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25.01.2022 Have you seen the pop up store in Upwey, WELLderNESS Health and Organic Food Store? A great initiative turning a vacant shop space into an opportunity to provide amazing organic Fruit and Veg boxes and health products. Available for purchase and pick up on Wednesdays at the store or delivered for a small fee. Shop 4, 9-21 Main St Upwey. ... Place orders with Ewen Richards- shop manager Ph 0425713027 or email your orders, requests and feedback to: [email protected]

23.01.2022 Kiss The Ground now available to watch for those with Netflix https://www.facebook.com/kissthegroundCA/videos/807640553106391/ Let’s support life and those who grow food in a regenerative way. 60 harvests worth of top soil... it’s time for care giving.

23.01.2022 John McTier sent this pic to us. How amazing is the life force of veggies?

22.01.2022 Whilst not strictly about good food, this is a good coffee/chai story to support. Damon once called the Hills his home and this edible hot drink cup has been invented by 2 women from Melbourne. They want to crowd fund it. Maybe a nice Festive Season present for you to consider. Shakti

21.01.2022 Our Vision: The Hills Food Frontier’s (THFF) vision is that the Dandenong Ranges will be an inspirational, sustainable food destination in Australia. THFF is a volunteer based incorporated association that inspires, mobilises and equips the Hills community to choose, grow, share and eat good food. The Hills Food Frontier ASKED THE COUNCILLOR CANDIDATES FOR LYSTER AND STREETON WARDS... If you were to be successful in your nomination how will you support this lively and relevant organisation to further this vision in the Dandenong Ranges? Click on the links below to read each Candidate’s response: LYSTERWARD https://drive.google.com//1odk6UwrxNdtjEC0Rk3i0qnGorN/view STREETONWARD https://drive.google.com//1R8csWqyXCVDBhuZfjQOMPsXE9J/view Thank you for your replies Candidates and for your commitment and dedication to the incredible Hills community.

18.01.2022 THFF has 4 Subpods ready to set up in the FLAME Garden just as soon as we are able to. Check out the Subpod website to see how they work and watch this space for more details.

14.01.2022 Australian Story tonight ABC at 8.00pm.

13.01.2022 Celebrating 5 years since the launch of Food Is Free Tecoma!! What an incredible resource sustained and valued by our local community. Thank you for all who have visited the FIFT cupboard, fridge and freezers and a big shoutout to all who maintain and care for the cupboard on a regular basis!! These past months FIFT has increasingly provided access to food when food insecurity has unfortunately affected more and more people. The Hills Food Frontier are extremely grateful to Tecoma Uniting Church for our partnership for the FIFT and FLAME Garden and support over these years. Come visit FIFT, opposite the Tecoma bakery on Burwood Hwy. Take what you need, leave what you don’t, share what you have with love. Food Is Free Tecoma

12.01.2022 While we have this duopoly our food security will always be fragile. Have a read of this from the ANU.

10.01.2022 Always was, Always will be. NAIDOC week 2020 is underway. The Hills Food Frontier acknowledge and pay respect to all First Nations People who have connected to and cared for these vast lands and waters since time immemorial. We honour the Wurundjeri People and all people of the Greater Kulin Nation. Deep respect to all Elders of the past and to Elders of today, we wish to allow space for Sovereign voices to speak for this land, honouring all future generations connection an...d caretaking for Country. 'Story of the Murnong Daisy' is an event being shared this afternoon by Elder Uncle Bill Nicholson. Details in the link. If you are yet to identify a Murnong Daisy, the FLAME Garden is a great opportunity to see some growing.

09.01.2022 From Sustain: The Australian Food Network... We are calling for the creation of a $500 mn national Edible Gardening Fund, to be co-financed by Federal, State and Territory governments. We’re in a national emergency, and we must respond accordingly. Dietary-related ill-health and mental illness cost Australia around $200 bn every year.... With COVID-19 and the climate emergency, these costs will rise substantially. More people will experience hunger and food insecurity. In a country as wealthy as Australia, there is no excuse for this. In particular, the levels of food poverty and dietary-related ill-health amongst First Nations communities are a matter of national shame. Edible gardening has immense power to do good, as the first-ever national Pandemic Gardening survey has shown. Food growing is especially important for, and valued by, members of low-income household and hose living with mental illness and chronic conditions such as cancer and PTSD. Now is the time to scale up edible gardening and urban food production. Remove the roadblocks, unlock vacant land, connect water supplies, provide soil, compost and seedlings. We want kitchen gardens in every school, edible gardens on verges, and a community garden in every suburb. All of this needs to networked, coordinated and supported at every level, with policy commitments and targets. Many Councils are already supporting individuals and groups in their communities through food system strategies that have edible gardening as a core pillar. But it’s unfair to expect local government and communities to do all the heavy lifting on their own. A $500 mn national Edible Gardening Fund will empower communities and Councils to drive a mass expansion of urban food production across Australia. Everyone will benefit. For a tiny fraction of our current annual health expenditure, the return on investment will be enormous. Join us this Friday to learn more! Ticket sales end on Thursday night, so head to the LINK IN BIO now! #sustainablefoodsystems #urbanagriculture #urbanfarming #resilientcities #localfood #pandemicgardeningsurvey #ediblegardening #frontyardfarmers #vergegardens #communitygardensk

09.01.2022 An excellent and grass-roots driven story of hope - young farmers, linking up with donated land, to grow affordable food for local folk. Sounds like just what our communities need, yes? Great project, thanks for sharing Milkwood

08.01.2022 Kindness Kitchen last week launched a NEW weekly community meal service! Every Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm at the Tecoma Uniting Church! Meals are packed for take away due to Covid-19 restrictions. ... Come by for a chat and collect a fresh and yummy hot dinner lovingly prepared by volunteers. If you would like to get involved contact Kindness Kitchen Very exciting! Thank you to Kindness Kitchen and Tecoma Uniting Church These photos are from last week... wonder which lovely people and yummy food will be there today?!

07.01.2022 Good Food, zero waste - gotta love local Unwrapped Pantry.

07.01.2022 Indigenous Australian company selling Indigneous food. Now that makes sense

07.01.2022 GOOD FOOD NEWS - Hot of the press The Hills Food Frontier are thrilled to share our latest GOOD FOOD NEWS - your seasonal guide to all things good food in the Hills. Thank you to everyone involved in the good food movement throughout our community. ... We also have some REALLY exciting news on our ‘Living Food Boxes project’ grant apppication with Yarra Ranges Council, mentioned on page 6. Keep an eye on this space for more details... Enjoy the read https://thehillsfoodfrontier.org.au/news/

06.01.2022 The Hills Food Frontier are so happy to announce Susan Brown as Coordinator for the THFF Living Food Boxes project. Sue has been a long time supporter of the FLAME Garden and one of the amazing leading hands ensuring the smooth running of Food Is Free Tecoma. If you have met Sue you know her warm nature and care for community will bring so much to this role. THFF are so appreciative to have your continued support Sue and thrilled to have you on board for this exciting project!

02.01.2022 Great workshop lined up for next Saturday...

02.01.2022 Pareip is here. Thank you Dance of the Plants.