We want to make it easy to buy fair food – food that is good for the people that grow it (good jobs and fair wages), good for the people that eat it (healthy and fresh) and good for the planet (organically-grown and working in with nature rather than against it). Here we publish letters to our weekly fruit and veg customers, our favourite recipes and more.
If you’re looking for inspiration in the kitchen, check out our recipe collection here!
Race to Reproduce
The Race to Reproduce (and Harvest) Spring is a wonderful time to grow food in the Illawarra with many crops practically leaping out of the ground. But with the [...]
September 2022 Farm Update
September Farm Update The birth of two kid goats has been a source of great excitement and entertainment for everyone at the farm. We welcomed a pure white boy [...]
Welcoming Our Community
Welcoming our Community One of the wonderful perks of purchasing produce from a local farm is that you can connect with the people and land that grow your food. [...]
Sensational Spring
Sensational Spring We’re still soaking up the spring vibes at the farm! In last week’s fair food blog, we shared information on what we're growing at the farm right [...]
What’s in season this Spring
What to Expect in your Veg Box this Spring Spring is in the air, with glorious wattle dotting yellow around the farm. The spring season usually gives us the [...]
Dealing with Pests
Dealing with pests organically I was speaking with a customer this week about pests and how we deal with them without harmful synthetic chemicals. Our founding Farm Manager, Callum [...]
August 2022 Farm Update
August Farm Update Spring is in the air; wattle is in flower and I’m not relying quite so heavily on my neck warmer early in the morning! We just [...]
Farewell from Kylie
Farewell from Kylie I joined Green Connect in late 2017 after falling in love with this community-run enterprise that was kicking serious goals both socially and environmentally, and running [...]
Veg Box Packing Team
Veg Box Packing Team If you are a new or recent subscriber, we would like to introduce you to the amazing Green Connect veg box packing team! Su Meh [...]
When life gives you lemons…
When life gives you lemons... It’s a well-known saying that’s very relevant right now. Because of the unprecedented rainfall, 2022 has been an extremely challenging year for growers. At [...]
Support Plants
Support Plants A lot of thought and planning go into what we plant at the Green Connect Farm. This is evident when you look at the neat rows of [...]
July Farm Update
July Farm Update Pulling down our dilapidated old chook run has been a mammoth task. We have now dismantled the old structure, keeping salvageable material and recycling the rest. Carrying [...]
Micro-Planning for Growing Success
Micro-Planning for Growing Success How does a stick help us grow veggies? When you visit our farm, it’s clear that a lot of high-level planning has gone into the design [...]
Wicking Beds for Drier Times
Wicking Beds for Drier Times The intensely wet weather this year has resulted in some of the most challenging growing conditions we’ve ever encountered at the farm. We know these [...]
Use-it-all Meals
Use-it-all Meals I love cooking. With two young kids and a busy schedule, my cooking style has had to change. In my 20’s, I would pore over recipes and plan [...]
Growing People
Growing People Green Connect exists to create jobs and training opportunities for former refugees and young people with multiple and complex barriers to employment. Walking alongside our staff as they [...]
Chicken Run Reno
Chicken Run Reno Many veg box customers know that we have been trying to increase our egg production for a couple of years now. We’ve faced one main challenge in [...]
What’s in Season – Winter 2022
Welcome to Winter! We have been launched straight into some seriously wintery weather. Although we might get a little chilly while harvesting, in some respects the colder weather is [...]
Farm Happenings – May 2022
What's been happening at the farm this May? Babaco (Champagne Fruit): I have hit my head on babaco fruit overhanging our walking track quite a few times recently and am [...]
Working Pigs
Working Pigs We discovered a patch of invasive honeysuckle growing on the Eastern bank of the farm recently. It was sending runners up the hill and starting to get out [...]
Meet Rigby
Meet Rigby! We recently welcomed a buck (male) goat to the farm. Rigby is a miniature goat (genetically 50% Pygmy breed), and he’s settling into his new home well. He [...]
Autumn Planting
Autumn Planting It’s still incredibly wet at the farm, despite the better weather recently. Although many garden beds are too bogged for planting, we’re making the most of the ones [...]
Farewell & Thank you James
Farewell & Thank you James We love to celebrate great people at Green Connect, and this week we’re celebrating James! James came to Green Connect in August 2020. Like most [...]
Maximising Freshness
Maximising Freshness One of the benefits of buying direct from a local farm is the freshness of the produce you receive. How many people can say the lettuce they just [...]
Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants
Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants Here at the farm, one of the foundations of growing our crops is taking care of the soil. Soil is made up of four main components [...]