Hello everyone! As Autumn draws to a close, May has been another incredible month at Food For Change. The main news of course is the official launch of our new farm at The Briars Mount Martha! Our team has doubled down on our efforts. It is our continuous mission to grow healthy and nutritious food for those experiencing food insecurity, which can best be done
We all loathe to see food go to waste, but did you know that here in Australia we throw away more than eight million tonnes of food each year? When your mission is to alleviate food insecurity across Australia – this amount of wastage is an unspeakable tragedy. Solving the issue of food insecurity, however, is no easy feat. Given most good food
Want to grow your own food but are worried you haven’t the green-thumb required? Well, as the season of change sets in, it’s time to sow a new seed of thinking. Here at Food For Change, we’re experts in the field of growing, and we’ll let you in on a secret – it’s not as hard as you may think… yes, really!
As the lucky country, you might be surprised to learn just how prevalent food insecurity is across Australia. In fact, every year it is estimated that 3.6 million Australians will seek food relief from an organisation like ours here at Food For Change. These are alarming numbers that any individual can help us address. Just $2 can help produce 10 nutritious meals,
As millions of families look to gather over a delicious meal while raising a glass of wine in honour of mum this coming Mother’s Day, there are many less fortunate Australians who will sadly go without. But did you know that the bottle of wine you choose to buy this weekend, or any day of the year, can also help feed the nation’s
With a mission to alleviate food insecurity, homegrown charity Food For Change has planted a brand new initiative in its ever-growing garden bed of hunger relief efforts. Seeds of Change, which will officially launch in Victoria next month (May 2021), will see 100% of profits harvested from the sale of the seeds helping to feed hungry individuals and families across the nation. With
Imagine for a minute… not knowing exactly how you’ll manage to put the next meal on the table. If you were working as hard as you could to keep your head above water, and yet, still falling short of the funds needed to feed yourself, or to feed your family. Imagine if even the simple act of finding transport to and from
Hello again! It’s crazy how a month has come and gone, and we are already entering mid-April. There have been many developments at Food For Change, the most recent being the release of the food boxes. For those who subscribed, our team hopes that you enjoy your full box of veg, fruit, and herbs. We truly couldn’t have done it without the support of In2food. This
Welcome to March, and a change of season with Autumn approaching fast. My name is Angela Lockyer Murphy. I am the proud Chief Commercial Officer for Food for Change, and I have the pleasure of contributing to this month’s newsletter. When our founder, Matthew, first pitched his idea to me back in 2016 to be a part of something greater than us both,
Hi Everyone! I trust you all had a great January! We certainly did at Food For change – hitting a milestone that I set when I founded the charity to provide over 500,000 meals!! The big shock is how quick we have achieved this milestone. When we did our first planting in Feb 2017 on our Clayton Farm I thought if
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