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 (chemical-free 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!
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What’s in season this Summer
What to Expect in your Veg Box this Summer Summer is a glorious season and brings some of our favourite veggies, including tomatoes, zucchinis, cucumbers, and eggplants. After months of wet weather, we have high hopes of turning on our irrigation systems for the first time in almost a [...]
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 best of crops planted in winter with broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, beetroot, and leafy greens at their best. We’re also hoping [...]
What’s in season this Spring
What to Expect in your Veg Box this Spring (2023) Spring has certainly arrived early this year! Our garden beds are in full production and the farm feels beautiful [...]
Storing Produce for Longer Life
Storing Produce for Longer Life How you store your fruit and veg matters, especially if you want them to stay fresh for longer. So, when you unpack your veg [...]
Life Cycle of a Veg Box
Reducing waste is a core part of our mission at Green Connect. Our aim, both within our organisation and for the many companies that hire our Zero Waste services, [...]
Bug Battle
Bug Battle A battle is unfolding at the farm – us against aphids! They are attempting a takeover of our brassicas, including kale, broccoli, and cauliflower crops, but we [...]
New Arrivals
Normally the season of Spring is associated with the arrival of new animals, but for us, the last couple of weeks have been packed with them. We have just [...]
A Fresh Look
A Fresh Look It’s an exciting time for Green Connect Fair Food with the official launch of our new website! As veg box subscribers, chances are you’re well-aware of [...]
Social Enterprise
Business for Purpose Social enterprises are not typical businesses. They exist to address pressing social or environmental issues and generate revenue to achieve this purpose. Green Connect, as a [...]
What’s in season this Winter
What to Expect in your Veg Box this Winter (2023) We are excited to start harvesting this winter! After a major push and lots of hard work to reclaim [...]
Autumn 2023 Farm Update
Autumn Farm Update The last few months at the farm have been busy, with a big push to reclaim some very overgrown garden beds. Thanks to our new walk-behind-tractor, [...]
Plant Families & Crop Rotation
Plant Families & Crop Rotation The modern food system is dependent on the use of synthetic chemicals fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides, and we know these are incredibly harmful [...]
Supporting People
Supporting People Meet Ben, one of the wonderful young people employed by Green Connect. Ben joined our team in 2021 after moving to the Illawarra from Sydney because of [...]
Growing Efficiency
Growing Efficiency (and More Veggies!) Green Connect was founded with the values of Permaculture – Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share – and over the past 12 years, [...]
Managing Weeds
Managing Weeds Managing weeds is one of the most time-consuming tasks on our farm. Even in a smaller backyard garden, weeds can quickly get out of control, particularly at [...]
What’s in season this Autumn
What to Expect in your Veg Box this Autumn (2023) We are looking forward to a pleasant, cooler transition into Autumn at the farm; some relief from working in [...]
Farm Bathing
Farm Bathing Meet Lili, one of the incredible members of the Green Connect team. A few years back, Lili ordered her first veg box. She then went on a [...]
Bana Grass
Bana Grass This week we’re giving a shout out to bana grass, an amazing support plant that you’ll see in many places around the farm. I have really grown [...]
Zucchinis & Cucumbers
Zucchinis and Cucumbers Two of my favourite summer veggies are growing in abundance at the farm right now – zucchinis and cucumbers. Searching for them amongst the lush leaves [...]
Community Farm Blitzes
Get your hands dirty! 2023 Community Farm Blitzes Growing food on the sloping terrain of the Green Connect Farm is no easy task. But when a community of passionate [...]
The Year in Review
The year in review 2022 has been quite a year at the farm! I’ve now experienced every season, including the wettest conditions on record, and can really reflect on [...]
Nurturing a Love of Nature
Nurturing a Love of Nature The sights and smells and tastes of nature strengthen our connections and memories. Think of the mulberry tree you climbed, the creek you explored, [...]
What’s in season this Summer
What to Expect in your Veg Box this Summer Summer is a glorious season and brings some of our favourite veggies, including tomatoes, zucchinis, cucumbers, and eggplants. After months [...]
Community Involvement
Community Involvement The Green Connect Farm was created by passionate members of the Illawarra community and we are committed to ensuring it remains open and accessible to everyone who [...]
The True Cost of Food
The True Cost of Food I recently spoke with Rod Logan, who is the Market Garden Coordinator at the Green Connect Farm, and I haven't been able to get [...]
Reducing Waste
Reducing Waste We know a thing or two about waste here at Green Connect. After all, reducing waste is part of our three-pronged mission: 'More Jobs, Less Waste, Fair [...]
Welcome Robert
Welcome Robert I am thrilled to have joined the team at Green Connect, a non-profit social enterprise, a business that balances profit with purpose. Traditional non-profits depend on grants, [...]