, and meals want to be as simple as ever. This one ticks all the boxes.
- [Roast Beetroot Salad with Goats Cheese and Preserved Lemon](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/roast-beetroot-with-goats-curd-and-preserved-lemon/) - Roasted beetroot. Sliced and generously dressed, with yummy goats curd, preserved lemon and fresh herbs.
- [Bircher Muesli](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/bircher-muesli/) - Swiss simplicity for your morning bowl.
- [Banana Bread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/banana-bread/) - Make Those Bodies Sing! Or at least make banana bread.
- [The Winning Chocolate Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/the-winning-chocolate-cake/) - A customer-submitted gem that's egg and dairy free, super chocolatey and whisked together in 5 minutes flat. This one makes use of some classic tricks, and remains a total winner for a rich and easy chocolate cake for all.
- [Oat and Honey Seed Slice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/oat-and-honey-seed-slice/) - Here's a classic oat number, loosely based on an old Women's Weekly muesli slice.
- [Potato and Chickpea Curry with Winter Greens](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/potato-and-chickpea-curry-with-winter-greens/) - Some would describe this as a pot of delicious gold.
- [Broad Bean Pasta with Spring Pesto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/broad-bean-pasta-with-spring-pesto/) - This broad bean pasta with spring pesto is all you need after a day in the garden. It oozes the seemingly effortless green of the season!
- [Strawberry, Basil and Lime Sparkling](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/strawberry-basil-bubbly/) - Grab those strawberries and refill your Fair Fizz, it's time to raise a glass.
- [Mexican sweet corn](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mexican-sweet-corn/) - Next level corn on the cob. Spicy, tangy, creamy and freakin' delicious.
- [A Really Good Vegetable Lasagne](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegetable-lasagne/) - Layer, layer, layer like a good compost pile. And it's just as delicious!
- [Miso potato tart from Meru Miso](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/miso-potato-tart/) - Grab a cauliflower, leek and a few potatoes and prepare to be wowed. It's a flavour-packed tart that's simple and splendid.
- [Simple, delicious chutney from Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/simple-delicious-chutney-from-open-table/) - Chutney is a great way to use up fruit or vegetables you may have a lot of. Plus a jar of home made chutney makes an amazing gift!
- [Whole Banana Bread by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/whole-banana-bread-by-open-table/) - This recipe for whole banana bread uses everything except those little hard bits at the end - a wholistic waste wise solution to nana neglect!
- [Salted mango and coconut icy poles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/salted-mango-coconut-icy-poles/) - All this hot weather calls for frozen treats. Juice, yoghurt, berries… or in this case delicious creamy mango that feels like the perfect pick me up.
- [Salade Nicoise](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/salade-nicoise/) - Salty olives and anchovies perch above a graceful pile of tender green beans, chat potatoes, jammy eggs, sustainably caught tuna, cos lettuce and crunchy cucs. This Salade Nicoise is an all time fav!
- [Crispy Chickpea and Tuna Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tuna-and-chickpea-salad/) - The tuna supports the real stars of this salad - the chickpeas.
- [Tiramisu](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tiramisu/) - Tiramisu is a creamy, dreamy dessert that looks fancy but is essentially just layers of sponge fingers, coffee and mascarpone - no oven time required!
- [Plum and Pistachio Galette](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/plum-and-pistachio-galette/) - Semi-translucent, deeply red and sweet; plums are the jewels of February and here we create a sort of crown for them to sparkle in.
- [Eggplant Parmigiana](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/eggplant-parmigiana/) - Eggplants and tomatoes are really putting on a show at the moment, it seemed only right we make a parmigiana to celebrate.
- [Simple Baked Gnocchi](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/simple-baked-gnocchi/) - A fellow Fair Fooder, Shell, shared this recipe when we first started stocking fresh gnocchi. It took us 6 months to get around to trying it, which is 6 whole months we were missing out on its magical simplicity.
- [Paska - Easter Bread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/paska-easter-bread/) - We're sharing this recipe to show support and solidarity with the Ukrainian people, we encourage anyone who makes it to donate directly to Cook For Ukraine and share their paska creations on social media using the hashtag #cookforukraine 🇺🇦 💙 💛
- [Puy Lentils with Roast Veg](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/puy-lentils-with-roast-veg/) - With this recipe, we officially declare it 'cosy food season'!
- [Sticky Ginger Tempeh with Coconut Rice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sticky-ginger-tempeh-with-coconut-rice/) - This recipe combines savoury, salty tempeh with creamy, zesty brown rice. Add some steamed broccoli for a nourishing, quick, weeknight meal!
- [Quick Braised Spigariello](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-braised-spigariello/) - Spigariello is an heirloom leaf broccoli with origins in southern Italy. It is similar to Tuscan kale with nutrient-dense leaves and a rich flavour.
- [Baked Spuds with Spicy Beans](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/baked-spuds-with-spicy-beans/) - Phwoar, how good's a baked spud. We love em. While you wait for your spuds to cook, you can whip up this very flavourful bean stew. It's creamy, spicy and ultra adaptable!
- [Chestnut Brownies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chestnut-brownies/) - Brownies are unashamedly indulgent, these chestnut ones are no exception.
- [Mushroom and Leek Pie with Root Veg Mash](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mushroom-and-leek-pie-with-root-veg-mash/) - Comfort food is not always the prettiest food. This pie's creamy, bubbling filling overflows onto its warm orange mashed topping - you'll wonder what exactly you've put on the table for dinner... The answer is something sweet, rich, herby, earthy and delicious. Tuck in!
- [Apple Pie](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/apple-pie/) - You mustn't be put off by the prospect of making pastry. We understand that it can be disconcerting at times, but if you follow the recipe and have pure faith in the power of butter, then we promise there'll be a flakey crust enveloping your sweet, spiced apple pie when it comes out of the oven.
- [Ultimate Vegan Ragù](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/ultimate-vegan-ragu/) - Sometimes you just need a spag bol or spag bol equivalent. This recipe delivers an incredible punch of umami flavour that will satisfy vegans and meat-eaters alike.
- [Parsnip and Cauliflower Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/parsnip-and-cauliflower-soup/) - We're unsure how we've made it this far into winter without a new soup recipe... Luckily last week, fellow Fair Fooder Shell suggested this parsnip and cauliflower number with warming spices and crunchy pumpkin seeds - thanks for the yummy tip-off!
- [Lemon, Cardamom and Poppyseed Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-cardamom-and-poppyseed-cake/) - We turned 12 last week, so we're celebrating with this timeless lemon, cardamom and poppyseed cake!
- [Lemon and Fennel Risotto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-and-fennel-risotto-2/) - This fennel and lemon risotto is from deep in our archive. We've altered it slightly from the original, but the outcome remains the same comforting, savoury, sweet, scrumptious bowl of warmth.
- [Romanesco Coconut Curry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/romanesco-coconut-curry/) - Romanescos are the best of the brassicas - sweet, versatile and with a fun fractal texture. We came across this coconut curry recipe by Anna Jones and thought it was the perfect wintery way of celebrating the delicious, horned beast!
- [Fodmap Friendly Chilli](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fodmap-friendly-chilli/) - How do you like eating chilli? With rice? On nachos? In tacos? Or burritos? On a baked spud? This one-pot wonder is full of satisfying possibilities.
- [Silverbeet and Pumpkin Lasagne](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/silverbeet-and-pumpkin-lasagne/) - Each winter calls for a new take on the classic layered pasta pie. We'll be honest - this recipe takes most of the afternoon to make and you're going to use half the kitchen utensils you own as well as a food processor, but hey, you'll be eating lasagne for dinner!
- [Citu's Celeriac and Artichoke Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/citus-celeriac-and-artichoke-soup/) - A whiskery celeriac and a nobbly bobbly Jerusalem artichoke arrive in your Fair Food order - what do you cook? We consulted fellow Fair Fooder and great cook Citu, who went about creating this creamy, earthy, delicious soup that features both - hurrah!
- [Lentil Stuffed Sweet Potatoes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lentil-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/) - We've been noticing a few sure signs that spring is on the way, and with that energy, we've opted for a lighter, brighter recipe this week!
- [Adas Bil Hamoud -  Lemony Lentil Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/adas-bil-hamoud-lemony-lentil-soup/) - Versions of Adas Bil Hamoud are made all over the Arab world, it's undoubtedly one of our new favourites!
- [Apple and Honey Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/apple-and-honey-cake/) - We were inspired to search out a cake that uses honey and apples to acknowledge the Rosh Hashanah celebrations this weekend. Shanah Tova to all who celebrate!
- [Spring Frittata](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spring-frittata/) - This frittata is a wee bit laborious but well worth it for the custardy texture and evenly cooked fillings. It's simple, it's scrumptious, it's spring!
- [Asparagus and Leek Tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/asparagus-and-leek-tart/) - This Asparagus and Leek Tart is easy breezy to put together. Cut it into slabs for a party or add a fresh green salad to make it a meal.
- [Spring Asparagus Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/springy-asparagus-pasta/) - This simple spring pasta has a delicate and silky profile - the perfect environment for mingling asparagus and mint.
- [Speculaas Christmas Cookies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/christmas-speculaas-cookies/) - Speculaas are traditionally eaten in the Netherlands around Sinterklaas during the first week of December. They’re delicious all year round, though, perfect for snacking on or serving as a spiced crisp spoon for ice cream. Happy feasting to all who celebrate on the 6th!
- [Broad Bean and Zucchini Flatbread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/broad-bean-and-zucchini-flatbread/) - This recipe was sent in by Isabella, a customer who got some gorgeous broad beans and zucchini in her box and wondered what she'd do with them. Chop it up into slabs, pour yourself a cold drink and lap up that al-fresco feeling - cheers Isabella!
- [Green coconut curry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/green-coconut-curry/) - This green coconut curry offers sweetness, saltiness and heat in every mouthful. We've used pumpkin and green beans here, but you could add any veg that needs eating.
- [Tahini Granola](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tahini-granola/) - Give ’em granola! We love this recipe as the tahini provides a rich, nutty flavour and the ultimate crunch, without needing extra oil or butter. Enjoy it with your favourite yoghurt and seasonal fruit, or munch on it by the handful.
- [Upside-Down Apricot Tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/upside-down-apricot-tart/) - This tart is a riff on the classic French Tarte Tatin. Here, we swap out apples for summer's friendliest stone fruit, the apricot!
- [No Churn Ice Cream](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/no-churn-ice-cream-2/) - An ice cream recipe that results in a creamy, vanilla-y, fruitful scoop without the need for a machine!
- [Summer Pea Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/summer-pea-pasta/) - Sweet peas, salty feta, bright basil, creamy yoghurt, spicy pine nuts - this pasta's a bit unusual and evidently delicious!
- [Banana and Blueberry Pancakes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/banana-and-blueberry-pancakes/) - Whip up a round of these gluten free, vegan, totally delicious banana and blueberry pancakes with all your favourite toppings!
- [Zucchini Involtini](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zucchini-involtini/) - If squash isn't your thing, try using eggplant - heck, maybe you could even involtini a carrot?
- [Marinated Lentil Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/marinated-lentil-salad/) - We'd never thought to marry French style lentils with a whole bunch of basil, but turns out they're a hot couple!
- [Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/marcella-hazans-tomato-sauce/) - This is possibly the most celebrated of all the tomato sauces. Three ingredients, minimal faff and 45 mins later you've got a silky, rich sauce
- [Pasta alla Norma](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pasta-alla-norma/) - The whole thing comes together reasonably quickly and is very yummy as leftovers.
- [Plum Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/plum-cake/) - Summer's delicious blood plums and an old favourite recipe from Stephanie Alexander.
- [Jollof Rice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/jollof-rice/) - This dish, in many variations, is found all over West Africa. The grains of rice absorb all the flavours of the obe ata sauce making it super rich and vibrant.
- [Squash and Goat's Cheese Tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/squash-and-goats-cheese-tart/) - This simple tart sings with goat's cheese, thyme, lemon, zucchini and summer squash - slice it small so you can go back for more!
- [Jude Blereau's Pear Harvest Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/jude-blereaus-pear-harvest-cake/) - Jude Blereau’s Pear Harvest Cake is much loved. Part warming crumble, part amazing spelt cake, it somehow excels at both.
- [Jam Drops](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/jam-drops/) - Pull out all your jams and make a tray of these classic biscuits. This recipe is very child friendly - perfect for the next public holiday!
- [Focaccia](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/foccacia/) - There are many ways to make focaccia, some are more labour intensive than others - this one is remarkably simple.
- [Spicy, Tangy Green Beans and Tofu](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spicy-tangy-green-beans-and-tofu/) - In this recipe, stalwart green beans are served alongside crunchy tofu in a spicy, tangy sauce.
- [Aloo Baingan - Eggplant and potato curry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/aloo-baingan-eggplant-and-potato-curry/) - Tender eggplant and potato in a gently spiced tomato masala. One of the world's best mouthfuls.
- [Cauliflower Tacos with Feijoa Salsa](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cauliflower-tacos-with-feijoa-salsa/) - This recipe comes from fellow Fair Fooder and flavour extraordinaire, Citu. We were keen on sharing a savoury recipe that featured feijoas and he had the delicious idea of salsa.
- [Cypriot Grain Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cypriot-grain-salad/) - This Cypriot grain salad is mellow and earthy with pops of sweetness from the currants and zingy pomegranate seeds.
- [Simple Sautéed Pine Mushrooms](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/simple-sauteed-pine-mushrooms/) - Pine mushrooms have a fleeting season (that's why we all get so excited about them!), but rest assured this recipe can we be used with any kind of mushroom. A handful of herbs and dollop of butter/olive oil is everything you need.
- [Tuna Toasties](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tuna-toasties/) - Tuna toasties are humble, a bit daggy but totally delicious. This recipe will make enough for three toasties, but if you have any leftovers it's great on baked spuds or in salads and rice bowls.
- [Spiced Tomato and Lentil Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spiced-tomato-and-lentil-soup/) - This lentil soup recipe was developed by Citu, a member of our packing team. It's super warming and aromatic with lots of spices and tomato
- [Silverbeet Pakora](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/silverbeet-pakora/) - If you’re thinking “these look like bhaji”, you would be quite correct – because the name is regional (Bhaji in the West of India, Pakora in the North), and the appeal is universal.
- [Potato, Celeriac and Pumpkin Gratin](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/potato-celeriac-and-pumpkin-gratin/) - Shamelessly indulgent, utterly delicious and a terrific disguise for all sorts of veg.
- [Quick Rhubarb Compote](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-rhubarb-compote/) - Four ingredients transformed into a tart, sweet compote fit for yoghurt, porridge, cereal, jam tarts, pies, crumbles. Put this on your weekend to-do list.
- [Tartiflette](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tartiflette/) - Tartiflette is a French dish traditionally made with pieces of bacon. Here, we sub the meat for smoked tofu.
- [A Winter Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/a-winter-salad/) - We know kale isn't for everyone, but have you tried massaging it gently with lemon and olive oil?
- [Tuna Ragu](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tuna-ragu/) - This is a bung it all in, stir it round tuna ragu! It's a seriously easy flavourFULL weeknight pasta that's ready in about 25 mins, we approve!
- [Olive Oil Crackers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/olive-oil-crackers/) - Say goodbye to the supermarket aisle with these easy-peasy dream crackers! Ridiculous plastic packaging be gone.
- [Gluten Free Lemon and Coconut Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/gluten-free-lemon-and-coconut-cake/) - Lemon glut = lemon cake. This is a one bowl wonder recipe that's gluten free to boot. The crunchy almond topping is integral to the whole experience - don't skip it!
- [Radical Radish Sandwich](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/radical-radish-sandwich/) - With Melbourne hitting a top of 17 degrees this weekend we thought why not whip out a premature picnic recipe? It's fresh, peppery, salty and kinda chic‽ We love it.
- [Spaghetti and Sardines with Fennel](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spaghetti-and-sardines-with-fennel/) - It's so easy, and from the pantry, and makes all your carb fishy dreams come true.
- [Life Changing Udon Noodles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/life-changing-udon-noodles/) - These life changing udon noodles are easy peasy and quick to make. Add your favourite veg, protein and accoutrements!
- [Choc Tahini Banana Bread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/choc-tahini-banana-bread-2/) - Bet you thought you didn't need another banana bread recipe - well you were wrong.
- [Coconut Pumpkin Soup with Chilli and Lime](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/coconut-pumpkin-soup-with-chilli-and-lime/) - This pumpkin soup has bright bursts of lemongrass, ginger, chilli and lime. It's a Fair Food staff favourite. Tuck in!
- [Basic Bountiful Veggie Stock](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/basic-bountiful-veggie-stock/) - Making the most of your vegetables by using up any that have passed their prime in a veggie stock is a superbly productive feeling.
- [Brussels Sprouts Risotto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/brussels-sprouts-risotto/) - Make way for Brussels sprouts!
- [Big Green Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/big-green-salad/) - Oo, we love a big green salad, it’s such an easy, fresh, friendly side - "what else should we have?" you'll ask, "A green salad!" they'll reply!
- [Homity Pie](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/homity-pie/) - This Pie is full of floury potatoes, sweet leeks, spring onions and cheese. All of that cradled in a wholemeal shortcrust pastry - simply yum.
- [Tortilla de Patatas](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tortilla-de-patatas/) - Tortilla de Patatas is the ultimate GF party food. Full of eggs, tender potatoes and sweet onions - a recipe for the spring celebrations!
- [Creamy Chickpea and Eggplant Stew](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/creamy-chickpea-and-eggplant-stew/) - This Creamy Chickpea & Eggplant Stew is a hearty and affordable plant-based dinner that's ready in less than 30 minutes!
- [Kohlrabi Schnitzels with Salsa Verde](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kohlrabi-schnitzels-with-salsa-verde/) - Kohlrabis are friendly kitchen aliens we love experimenting with. In this recipe we crumb and fry them like schnitzels and serve them alongside a salsa verde (made from leaves from the kohlrabi!), and a crunchy, fresh salad.
- [Herby Grilled Asparagus](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/herby-grilled-asparagus/) - Asparagus season is upon us and we’re diving in deep with this herby grilled asparagus salad!
- [Mango Sticky Rice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mango-sticky-rice/) - Thai Mango Sticky Rice is our new favourite sweet, it's creamy, bright and toasty with fresh mango and mellow sweet coconut.
- [Strawberries and Cream](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/strawberries-and-cream/) - Strawberries, are practically perfect right out of the punnet, but to make them just slightly more delicious we macerate them in a lil bit of sugar and thyme and pile them on top of luscious vanilla cream.
- [Kale Tapenade](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kale-tapenade/) - This kale tapenade by Glow Diaries is quick to whip up and adds endless briny, savoury flavour to lunch time or nibbles!
- [Vanilla Poached Apricots](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vanilla-poached-apricots/) - Would you rather traipse the shops looking for gifts or learn a new preserving skill? Give the gift of summer's sweet delights this Christmas!
- [Sardine Spaghetti ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sardine-spaghetti-2/) - We've got new, sustainably caught South Australian sardines from Little Tin Co, so to celebrate we're adding another sardine spaghetti to our collection (never too many)
- [Kale Pesto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kale-pesto/) - Whip up a jar of this easy kale pesto for tasty sandwich spreads, smearing over roast veg, salad dressings or tossing through pasta!
- [Strawbasil Jam](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/strawbasil-jam/) - We plan on gifting a couple of jars to loved ones this Christmas, edible pressies are always a hit!
- [Avocado and Broad Bean Mash](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/avocado-and-broad-bean-mash/) - This avocado and Broad Bean Mash gives a guac-like spread some sweet spring interest - we love it spread on black bean tacos!
- [Shallot Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/shallot-pasta/) - This pasta is all about the shallots, cooked down in a bath of olive oil, tomato paste and anchovies to a jammy, caramelised paste.
- [Pfeffernusse Biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pfeffernusse-biscuits/) - Pfeffernusse, or peppernuts are our favourite Christmas biscuits. They're balanced in spice and easy to make - get the kidlets involved!
- [Panforte](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/panforte/) - Panforte is a traditional Tuscan sweet treat that's dense and rich with crunchy roasted nuts and luscious dried fruit.
- [Grilled Corn Salad With Avo and Feta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/grilled-corn-salad-with-avo-and-feta/) - This summer-forward Grilled Corn Salad is super hearty as a main course with your fav protein!
- [Daikon Fritters](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/daikon-fritters/) - Asian style vegan and gluten free daikon fritters, great for a healthy and fast springtime lunch with salad.
- [Apricot Jam](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/apricot-jam/) - Jam is joyful, jam is useful, jam brings us summer sweetness when it's grizzly and grey. We love jam.
- [Zucchini Slice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zucchini-slice/) - We've taken a leaf out of the CWA book and whipped up the Australian classic, Zucchini Slice. GF
- [Kale and Ricotta Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kale-and-ricotta-pasta/) - Want a way of using a whole bunch of kale in one meal? Want it to be creamy, delicious and a little bit Shrek..? This is your answer!
- [Quick braised greens with ginger and rice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/braised-greens-ginger-rice/) - Got a large bunch of greens in your Fair Food box? Whip up something tasty in the time it takes to cook your rice.
- [Vegetable Masala Khichdi](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/khichdi/) - GF, VG Khichdi is an traditional, comfort food of India. It's a fabulous source of protein, fibre and carbohydrates as well being anti inflammatory and easy to digest.
- [Brown Butter, Fig and Rye Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fig-upside-down-cake-with-cinnamon-rye/) - Brown butter, nutty rye flour, earthy cinnamon and sticky-sweet figs, this upside-down loaf cake delivers on all fronts!
- [Apple Vanilla Yoghurt Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/apple-vanilla-yoghurt-cake/) - Whether it's organic apples, pears or berries, it's certainly a good time for baking an easy Apple Vanilla Yoghurt Cake like this one.
- [Gemista - Greek Stuffed Vegetables](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/gemista-greek-stuffed-vegetables/) - Gemista is a Greek dish of vegetables hollowed out and stuffed with herby, tomato-y rice. Make it this PAZOYND weekend!
- [Pa Amb Tomàquet - Bread with Tomato](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pa-amb-tomaquet-bread-with-tomato/) - We think this traditional Catalan Pa Amb Tomàquet recipe is the simplest, best way to plough through the summer glut! GF, VG
- [Sardines On Toast](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sardines-on-toast/) - Salt, pep, lemon, that's the only rule here.
- [Kimchi Toastie](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kimchi-toastie/) - This kimchi toastie was inspired by a lunch Lester (one-half of CERES' IT department) had on Tuesday. He whipped up his toastie using CERES sourdough, kimchi, mozzarella and mayo - we added some sesame seeds for good measure.
- [Soffritto - ish](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/soffritto-ish/) - GF, VG Is it soffritto? Is it mirepoix? Technically neither, but it sure does use up a lot of problem veggies.
- [Homemade Paneer](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/homemade-paneer/) - GF Skip the soft plastic, make it from scratch.
- [Ribollita](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/ribollita-2/) - GF, VG A sustaining, frugal feast in a pot.
- [Cosy Pumpkin Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cosy-pumpkin-pasta/) - When the days get grey, we turn to the big orange comforter (pumpkin). This cosy pumpkin pasta only has five ingredients and comes together in about 30 mins so it's a helping hand on busy weeknights.
- [How to Cure Olives](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/how-to-cure-olives-in-salt-brine/) - GF, VG Don't let your backyard/nature strip olives go to waste, get curing!
- [Classic Scones](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/classic-scones/) - A warm scone, parted with your hands, smeared with butter and jam, then dolloped with cream - it never gets old.
- [Braised Tofu with Pear - Dubu Jorim](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/braised-tofu-with-pear-dubu-jorim/) - GF, VG This braised tofu dish has a hidden pear in it! So cool. Give it a go this week!
- [Fruit Leather Roll-Ups](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fruit-leather-roll-ups/) - GF, VG This fruit leather roll-ups recipe is perfect for overripe persimmons and pomegranates. A waste free recipe we love!
- [Mulled Wine](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mulled-wine/) - Roast some fresh chestnuts on the fire, and wash down the nutty moorish sweetness with some homemade mulled wine.
- [Mandarin Candles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mandarin-candles/) - Making mandarin candles out of the skins of mandarins is our winter solstice tradition.
- [Pasta e Fagioli](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pasta-e-fagioli/) - GF, VG Full of vegetables, beans, and pasta, this hearty pasta e fagioli soup is pretty much all we want to eat in peak winter.
- [Left Over Porridge Loaf](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/left-over-porridge-loaf/) - VG This loaf makes use of the annoying amount of porridge that's so often left in the bottom of the pot!
- [Eggplant and Chickpea Curry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/eggplant-and-chickpea-curry/) - This eggplant and chickpea curry from the archives of Tamil Feasts is comforting, bright and easy to bring together! GF, VG
- [Turmeric and Ginger Congee](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/turmeric-and-ginger-congee/) - Turmeric and Ginger Congee's humble ingredients make for a delicious, easily digested, warm, tender hug of a meal that many eat when feeling a little fragile.
- [Choc Tahini Date Slice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/choc-tahini-date-slice/) - This healthy Choc Tahini Date Slice has enough decadent, energy-rich ingredients to satisfy even the sweetest tooths. Make a tray for pack lunches all week!
- [Immunity Cubes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/immune-boosting-cubes/) - These cubes of immune boosting elixir are an excellent way to use up extra citrus you might have to hand.
- [Homemade Chinotto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/homemade-chinotto/) - If you've got a bowl of mixed citrus you're not sure how to use up, consider homemade chinotto! This mixed citrus drink is bittersweet, spicy and delicious!
- [Lemon Tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-tart/) - Lemon tart is a luscious, zingy treat. It's best started a day ahead, but it's 100% worth it.
- [Carrot Top Pesto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/carrot-top-pesto/) - Carrot top pesto is a delicious, waste free alternative to the basil based original. We love the bright sweetness of the carrot leaves paired with cashews!
- [Fennel, Chilli, Anchovy Toast](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fennel-chilli-anchovy-toast/) - This fennel, chilli, anchovy toast takes boiled egg and soldiers to the next level, plus it uses up those couple of anchovies lounging in the bottom of the jar.
- [Sage and Walnut Pesto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sage-and-walnut-pesto/) - GF We often find ourselves with left over sage, and when we do, this sage and walnut pesto recipe comes in handy!
- [Salsa Verde](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/salsa-verde/) - If you forget about a few bunches of soft herbs in the fridge, don't despair! This salsa verde will turn those limp leaves into an extremely tasty, useful sauce!
- [Maple Sticky Date Pudding](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/maple-sticky-date-pudding/) - We swapped out golden syrup for maple syrup in this maple sticky date pudding and the result was absolutely scrumptious.
- [Broccoli Stem Fritters](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/broccoli-stem-fritters/) - Turn those broccoli stems into never-fail fritters for delicious breakfasts, lunch box snacks or a quick sticks dinner! We love this waste-wise recipe.
- [Boil and Bake Fruitcake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/boil-and-bake-fruitcake/) - A very simple, stalwart fruitcake that's essential on long walks, or days in the garden. Keeps excellently and adapts with grace. It's a classic!
- [Broad Bean Bruschetta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/broad-bean-bruschetta/) - Broad Bean Bruschetta is perhaps the quintessential go-to for early spring - that no frills smooshing of simple beans on toast.
- [Steamed Globe Artichokes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/steamed-globe-artichokes/) - This Steamed Globe Artichokes recipe helps you tackle the thorny, confounding spring vegetable.
- [Fried Artichokes - Carciofi Alla Giudia](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fried-artichokes-carciofi-alla-giudia/) - Fried Artichokes Carciofi Alla Giudia come from the Jewish quarter of Rome. The delicate innermost leaves become nutty, golden and crunchy, with the heart remaining a tender last bite.
- [Meringue Roulade](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/meringue-roulade-with-pistachios-raspberries-rose/) - This pistachio, raspberry and rose meringue roulade is a delicate, delicious dessert made for celebrations - the perfect end to a hefty Christmas meal.
- [Lunchbox Banana Muffins](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lunchbox-banana-muffins/) - These lunchbox banana muffins are the perfect fit for your daily sweet treat. They use maple syrup or honey for sweetener, wholemeal flour and ripe bananas!
- [The Best Roast Potatoes and Salsa Verde](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/the-best-roast-potatoes-and-salsa-verde/) - Using the fresh summer goods in your December veggie box, they'll go with anything on the table, meat or fish or a big pile of roasted carrots, and should satisfy all dietary persuasions.
- [Strawberry Lemonade Spritz](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/strawberry-lemonade-spritz/) - Summer days call for fresh fruit spritzes. We love this simple strawberry lemonade as a alcohol-free refreshment!
- [Lentil Soup with Garlic Greens](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lentil-soup-2/) - A deceptively simple but delicious combination, great for this busy season.
- [Chocolate Fruit and Nut Bark](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chocolate-fruit-and-nut-bark/) - An endlessly adaptable Chocolate Fruit and Nut Bark recipe. It's ridiculously easy and makes the perfect party pleaser.
- [Quick asparagus and broccoli soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-asparagus-broccoli-soup/) - Enjoy the asparagus season while it lasts!
- [Cheesy Spinach Triangles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cheesy-spinach-triangles/) - A public holiday cooking project! These cheesy spinach triangles are crispy-salty-delish and inspired by spanakopita and börek. Choose to make them bitesize for a party or larger for a light meal/lunchbox treat.
- [Cabbage Rolls with Nutty Rice and Sumac](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cabbage-rolls-with-lemon-and-sumac/) - This recipe is for the love of spring cabbage! Each tender green leaf is filled with a fragrant and tart mix of warm rice, buttery pine nuts, fresh herbs and sour sumac.
- [Cucumber, Avocado and Broad Bean Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cucumber-avocado-and-broad-bean-salad/) - This crunchy cucumber and avocado salad is a bit of a cult classic; it's so simple and satisfying. We added broad beans for a sweet, nutty seasonal twist!
- [Long Ferment, No Knead Bread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/long-ferment-bread/) - Want to make homemade bread? This tried and tested recipe may be the simple rustic loaf of your dreams.
- [Spring Green Minestrone with Broad Beans and Asparagus](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spring-green-minestrone/) - A Spring minestrone to help celebrate all this green.
- [The Best Tofu Tacos](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/the-best-tofu-tacos/) - These tofu tacos win on all fronts. They're easy to make and seriously flavourful, PLUS, they can be made gluten free, low FODMAP and vegan!
- [Lemon Curd](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-curd/) - The trees are heaving, it's time to make lemon curd! This luscious, zingy spread can be dolloped on any number of sweet treats!
- [Pesto and Cheese Savoury Scrolls](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pesto-and-cheese-savoury-scrolls/) - Want a savoury snack on the go, a picnic lunch, a morning pick-me-up, or bite-sized afternoon treat? Then these scrolls have you covered. Bold and flavoursome.
- [Christmas Pavlova Wreath](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/christmas-pavlova-wreath/) - The Christmas Pavlova Wreath is more than just a dessert—it’s an Aussie tradition that brings festive cheer to the table.
- [Perfectly Spiced Gingerbread Cookies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/perfectly-spiced-gingerbread-cookies/) - Soft in the centre, crisp on the outside, these gingerbread cookies are perfectly spiced—this gingerbread recipe will be your go-to for festive baking!
- [Christmas Cookies - Cranberry, Orange and Choc Dipped](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/christmas-cranberry-orange-and-choc-dipped-cookies/) - A festive delight for an Aussie Christmas. With rich dark chocolate, tangy cranberries, and zesty orange, they bring the season's flavours to life.
- [Caesar Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/caesar-salad/) - This Italian American classic is beloved for good reason. It's fresh, crunchy, creamy, tart and sharp - what more could you want?
- [Gluten Free Seed Crackers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/seed-crackers/) - These homemade snacks full of energy and fibre are totally easy and addictive to make.
- [Spiced pears in wine](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spiced-pears-in-wine/) - Like a midwinter mulled wine that you can eat with cream.
- [Frozen Mango Yogurt Treats](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/frozen-mango-yogurt-treats/) - Cool down this summer with a creamy, 3-ingredient Mango & Coconut Yogurt treat—simple, refreshing, and oh-so-delicious!
- [Vegan Zucchini Fritters with Tahini Sauce](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegan-zucchini-fritters-with-tahini-sauce/) - Zucchini glut? We've got you covered.
- [Summer charred corn & chickpea salad with smokey miso dressing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/summer-charred-corn-chickpea-salad/) - Huge thanks to Tassie's own Meru Miso for sharing this seasonal summer salad with us, complete with their delicious smokey miso dressing.
- [Lentils with roast veggies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lentils-with-some-roast-veggies/) - A pot of lentils, some roasted winter veg and creamy goat's cheese.
- [Braised Zucchini with Cannellini Beans](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/braised-zucchini-with-cannellini-beans/) - This recipe was inspired by some zonked zucchinis, a lemon on its last legs and a wilty bunch of dill. It's very-very-yummy-yummy! We've made it multiple times this week!
- [Apple, fennel and radish salad-slaw](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/apple-fennel-radish-slaw/) - We're not sure if this is a salad or a slaw, but then again, why not be both.
- [Cheesy Broccoli and Leek Pasta Bake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cheesy-broccoli-and-leek-pasta-bake/) - A perfect mid-winter comfort meal.
- [Roasted Carrot Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/roasted-carrot-soup/) - Carrots have been accumulating in the bottom of my fridge drawer over the last few weeks so it's time to use them up in a sweet and spicy roasted carrot soup; speckled with chilli and ginger, this soup makes for a warming and inexpensive appetiser.
- [Fresh Black Gem Currant Clafoutis](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/currant-clafoutis/) - Clafoutis is a delightfully simple French dessert. It's a custardy 'flancake' dotted with the ripest of fruits and baked until golden-delish.
- [Winning Watermelon Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/watermelon-salad/) - Thank you to everybody who sent in their favourite salad recipes!
- [Winter greens shakshuka](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/winter-greens-shakshuka/) - This green shakshuka is the kind of deliciously frugal recipe you'll want to whip up for every meal.
- [Kale Chips: Crispy and Kid-Approved Recipe](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kale-chips-2/) - Kid-approved, and packed with flavour. Perfect for Melbourne families, make the most of CERES fresh produce. Try out our Crispy Kale Chip recipe today.
- [Quick Sticks Hummus](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-sticks-hummus/) - A quick sticks hummus recipe to whip up for snacking, celebrating and smearing.
- [Maggie's Cranberry, Chocolate and Almond Biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/maggies-cranberry-almond-biscuits/) - These gluten free, vegan friendly bickies are such a fave, thanks Maggie!
- [Crunchy salt brined pickles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/crunchy-salt-brined-pickles/) - Whether it's zucchini or chillies from the garden or this week's yummy cucumbers, grab a wide mouth jar, some salt and we're off.
- [Using up that Citrus Peel](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/using-up-that-citrus-peel/) - If you've got an embarrassment of citrus at your place, here's a few practical ways you can put them to good use.
- [Whole Orange Cake by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/whole-orange-cake-by-open-table/) - This cake is inspired by the classic Sicilian recipe. It's a zingy, zesty crowdpleaser and not a skerrick of citrus is wasted.
- [Citu's Cabbage, Fennel and Orange Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/citus-cabbage-fennel-and-orange-salad/) - This salad is fresh, crunchy, tangy and sweet, with an acidity that acts as the perfect accompaniment to any heavier main!
- [Cauliflower Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cauliflower-soup/) - Restore cauliflower appreciation in your household! A simple and delicious midweek soup.
- [Tamil Feasts Eggplant Curry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tamil-feasts-eggplant-curry/) - Generously shared with us, to share with you.
- [Date and banana pikelets from Annabel Crabb](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/date-banana-pikelets-2/) - Even basic pikelets are total winners. Warm from the pan and a little butter. But these take the prize! The extra oomph of banana and sweet dates are very hard to beat.
- [Quick garlic rapa or mustard greens](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mustard-greens/) - The winter season is upon us with gorgeous armfuls of Italian greens being harvested from Joe's Garden in Coburg. You can cook them simply, much like any robust green leaf.
- [Chocolate Coconut Balls](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/yummy-chocolate-coconut-balls/) - Super simple, dairy and gluten free, and great for kids to make too.
- [Spring Garlic Aioli with Asparagus Dippers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spring-garlic-aioli-with-asparagus-dippers/) - Giving an old favourite a fresh springtime twist, spring garlic aioli has a little more bite, complimenting the more dulcet tones of asparagus.
- [Crunchy Waldorf Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/crunchy-waldorf-salad-w-blue-cheese/) - This is a great way to use the apples, celery and cos lettuce in the boxes this week! Apart from a few kitchen basics all you really need is some blue cheese and walnuts!
- [Easy Homemade Mascarpone](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/easy-home-made-mascarpone/) - Fresh mascarpone is easy to make, and the overnight draining time is definitely worth the wait. It delivers the creamiest, velvety mascarpone, better than anything you can buy at the supermarket.
- [Easy Passata by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/easy-passata-with-open-table/) - Passata is an essential recipe for using up a glut of tomatoes, or taking advantage of cheap, seasonal summer produce. And it's easy to do!
- [Hazelnut and Parsley Pesto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/hazelnut-and-parsley-pesto/) - We recently started stocking Pepo Farms' Australian grown roasted hazelnuts, and naturally, we're excited about it, so we've whipped up a parsley and hazelnut pesto to celebrate!
- [Isabelle's zucchini, carrot and chocolate cupcakes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zucchini-carrot-chocolate-cupcakes/) - Chocolate on the outside, veggies on the inside.
- [Home Made Green Tea Hand Wash](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/home-made-hand-wash/) - In the spirit of making easy, meaningful changes to our single-use plastic habits this Plastic Free July, we've explored making everyday disinfectant hand soap using Dr Planet's Castile concentrate!
- [Ricciarelli (Italian almond biscuits) ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/ricciarelli-italian-almond-biscuits/) - These Christmassy ricciarelli biscuits are gluten free, whip up in a flash and keep in an airtight container for weeks. They're chewy, nutty, lemony, and we love them.
- [Lemon Pickle from Tamil Feasts](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-pickle-from-tamil-feasts/) - This weekend we say a heartfelt thank you to the incredible team of Tamil Feasts.
- [Green Cleaning](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/green-cleaning/) - Minimising our load on waterways and in our homes with some old fashioned knowledge, a little elbow grease and a warm spring breeze.
- [Cherry Brownies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cherry-brownies/) - This fudgey tray of decadence works beautifully with fresh or sour cherries, as well as a gluten free flour mix. Wonderful for all seasons and all celebrations.
- [Dairy Free Quiche](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/dairy-free-quiche/) - A simple yet delicious dairy-free, lactose-free quiche made with seasonal produce.
- [Homemade Lamingtons](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/homemade-lamingtons/) - Getting messy with a creative lamington session is pretty fun - a whole lot more fun than buying a plastic packet from the supermarket.
- [Beetroot and Chilli Relish](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/beetroot-relish/) - Dive into this relish for its amazing colour and boldness of flavour - and wonderful condiment all-rounder!
- [Beetroot Chocolate Cake with Cardamom & Orange Icing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/beetroot-chocolate-cake-cardamom-orange-icing/) - A classic cake combo with a killer beetroot-pink icing
- [Dinner Rolls](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/soft-dinner-rolls/) - Mopping up the last of a saucy/soupy meal with a soft, buttered dinner roll is one of life's glorious, simple pleasures.
- [Tomato Risotto](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tomato-risotto/) - With basil and tomatoes racing towards their headiest, we thought we'd try them out in a risotto.
- [Simple carrot salad with apricots and orange](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/simple-carrot-salad/) - A really simple yet satisfying salad, making use of all these sweet crunchy carrots. It seems to fit well somewhere between a raw summer salad and the warming, slower flavours of winter.
- [Chocolate Chard Muffins](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chocolate-chard-muffin/) - It may seem very odd to make a veggie muffin sweet, but this chocolate chard muffin recipe (with banana) is truly delicious.
- [Roasted Potato Salad with Avocado & Herb Mayonnaise](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/roasted-potato-salad-with-avocado-herb-mayonnaise-2/) - When the days are warm, this variation of a classic potato salad is an excellent companion to any picnic or bbq.
- [Homemade Blood Orange Cordial](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/orange-cordial/) - Blood orange cordial to make at home - whip up a batch with seasonal citrus and share it with your mates. Makes a lovely pressie!
- [Spicy Onion Jam](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spicy-onion-jam/) - This onion jam is the perfect vessel for any extra onions you have rolling around in your pantry. It will beautifully complement a sharp cheddar on a cheese board, and work wonders on everything from toasties to a main meal.
- [Torta di Nocciole - Hazelnut Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/torta-di-nocciole-hazelnut-cake/) - Nocciola del Piemonte is a variety of hazelnut that grows in the Piemont region of Italy. We source our hazelnuts from Pepo Farms in Northern Victoria, but they taste just as good (maybe even better). This cake is a subtly sweet, earthy celebration of those hazelnuts.
- [Citrus Tart by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/honey-ricotta-tart/) - This dessert helps you use up milk, stale bread, eggs and citrus - thanks to Alana from Open Table for showing us how it's done!
- [Kale Orange and Fennel Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kale-orange-fennel-salad/) - All of the above, plus creamy avocado - it's a match made in wintery heaven.
- [Sweet pumpkin and apple phyllo - by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sweet-pumpkin-and-apple-phyllo-by-open-table/) - A beautiful sweet treat to help you use up autumn produce, this recipe is perfect for afternoon tea with friends. Raid your pantry and see what nuts and seeds you have on hand - this is the perfect opportunity to use up the last little bit in the bottom of a jar or container.
- [Sri Lankan potato curry and simple sambols - by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sri-lankan-potato-curry-simple-sambols/) - Got a couple of potatoes lying around, or left over roast potatoes? With some pantry staples and the right herbs and spices you can make a delicious and quick dry Sri Lankan curry!
- [Mini Carrot Cakes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mini-carrot-cakes/) - Some little mini carrot cakes this week - awesome with or without the traditional cream cheese icing. Pop them in the lunchbox!
- [Zingy Roast Carrots](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zingy-roast-carrots/) - Baby dutch carrots are so charming with their little tufty tops. Here, we pair their sweetness with local honey, spicy harissa, warm cumin and tangy pomegranate molasses - combined it's a zingy eating experience!
- [Lemon Delicious](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-delicious/) - A super light sponge floats gently above a shallow pool of lemon sauce - here is an example of utterly apt naming, it's Lemon and it's Delicious
- [Quick and Easy Home Made Ricotta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-and-easy-home-made-ricotta/) - Fresh ricotta takes less than 45 minutes to make and is a beautiful process to undertake; while watching the curds separate from the whey you'll wonder 'am I a kitchen magician?' the answer is yes - you'll never have to buy tubbed ricotta again.
- [Rainbow Lasagne by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/rainbow-lasagne-open-table/) - Use whatever veggies you have on hand to make a delicious and colourful lasagne! It's a dream for minimising waste, maximising taste.
- [Soy Marinated Eggs](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/soy-marinated-eggs/) - This recipe comes from fellow Fair Fooder, Aki. She posted these soy marinated eggs on her Instagram, and we were immediately intrigued!
- [Buttermilk Substitute](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/buttermilk-substitute/) - Never be faced with a buttermilk roadblock again!
- [Spiced Rhubarb Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/rhubarb-upside-down-spice-cake/) - The warming spices combined with the jammy, tart rhubarb make it the perfect winter tea cake.
- [Miso eggplant with ginger](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/miso-eggplant/) - Classic nasu dengaku. Simple to make and tasty as.
- [Aubergines Farcies (Stuffed Eggplant)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/aubergines-farcies-stuffed-eggplant/) - Prepping our palates for some cooler weather, we thought we’d share this hearty stuffed eggplant recipe with you.
- [Fasulye - Turkish green beans and tomatoes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fasulye-turkish-green-beans/) - Cooking green beans in a traditional Turkish way is one of our favourite go-to recipes at this time of year. There's always fresh beans and a few tomatoes lying around that need cooking, so it's both convenient and nourishing.
- [Ginger tofu with pak choi](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/ginger-tofu-with-pak-choi/) - Keeping warm with spicy ginger tofu and green winter crunch.
- [Carrot Parsnip and Pecan Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/carrot-parsnip-and-pecan-cake/) - We combined various recipes to make what we think is the best treat to bake in lockdown, Carrot Parsnip and Pecan Cake. It's moist but not too dense, sweet but not too sickly and it'll distract you for an afternoon without being too tricky to pull off.
- [Cacio e Pepe](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cacio-e-pepe/) - Cacio e Pepe literally means cheese and pepper, if you've got those two things and approximately ten minutes (depending on pasta cooking time), then you can make this dish.
- [Herby Greens Pie](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/herby-greens-pie/) - Filled with hearty greens, vibrant herbs and salty cheeses (which could easily be subbed/omitted if you’re taking a vegan route), this pie is a truly delicious way to eat a fridge full of good stuff that otherwise runs the risk of being turfed.
- [Yoyos with Rhubarb Buttercream](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/custard-yoyos-with-rhubarb-buttercream/) - Did you know that yoyos are an Australian invention? A big crumbly mouthful of shortbread-like biscuit held together with a buttercream filling - what a noble afternoon tea treat.
- [Southside mock/cocktail](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/southside-mock-cocktail/) - We're just diving into the holidays, and that's excuse enough to pull out the cocktail shaker and do a jig!
- [Panna Cotta with Fruit Compote](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/panna-cotta-with-fruit-compote/) - This beautifully simple and delicious dessert is a wonderful way to use up excess milks/creams and citrus peel.
- [Chocolate pavlova](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chocolate-pavlova/) - It’s perfectly celebratory, a little bit free and messy, and utterly delicious. Smother with cream, get the kids to pile their favourite summer fruit on top, and let this chocolatey cloud do the heavy festive lifting for you.
- [Broad Bean Burgers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/broad-bean-burgers/) - Fresh broad beans take a little time to prepare, but they are definitely worth the extra effort. Packed with protein, these burgers make a beautiful, tasty but light lunch on a warm Spring day, keeping you going without weighing you down.
- [Fattoush](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fattoush/) - Heavy on herbs, the ripeness of the warm season and the lemony tang of sumac.
- [Veggie san choi bau](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/veggie-san-choi-bau/) - Delicious little parcels that are endlessly versatile
- [Cauliflower Nachos](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cauliflower-nachos/) - An easy Cauliflower Nachos recipe that the kids will love.
- [Spiced Pumpkin with chickpeas and tahini](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spiced-pumpkin-chickpeas-tahini/) - Delicious spiced pumpkin with a tahini yoghurt sauce, which you may be putting on every meal thereafter.
- [Simple pasta primavera](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/simple-pasta-primavera/) - Simple comfort food with plenty of lemony greens. Good for any season!
- [Green Mexican Rice loaded with Spring herbs](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/green-mexican-rice/) - Spice up your rice.
- [Lets Talk About Pumpkin Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lets-talk-about-pumpkin-soup/) - It's never too late to renew pumpkin soup appreciation. Here's what we've been exploring lately ...
- [Beetroot Curry by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/beetroot-curry-by-open-table/) - This vibrant curry is inspired by a Sri Lankan recipe. It's mildly sweet and very comforting as the weather becomes increasingly chilly!
- [Moroccan cauliflower with preserved lemon and olives](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/moroccan-cauliflower-preserved-lemon/) - This simple, spicy pot is a revelation – a handful of olives, a little preserved lemon, warming ginger and turmeric. Recommend!
- [Vegan Blondies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegan-blondies-3/) - A nutty, chocolatey vegan treat - the chickpeas make them deliciously soft. We suspect these may be the new sidekick to your mid-morning cuppa.
- [Pear and almond crumble (great with feijoas!)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pear-almond-crumble/) - Apples, pears, feijoas, rhubarb, quinces… gosh. Here’s to stewing whatever glorious autumn fruit is in front of you and crumbling pure golden comfort all over it.
- [Quick broccoli soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-broccoli-soup/) - Lots of garlic, the best stock you can make or buy, and plenty of greens.
- [Making a Hearty Winter Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/making-hearty-winter-soup/) - Throw them all in a pot with parsley and cover with water, he says. Which is great advice, if a little minimalist. Here is my slightly longer version... adapt as you need.
- [Delicious dips by Open Table](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/delicious-dips-open-table/) - Creatively thinking about how you can turn leftovers or an excess of produce into dips is a great way to reduce your food waste at home. Add your favourite herbs and spices to create something unique!
- [Crepes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/crepes/) - Need we say more.
- [Persian Love Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/persian-love-cake/) - Sometimes a special cake like this is just the thing, with lots of yoghurt and nutmeg and pistachios.
- [Harissa, Zucchini and Chickpea Burgers](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/harissa-zucchini-chickpea-burgers/) - Made with just a few things you're sure to have on hand, and with that burger-kind-of-magic that'll please a crowd with minimal fuss.
- [Tempeh Rice Paper Rolls with Peanut Sauce](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tempeh-rice-paper-rolls-peanut-sauce/) - Cooling, portable and delicious. Get the kids out from under the sprinkler and they can make them too!
- [Zucchini, Corn and Haloumi Fritters](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zucchini-corn-and-haloumi-fritters/) - Oh little Summer fritters, how we love you.
- [Italian Style Tuna, Bean and Fennel Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tuna-bean-and-fennel-salad/) - A plate to share of a classic salad combo. Perfect for our new jars of Aussie tuna!
- [Spanakopita](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spanakopita/) - Make use of a big bunch of local spinach this week and feed the hordes with some spanakopita and a fresh cucumber salad.
- [Quick spelt and pear muffins](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-spelt-and-pear-muffins/) - Nutty autumnal morsels that can easily be egg and dairy free.
- [Mum's Shortbread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mums-shortbread/) - This is the recipe for my mum's shortbread, which we all quietly swoon over every Christmas. Share them round.
- [Lebanese Amaranth Greens from Amne](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/amaranth-greens/) - Three big-hearted ways to enjoy your wild greens this week.
- [Jesse's hemp smoothie](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/jesses-hemp-smoothie/) - Chock full of energy and goodness just like the guy himself.
- [Bok Choy, Sweet Potato and Coconut Noodles](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/bok-choy-sweet-potato-and-coconut-noodles/) - With a quick lemongrass and coriander paste, a handful of veggie box basics are suitably transformed. Bold, bright and comforting.
- [Rhubarb and Pear Tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/rhubarb-pear-tart/) - Make a flaky pastry, pile on that delicious fruit and impress yourself!
- [Ginger and Cinnamon Poached Apricots](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/ginger-and-cinnamon-poached-apricots/) - An elegant way to serve apricots, or any other variety of stone fruit that makes its way into your fruit box over the Summer months.
- [Green coconut rice bowl](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/green-coconut-rice-bowl/) - Not your average bowl of rice. This is super delicious, adaptable and done in a flash!
- [Hungry Girls’ Orange and Cardamom Biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/hungry-girls-orange-and-cardamom-biscuits/) - Use your favourite kind of flour, and consider doubling the recipe – an extra batch of this dough in the fridge might really save an afternoon tea emergency.
- [Borlotti Bean, Beetroot and Kale Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/borlotti-bean-beetroot-kale-soup/) - We hope that this bright bowl of goodness also brings warmth and gratitude to your kitchen.
- [Double pea, mint and radish salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/double-pea-mint-radish-salad/) - More peas, more happiness.
- [Borscht and a Hot Potato](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/borscht-and-a-hot-potato/) - A simple recipe for beautiful winter beetroots - flavoursome, earthy and sweet. Add cabbage if you like, and serve with a piping hot potato and sour cream.
- [Japanese Curry with Kohlrabi and Smoked Tofu](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/japanese-curry-kohlrabi-smoked-tofu/) - A beautifully mild and sweet curry, hinting at the lighter meals of spring though well within the realm of a comforting, hearty meal.
- [Aki's Wombok, Carrot and Apple Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/akis-wombok-salad/) - Winter wombok from the staff lunch table
- [Vegetable tagine with chickpeas & dried apricots](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegetable-tagine-with-chickpeas-dried-apricots/) - Slow cooked winter veg with oodles of chickpeas and subtle warm spices
- [Mushroom Polenta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mushroom-polenta/) - Juicy herb mushrooms, braised greens, creamy polenta = comforting, easy and delicious.
- [Pan fried Brussels sprouts with walnuts ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/brussels-sprouts-with-walnuts/) - A super quick brussels sprout dream
- [Corn, potatoes, zucchini and basil](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/corn-potatoes-zucchini-and-basil/) - Doing less with more, or summer veggies in a tasty pile.
- [Classic Pizza Dough](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pizza-dough/) - For the love of pizza.
- [Quick plum and rosemary cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-plum-rosemary-cake/) - A cloud of cake for your Fair Food fruit.
- [Heidi's German Potato Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/heidis-german-potato-salad/) - It’s the kind of deluxe, serious potato salad that has everyone oohing and ahhing and asking for the recipe.
- [Sprouts, Seeds and Sauerkraut](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sprouts-seeds-sauerkraut/) - Make a punchy lemon dressing, fuel up with fresh veggies and all the good gut stuff.
- [Pumpkin and Herb Bread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pumpkin-bread-2/) - This simple pumpkin bread is delicious as is, toasted with lashings of butter, or served with a bowl of hot soup. Enjoy!
- [The Big Frittata](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/the-big-frittata/) - Shy-frittatarer? Get amongst it.
- [Brown rice kedgeree with tuna or sardines](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/brown-rice-kedgeree-with-tuna-sardines/) - Want to add more oily fish to your repertoire? This one's a gooden for spring.
- [Vegan beetroot cupcakes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegan-beetroot-cupcakes/) - Totally fudgy, fully accessible and with an excellent coconut cream icing. Take these to the office meeting on Monday, they'll be a hit.
- [Herby Quinoa Salad with Roast Sweet Potatoes and Tahini Yoghurt Sauce](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/herby-quinoa-salad-sweet-potatoes-tahini-sauce/) - Throw some sweet potatoes in the oven, top with lots of fresh flavours and you can't go wrong.
- [Lemon and Honey Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/lemon-and-honey-cake/) - Just the kind of tangy-sweet mouthful you might need with an afternoon cup of tea.
- [Shiitake and Barley Soup with Root Veggies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/shiitake-and-barley-soup-with-root-veggies/) - This broth of shiitake mushroom and barley is a great base for a bunch of sweet root vegetables - a very satisfying and hearty soup without being too heavy or rich.
- [Maggie Beer's Warm Chickpea, Fennel and Parsley Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/warm-chickpea-fennel-parsley-salad/) - Warm chickpea, fennel and parsley salad, from Maggie Beer. Autumnal, easy and totally delicious.
- [Tofu peanut satay](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tofu-peanut-satay/) - Grab some fresh peanuts and transform your veggie box basics in to a coconut satay sensation.
- [Ratatouille](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/ratatouille/) - Summer meets Autumn, equals Ratatouille.
- [Raw Chocolate Brownies](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/raw-chocolate-brownies/) - No baking, no flour, just raw chocolate goodness.
- [Soba salad for all seasons](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/soba-salad-for-all-seasons/) - Take it to a picnic, the office, or whip it up after work - just make enough for leftovers
- [Potato and Pea croquettes with minted yoghurt sauce](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/potato-and-pea-croquettes-with-minted-yoghurt-sauce/) - A spin on the traditional potato croquettes, the inclusion of fresh peas and spring onion make these a perfect little spring starter. They will keep well uncooked in the fridge overnight so are a great option if you're entertaining and want to cut down prep time.
- [Quick Yoghurt Flatbread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-yoghurt-flatbread/) - Great in a pinch, or just whenever quick, soft flatbreads are required.
- [Easy apricot almond tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/easy-apricot-almond-tart/) - Spectacular and delicious! Thanks Martha
- [Sweet Potato and Buckini Slice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sweet-potato-and-buckini-slice/) - Give these nutty treats a whirl for afternoon tea - they're nicely chewy yet crunchy, not too sweet and are packed with goodness for a serious energy boost.
- [Polenta, Parmesan and Zucchini Muffins](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/zucchini-polenta-and-parmesan-muffins-2/) - Here's an oldie (and a goodie) from our recipe archives, to go with the last of the zucchinis or in the event of actually being OUT of zucchini, how about some beautiful broccoli.
- [Moroccan Broad Bean Dip](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/moroccan-broad-bean-dip/) - A super delicious broad bean dip, and a great use for the larger pods as the season progresses.
- [Sweet Potato and Feta Filo Tarts](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sweet-potato-and-feta-filo-tarts/) - Excellent Spring picnic (or lunchbox) fare
- [Homemade Body Scrub](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/homemade-body-scrub-2/) - A delicious homemade treatment direct from your pantry!
- [Making Your Own Fermented Veg](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fermented-veg/) - Here's a basic rundown to help get the lacto-fermented bubbles going at your place.
- [Winter tonic - making a fire cider](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/winter-tonic-making-a-fire-cider/) - Take that, winter lurgies.
- [Garlic Mushrooms with Toasted Breadcrumbs](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/garlic-mushrooms-with-toasted-breadcrumbs/) - These indulgent Garlic Mushrooms make a perfect side dish or appetiser for a warming winter meal.
- [Rani's Potato Curry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/rani-potato-curry/) - Thanks to Rani and her family for transposing her delicious curry (much loved in the staff kitchen!) from a heart-hand method into a written recipe that we can share with you all.
- [Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Rice)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/nasi-lemak-malaysian-coconut-rice/) - Is this one of the tastiest, most flavoursome comfort foods that you could possibly whip up? We think it might be.
- [Quick Tempeh Stir-Fry](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quick-tempeh-stir-fry/) - Simple tempeh stir-fry with fresh veg, ginger and tamari.
- [Red Quinoa and Fennel Salad with Lemon and Mint Dressing](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/red-quinoa-fennel-salad/) - This high protein and tasty salad is a celebration of the array of fresh vegetables available this summer: crunchy fennel and capsicum, hydrating cucumber and lemon, juicy corn and freshly picked mint from the herb garden.
- [Quinoa and Black Bean Burger](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/quinoa-black-bean-burger/) - This light summertime quinoa and black bean burger recipe is great for hot nights when baking is just too hard.
- [Orange and Silverbeet Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/orange-silverbeet-salad-2/) - We have both silverbeet and oranges in the veggie boxes this week. Here's a great salad that uses both. Greatly enjoyed as a side dish served with fish.
- [Big Breakfast: Homemade Hash Browns & Lime Butter Mushrooms](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/big-breakfast-bang-with-homemade-hash-browns-lime-butter-mushrooms-2/) - A Big Breakfast with Hash Browns & Lime Butter Shrooms will get you through wayward potatoes.
- [Galette Des Rois or King's Cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/galette-des-rois/) - Traditionally celebrated to mark the Christian Feast of Epiphany, La Fetes Des Rois takes the frangipane stuffed Galette des Rois ritual to another level.
- [Chestnut and Pumpkin Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chestnut-and-pumpkin-soup-2/) - A classic chestnut soup recipe from the extended Fair Food family.
- [Mushroom stroganoff](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/mushroom-stroganoff/) - Mushrooms are amazing. This is delicious.
- [Quinoa and Sweet Potato Dumplings](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/potato-dumplings/) - Chatelaine's Quinoa and Sweet Potato Dumplings recipe. From the Alzheimer’s Prevention Cookbook by Dr. Marwan Sabbagh & Beau MacMillan.
- [Big Zucchini Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/big-zucchini-salad/) - A delicious pile of freshness with all the zucchini you can eat.
- [Winter Vegetable Gratin](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/winter-vegetable-gratin/) - An "all-in" Winter Vegetable Gratin, doused with cream & coated with cheese, is simply the best winter comfort food around, plus it's super easy to make.
- [French Onion Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/french-onion-soup/) - A Traditional French Onion Soup Recipe.
- [Multicoloured Oven Baked Carrot Fries](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/multicoloured-oven-baked-carrot-fries/) - Oven-baked carrot fries are a low fat, healthy alternative to traditional potato chips. Use a few differently coloured carrots for a little novelty.
- [Vegan Cashew Cream Pasta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/vegan-cashew-cream-pasta/) - Vegan cashew cream pasta is a great dairy free version of your traditional creamy pasta recipe, with the protein power of cashews & chickpeas.
- [Thai Coconut Soup with Prawns or Tofu](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/thai-coconut-soup-with-prawns/) - Thai Coconut Soup with Prawns is a dish that achieves harmony between sweet, salty & sour flavours, with aromatic spices and colour to delight the senses.
- [Rice Paper Samosas (Oven-baked)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/rice-paper-samosas-oven-baked/) - These oven-baked vegan Rice Paper Samosas are dairy free, gluten free and flavour-packed little triangle packages of colour and spice.
- [Braised Fennel and Tomato](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/braised-fennel-and-tomato/) - Braised Fennel and Tomato make for a perfect wintery combination with paprika, thyme and fennel seeds for added flavour.
- [Orange and Fennel Walnut Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/orange-and-fennel-walnut-salad/) - A sweet & syrupy orange and fennel walnut salad that is both warm, crisp, and packed full of flavour, while being soy and gluten free, and vegan friendly.
- [Chocolate Oat and Almond Bliss Balls](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/chocolate-oat-almond-bliss-balls/) - A great mid morning booster, these chocolate oat and almond bliss balls have the power of maca in them too.
- [Spiced Pumpkin Bread](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spiced-pumpkin-bread/) - A delicious pumpkin bread that can be baked as a loaf or as muffins.
- [Pesto Quinoa Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pesto-quinoa-salad/) - A colourful, warm and hearty pesto quinoa salad that makes a great veggie-packed lunch or dinner.
- [Polenta and Orange Biscuits](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/polenta-and-orange-biscuits/) - Gluten free polenta and orange biscuits make for a deliciously fragrant springtime afternoon tea.
- [Beetroot Kvass](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/beetroot-kvass/) - An age-old beetroot tonic, for those afflicted with that most contagious of ailments - the modern fermenting fever.
- [Sweet and spicy pepper tempeh with green beans](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/sweet-and-spicy-pepper-tempeh/) - There's a good chance this is the bold, addictive tempeh recipe you've been waiting for
- [Tadka Dahl](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tadka-dahl/) - It’s hard to beat a bowl of flavour packed dahl for comfort and ease, and this tadka dahl recipe is my favourite.
- [Pan roasted chilli fennel](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/pan-roasted-chilli-fennel/) - A very very favourite!
- [Harvest Minestrone](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/harvest-minestrone/) - The bounty of summer is fading with the heat so throw on a pot of minestrone, enjoy the late season harvest and invite the neighbours over.
- [Almond and Coconut Rice Pudding](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/almond-and-coconut-rice-pudding/) - Brown rice, almond milk and coconut milk. A sweet, one pot wonder for dessert (or breakfast).
- [Berry Granita](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/berry-granita/) - Frozen and refreshing, almost as good as diving into a cold body of water on a hot summers day.
- [Spicy Fermented Salsa](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spicy-fermented-salsa/) - Spicy tomato salsa that goes above and beyond.
- [Tempeh with Coconut Satay](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tempeh-with-coconut-satay/) - Super quick satay sauce for anything and everything, including this delicious tempeh.
- [Amaranth and Red Lentil Patties](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/amaranth-and-red-lentil-patties/) - Amaranth is naturally gluten-free, a complete protein, and is by all accounts high in fibre, iron and calcium. Also really great in patties like these.
- [Spiced potato wedges with oregano, paprika and chilli](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spiced-potato-wedges-with-oregano-paprika-and-chilli/) - Celebrate winter with a deletable and spicy batch of chunky potato wedges! A special contribution by chef and food writer Emma Galloway
- [Balsamic Glazed Button Mushrooms](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/balsamic-glazed-button-mushrooms/) - These mushrooms make a tasty addition to a weekend big breakfast. Dry-frying the mushrooms is an easy, effective technique, and a good way to avoid slimy, overcooked mushies.
- [Crispy baked hashbrowns](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/crispy-baked-hashbrowns/) - I see your autumn mornings and I raise you vegan hashbrowns baked til delicious.
- [Fancy Rice (a quinoa and brown rice pilaf)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fancy-rice-a-quinoa-and-rice-pilaf/) - Sometimes I find jazzing up a little rice is just the thing.
- [Millet Fried 'Rice'](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/millet-fried-rice/) - Delicious and simple millet fried 'rice' with omelette, tofu and spring veggies.
- [Cherry Clafoutis and Cherry Sorbet](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cherry-clafoutis-cherry-sorbet/) - Cherries. They really are just so good this year, aren’t they. These two simple recipes may come in handy if you find yourself with a generous bounty ...
- [Miso Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/miso-soup/) - Perhaps starting dinner with a little miso soup might be just the thing you are wanting.
- [Smokey Corn Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/smokey-corn-soup/) - Dear fresh corn. We'll miss you! Thanks for all the good times this summer. Love, us.
- [Wild Berry Cheesecake Slice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/wild-berry-cheesecake-slice/) - Summer is a berry wild time for cheesecake and this recipe makes bite-sized slices of creamy sweet wonderment.
- [Roasted Tomatoes (for everything)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/roasted-tomatoes/) - An accompaniment for pasta or some pan fried fish, a lunch bruschetta, a juicy sauce for baked eggs or cover in a pot for a rich ratatouille.
- [Gluten-free chocolate pear cake](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/gluten-free-chocolate-pear-cake-recipe/) - The perfect home for your pears! Another contribution from the talented Emma Galloway from her blog My Darling Lemon Thyme.
- [Winter Coleslaw](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/winter-coleslaw/) - Adapted from a Jamie Oliver favourite, a Winter Coleslaw is a colourful, tasty and easy way of getting the freshest local seasonal veg into your lunchbox.
- [Greek Yoghurt Pancakes from Natalie](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/greek-yoghurt-pancakes-from-natalie/) - Greek yoghurt pancakes for the win. Literally!
- [Birthday chocolate cake (it's our 7th birthday!)](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/birthday-chocolate-cake/) - Yup! We are getting so grown up.
- [Spiced Pear Tart](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spiced-pear-tart/) - Pears come into season just as the autumn cold hits us, so what better way to enjoy them than in this warm baked dessert!
- [Apple Slice](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/apple-slice/) - The perfect baked treat to share with friends on a cold day. All you need now is a cup of tea!
- [Green Winter Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/green-winter-salad/) - Stay healthy during winter with this warm and filling quinoa salad tossed with fresh seasonal greens - leek, baby spinach and broccoli. Perfect for packed lunches and full of protein and punch; enough to get you through even the gloomiest of winter days.
- [Fennel and Apple Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fennel-and-apple-salad/) - This is a very simple recipe for fennel and apples which are both in season that the moment. It is extremely quick to make, an easy 'throw together' to accompany many winter meals.
- [Kiwifruit Pavlova](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/kiwifruit-pavlova/) - Kiwifruit pavlova is an ideal end-of-winter/early spring dessert. As a fruit that keeps us company during those long cold months of starchy root veg, kiwis are fun and fuzzy little melonettes that can breathe new life into our dessert repertoire.
- [Creamy Pasta with Braised Leek and Fennel](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/creamy-pasta-with-leek-fennel/) - Comforting creamy pasta with slow cooked leeks and fennel. Green snow peas add a little winter crunch.
- [Mint and Broad Bean Dip](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/broad-bean-dip/) - Broadbean and Mint dip is a delicious protein-rich dip that can be made with goat's cheese or avocado.
- [Easy and Totally Chock Full Fruit Loaf](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/fruit-loaf/) - Seriously chock full of fruit and nuts, this is one super easy loaf.
- [Cucumber, Fennel, Avocado, Ricotta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cucumber-fennel-avocado-ricotta/) - Something wintery but crisp to cut through any grey feelings or soup overload.
- [Barley and Cauliflower Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/barley-and-cauliflower-soup/) - When you're cooking, try throwing the ‘scraps' into a tub in the fridge or freezer instead of straight into the compost. When you have a decent amount make a stock and pull a hearty soup out of nothing much.
- [Crepe Recipe](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/crepe-recipe/) - A crepe recipe and instructions that will have you making the thinest, softest and most golden crepes. Stack, fold & smother them with whatever you like.
- [Tomato & Basil Bruschetta](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/tomato-basil-bruschetta/) - Italian bruschetta is light & fragrant. A perfect meal for a hot summer's day.
- [Cauliflower and Vanilla Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cauliflower-and-vanilla-soup/) - This soup makes a satisfying starter for any autumn dinner party with friends. A delicious flavour combo which not many would have tried! Surely a crowd pleaser.
- [Soba Noodle Salad](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/soba-noodle-salad-with-green-beans-broccoli-and-sesame-dressing/) - This cold salad of noodles, green beans and broccoli with creamy tahini dressing takes about 10 minutes to whip up, and is filling enough to satisfy as lunch or dinner in itself.
- [Spicy Sweet Corn and Jalepeno Salsa ](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/spicy-sweet-corn-and-jalepeno-salsa/) - Grilling the corn and jalepeno peppers in this salsa adds a depth of flavour to this spicy sweet combination. Perfect served as a simple dip with corn chips, it will work equally well in a burrito, on top of a bean or quinoa salad, or alongside pan fried white fish fillets.
- [Cream of Broccoli Soup](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/cream-of-broccoli-soup/) - Please give a warm welcome to the lovely heads of broccoli which graced our vegetable boxes this week. This vibrant green soup is easy to make, hearty and will hopefully turn any broccoli sceptics into broccoli lovers. Great served with toasted croutons or bread and garnished with a sprig of fresh thyme.
- [White bean salad with haloumi, asparagus and seared cherry tomatoes](https://www.ceresfairfood.org.au/recipe/white-bean-salad-with-haloumi-asparagus-and-seared-cherry-tomatoes/) - This spring salad will serve 2 people as a light meal or 4 as an entree. As the weather warms up and the days get longer swap the pan for a bbq and try the tomatoes, asparagus and Haloumi grilled instead.