Fair Food Champion – Michito Henderson
Meet our latest Fair Food Champion, Michito Henderson. At just 11 years old, Michito has already developed a passion for sustainability and growing food through Tarrawanna Public School’s Illawarra Living Classroom Program. Facilitated by Elemental Permaculture’s Aaron Sorenson and Daniel Deighton, this program runs outdoor classroom sessions each fortnight to assist with children’s learning about […]
Fair Food Champion: Anna Jane Linke
Tell us a bit about yourself – what is your background and how are you involved in the local food system? It all started with flower growing a few years ago. I live in an off-grid tiny home and fortunately have the space to experiment with different varieties. Since then my beds are a mix […]
Join the Illawarra Edible Garden Trail!
Join the Illawarra Edible Garden Trail happening this October & November – Host registrations are now open !
April Newsletter: We are in this together
Welcome to our April newsletter! We are excited to acknowledge the D’harawal Season we have now entered, The Time of Marraigang – Bana’marrai’yung. As the weather begins to cool and the days get shorter, we welcome this new season and all it brings. The last few months have been bustling with activity, from attending foodie tours, crop swaps, […]
Fair Food Champion: Dean Mastroianni
Who are you? A local to the Illawarra region, I grew up in Balgownie where my family ran an Italian restaurant many years ago. I worked there for some time until I found myself gravitating to the field of nursing. Nearly a decade later it dawned on me that I could actually combine these two […]
‘Cook, Chill, Chat’ Needs Your Help!
We are calling on you, our community partners and supporters, to help Healthy Cities save the ‘Cook, Chill, Chat’ program. 12 months ago, after 8 years of bringing diverse communities together to learn about and share healthy food, the funding for ‘Cook Chill Chat’ was withdrawn. At the time, many of you wrote to our […]
Internship: Communications Support
Applications are now open for a six month internship at Food Fairness Illawarra! Contribute five hours per week to develop your communications and marketing skills, while helping to educate our community and encourage them to take action towards a fairer food system. JOB TYPE: 6-month internship position. 5 hours per week. LOCATION: Healthy Cities Illawarra […]
Let’s ‘Vote for Food’ this election
Now more than ever we need to improve our food system so that it is more healthy, equitable and sustainable. And with the NSW state election being held on 25 March it’s everyone’s opportunity to have their say on the issue. To assist, we have been working with Sustain, Professor Karen Charlton and Suzy Pickles […]
February Newsletter: Lettuce fight waste TOGETHER
Welcome to our February newsletter! We would like to start by acknowledging the D’harawal Season we have just entered, The Time of Burran – Gadalung Marool. With Summer slowly coming to an end, we are so grateful to look back on everything we’ve gotten up to over these last couple of months. We’ve advocated for resilient […]
Together: Feeding people, fighting waste
Did you know that 1 in 5 Australian households (21%)1 experienced severe food insecurity in 2021/2? This translates to 65,000 Illawarra households not being able to access food that meets their health and cultural needs. Meanwhile, tonnes of edible food ends up in landfill every week from the food industry. In the space between these […]