Two elderly people standing in a lush garden, looking up at the treetops.

How should we be?

Saturday I’m at a working bee in the Strzeleckis above Korumburra on Boonwurrung country. The sideways rain from the SW stops just in time for proceedings to get underway.

August 24, 2026

Connective tissue

This week at Fair Food the tides of maternity leave brought back someone sorely missed but departed with two more colleagues we can’t imagine working without.

August 17, 2026

Makira Gold team talking with customer in cacao grove

The bean-to-bar chocolate movement is typified by Melbourne chocolatiers like Monsieur Truffe, Cocoa Rhapsody, Ratio and Atypic. Their philosophy is creating great chocolate from scratch underpinned by a connection with growers who are paid fair prices for cacao.

August 10, 2026

Madelaine with chooks and daughter in their organic farm pasture, at Madelaines Eggs

Duped: No Surprise

It goes to reason that if the principal purpose of our two dominant grocery retailers is protecting their market share then should we ever be surprised when workers, suppliers and customers are thrown under the bus?

August 4, 2026