You may recall my blog early this year about Joost (pronounced “Yoast”)? I admit I get really excited when a new cafe opens in Melbourne. And Silo is MY sort of place. Melbourne's favourite creative, environmentally aware artist, Joost Bakker, has launched his latest...
Food
STREAT need YOUR support!
One of my favourite social enterprises is STREAT. For the last two years they've had one of their coffee carts stationed at Melbourne Central - which has directly provided 52 youth with thousands of hours of training and employment making coffees. As a not for profit...
Guilt free cookie time!
Ah the frustration of a food intolerance. Nobody likes to talk about it but it's real and for those of us who have it, it can be boring come treat time. So in my search for some guilt-free-treats, I discovered Rowie's Cakes. I've tried the cookies, and all I can say...
Community Day
Yesterday I enjoyed a day of community. It was a sunny, albeit chilly, day in Melbourne with cloud-free skies. Everyone seemed to come out of hibernation! My first visit with the new community hub in Southbank, Boyd. A place where locals and visitors can hang out. ...
NEWS FLASH: Cocoa beans made and harvested in Australia!
So we all know that cocoa beans are the primary ingredient of chocolate, don't we? Cocoa beans are actually the seeds of the cocoa tree known as 'Theobroma Cacao'. Theobroma literally means 'food of the gods'. Yes of course it does 😉 But did you know that Daintree...
People Are Awesome
The Coffee Shop Where Everyone Pays for Everyone Else's Drinks! Check out this article here - a great read that makes you feel really good and warm inside.
***Book of the Week***
The Sustainable Table Book is a collection of recipes and stories from notable chefs, farmers, producers, winemakers, gardeners and everyday people who are reducing their impact on the environment by altering their food choices. Today, everyone's doing their...
Social enterprises seeking volunteers!
Want to do something meaningful? Learn new skills and give back? Know someone who just needs a break to get some skills? Why not consider working with a social enterprise, contributing to a business that is making a difference. This is Kinfolk, which I've blogged...
Fair Trade Fortnight starts next week!
Want to find out more about Fair Trade? I'm excited about the upcoming events to celebrate fair trade throughout Australia and New Zealand from the 5th to 20th of May. Fair Trade Fortnight gives us the opportunity to learn more about fair trade and how our purchasing...
A Fair follow up…
I received a comment from a representative at Fairtrade Australia from my post regarding Fairtrade. The email suggested that the Dateline segment was not the full story and that it was produced using footage from an Austrian documentary originally screened in that...
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