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At the helm: Meet YFM’s new National Leadership Team

  • May 23, 2019
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Behind The Scenes At YFM

As part of a wider restructure at YFM, a determined bunch of co-leaders from Sydney and Melbourne put their hands up to operate YFM as a newly-formed, volunteer-led National Leadership Team into 2019.

Why we heart Melbourne

  • March 11, 2019
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Behind The Scenes At YFM, Melbourne

We recently moved our HQ to Melbourne, and golly gosh, we’re so pumped.

A tribute to Tony Coote

  • August 28, 2018
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Faces of Food

Turning off the Hume Highway, Jo and I found ourselves following cryptic instructions of how to find Tony’s driveway. Turn at the second railway crossing sign etc. It was about 8pm at night, pitch black with barely a street light in sight. We located wh... read more

Why you should never eat a mango in July

  • October 12, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Heaps Cooked, YFM Investigates

Why you should never eat a mango in July When you think about it, modern technology is pretty amazing. Imagine telling your great-grandparents that the best pizza from two suburbs away can be theirs in a mere 30 minutes with just a few button clicks! Itâ€... read more

Have we overcooked before we’ve begun?

  • October 9, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Faces of Food, Heaps Cooked

Sophie Lamond talks to us about what’s driving declining cooking rates amongst young people and the importance of keeping it simple in the kitchen. You may have seen our last piece about declining cooking rates or heard about our Heaps Cooked event seri... read more

Meet the backyard farmer growing patience, and preserving produce

  • January 25, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Behind The Scenes At YFM, Faces of Food, Melbourne

Maria Ciavarella is keen a gardener and has been for over 20 years. Her garden, that spans almost half an acre, is full of a wide range of produce. Maria’s mulberries, fresh herbs and edible flowers graced the table at our Urban Forage and Feast, an... read more

What we learnt from starting a food organisation – Part 2

  • January 24, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Faces of Food, YFM Investigates

At Youth Food Movement Australia, we often get asked for advice about starting a food organisation. So we decided to collate some of the lessons we’ve learnt along the way. Part 1 looks at some of the freeing awesome discoveries, and Part 2 will loo... read more

Say hi to the young egg farmer who casually started at age 8

  • January 24, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Behind The Scenes At YFM, Faces of Food, Melbourne

You know those people you hear about who kinda make the rest of us look like we haven’t really been up to much? Yeah. That’s Madelaine Scott. While the rest of us were making volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar, Madelaine set about starting... read more

This is no ordinary walnut farm

  • January 23, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Behind The Scenes At YFM, Faces of Food, Melbourne

If you’ve ever tried a freshly cracked walnut, it’s a bit of a revelation. Nothing like the rancid things you get at the supermarket, proper walnuts are sweet, milky, and of course, richly nutty. It’s why we were delighted to hear about ... read more

How to use 5 delicious alternatives to wheat flour

  • January 23, 2017
  • Youth Food Movement
  • All YFM articles, Living YFM, Recipes

Whether you’re gluten free or just diversifying what you eat, using alternatives to wheat flour (especially the refined stuff) makes you one smart cookie. Our intern Siobhan Parry looked into wheat flour substitutes for some of our fave baked goodi... read more

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