Introducing CERES Fair Food
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
CERES Food Connect now CERES Fair Food – what’s the Story? A bit of history…When we first started hatching plans to radically change the way in which food was distributed in Melbourne we started looking for fresh, innovative ways which would help us achieve our main goals of giving city dwellers and workers easy access [...]
Eating in season
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 4:35 pm
We know all the reasons to eat local, seasonal food – because it’s generally fresher, tastier and more nutritious, it reduces the energy needed to grow, package, store and transport food, it supports the local economy, tunes us into nature’s seasons and is almost always cheaper than food that has travelled a long way, but [...]
Delivery Locations..
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Next week we are opening two new pick locations in Fitzroy and one at Collingwood college! Right now we deliver to: North Fitzroy, Carlton, Brunswick East/West/Central, Coburg, Northcote, Thornbury, Clifton Hill, Alphington Docklands.
Healthy Communities mean Healthy People by Jessica Smart
Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Did you know that your health and the health of your community are connected? We all know the health benefits of eating well and exercising, but less well known are the benefits of belonging to a vibrant community. There has long been a disconnect in the medical world between the body and the mind, but [...]
CERES Food Connect now delivering to Docklands
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 3:22 pm
CERES have partnered with Urban Reforestation and will be delivering to their shop in the Docklands each Tuesday between 3.30pm and 5.30pm. Join today, order and pick up your box of organic, locally sourced fruit and veg next Tuesday! Join here..
CERES Food Connect are taking orders..
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
CERES Food Connect is live and ready to take orders from customers in 3 key suburbs in Melbourne, with many more to follow in the coming weeks. Right now we have City Cousins Pick-up Points in the following locations: Coburg (Tuesday delivery, between 5pm to 8pm) Brunswick West (Tuesday delivery, between 5pm to 8pm) Thornbury [...]
Food Movement Rising
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Heres a link to a fantastic article by Michael Pollan (writer of Omnivores Dillema etc..) about the rise of the global food movement – I really recommend this article as it gives a great insight into whats going on in food at the moment and why its so important to get involved, check out The [...]
Sad truth about sow stalls by Doron Francis
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Recently I was chatting to a bunch of seemingly well informed people about Food Inc the movie. One of the comments made was that the film was about industrial agricultural in the USA, so wasn’t ‘relevant’ to Australians. It’s interesting to see how very little we actually know about where our food comes from, how [...]
Ceres Food Connect are go
Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Great news..! Our warehouse is now fully operational, we have the necessary permits from our local council, we have essential systems in place such as phones and computers, and we finally have a cool room..Last week, we delivered our first boxes of fresh, organic fruit & veggies to our very first customers. Right now, we [...]
Shedding some light on food prices by Doron Francis
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Food prices have been going up for some time now. According to OECD data Australia has the highest food price inflation in the western world and for the first time, Australia is now importing more fruit and veg than it exports. The reasons for this are many: global demand has pushed up prices as populations [...]
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