A while ago I wrote about the closure of the Heinz tomato processing factory at Girgarre, Victoria; they exited Australia to conduct processing offshore. This affects 15 workers directly but about 600 jobs in the local area and leaves tomato growers in the Valley with just one processor – who is systematically screwing down prices (and thus margins for environmental sustainability) in this region. More
Tasting our way to a better food system
“I believe that any fundamental change to our food system has to begin with a very simple question, and that question is how does it taste? A focus on taste will lead us to make better decisions about how and where we grow our food, how we distribute and store it, how we market and how we prepare it, and even the policies we enact to ensure a better, more wholesome, more sustainable and certainly a more delicious future for everybody.”
Mitchell Davis
John Beesley
I think he popped up in a discussion about bees. He had some. And cows and chooks as well. He seemed to be a man of few words, but he shared his life through photos. Cooking with a friend. Risotto, I think. Mastering butter. Tomato harvest. His newborn. A calf. Or was I wrong? Plenty of words, here. Take it away, beeso. More
My Food is Me
A few months ago, I put the call out for food lovers to tell me We’re taking back… Eggs!
In this Age where popcorn comes pre-made,
some reject the status quo.
Instead, they make and grow their own.
This time, we’re talking about eggs.
Did it start with a kitchen garden?
“Why not a chicken?” you said. More
Alt.garlic directory
Thank goddess for garlic and the post-war migrants who brought us the bulb; how different would your dinner be? More
How to make corn tortillas
The hardest thing about making corn tortillas from scratch is actually motivating yourself to make them. Envy is a fabulous motivator, so when deliciously homemade tacos were dangled in front of my digital face—hello @tammois, @crazybrave and @melkettle—well, call me MOTIVATED. The rest is a cinch. More
Happy New Year
2012 is Year of the Farmer, but let’s also make it the Year of the Gardener, the Real Food Cook and the Conscious Shopper. Because eating is an agricultural act. We are a part of the food system; let’s make it what we want it to be.
A vegetarian Christmas tale
This is hypothetical—or not—for you.
You’re preparing a vegetarian Christmas meal.
Guests bring dessert
or the wine.
It must feel festive—a Feast!
You want to prepare ahead of time.
Omnivores focus on The Beast.
But what do vegetarians do?
What would you? More
Chicken in the hose, beavers’ butts and more
This is a strawberry. More