Recently, a partnership between some of Australia’s peak beef bodies has released a first ever Beef Sustainability Framework to define what sustainability means for the industry. So what did they come up with after consultation with the community, as we... read more
How does food really make it from the farm to your plate? What’s probably coming to mind is a giant Coles or Woolworths logo. But as much as they claim to be fresh, or about supporting Australian farmers, it’s becoming harder to ignore stories... read more
The New England heralds mountainous rain forests, thick with twisting vines and fleeting bellbirds. These reach for the sunlit plateau where my family farm has always dwelled. It boasts ancient basalt soils and long idle volcanoes, littered with waterfall... read more
When you think sustainable wine, Chile might not exactly come to mind. Which is why we were fascinated when we first met Alice L’Estrange of Cultivar Wines, who brings drinkers “far-out-and-naked wines” from Old World Chile, all with the a... read more
Wouldn’t it be cool if your fave cafe fed a local farm too – but instead of serving up brunch, it fed its food scraps to the soil on the farm? Phil Garozzo has turned that dream into Not.Waste Farm. As part of their Farm to plate tour, our... read more
It’s something we don’t talk about enough – who the hell is going to feed Australia in fifty years?! Maybe it’ll be a bunch of drones. For now though, it’s going to be young farmers – but they’re a tiny part of th... read more
Here at YFM, we often share our revelation moments – what got us into caring so passionately about food, but also who’s growing it and how. For me, it was a home grown strawberry, which tasted nothing like it did from the supermarket. So we as... read more
Some pretty cool things can happen when you step away from your screen. For example, we got to talk to Caroline from URBAN FOOD STREET (at the time she was getting fed up with the news). We might actually talk to some of our fellow neighbours. Find oursel... read more
It’s not often you hear “lentil” and “amazing” in a sentence together. But Matt and Lentil of Grown and Gathered are an amazing example of how to make sustainable cooking and farming positively glam. Their blog (and now, t... read more
What do we know about the toast under our avo? Not a whole lot, yet wheat is one of the most commonly grown grains in the world. One young couple is rethinking how this incredible seed is grown, milled, and brought to us to be baked into our bread. Say h... read more
