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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!