Guest Post by Dr Ben Habib From 2nd-12th December 2017 I co-facilitated a CERES Global tour to India, themed around sustainable development, permanent culture and un-learning. My focus for the tour was to collect data for my research project on permaculture as a transnational social movement and to learn more about alternative education models as a teaching [...]
At CERES, we get asked the same questions over and over from first time visitors. Embedded in many of these questions is the possibility of hope for a better future for humanity and our planet. Often you can see how much the questioner is wide-eyed-optimistic that CERES might be achieving where they as individuals [...]
According to Roman Mythology, Ceres, sister of Jupiter, was in charge of the harvest. If Ceres was upset, the crops could die. Everyone, gods and mortals, worked hard to keep Ceres happy. Back in those days, Ceres had 12 minor gods to assist her with the grain cycle, from planting to harvest to storing... [...]
It's not unusual this time of year to see a CERES Nursery horticulturalist gesticulating wildly in the tomato section, trying to convey a sense of JUST HOW BIG a particular variety will grow, while a queue of customers look on wide-eyed and captivated! We thought we'd make it easy for you and post some [...]
Food is a really big part of my life, as I assume it is for most people. Some would even consider me a ‘foodie’. About 5 years ago, I made the decision to become vegetarian. I was never a big meat eater, however I made the decision to cut meat out of my diet completely [...]
Taruka was born in West Sri Lanka in a region called Negombo. When he was 5 years old his father came to Australia as a refugee. He was a photographer and had sensitive photos of a bombing that put him in danger with the changing government. This was a sad time for Taruka, the same [...]
Interviewed on Thursday the 21st of April 2016 Yenny comes from a small town called Bandung 3 hours from the capital of Jakarta in Indonesia. She came to Australia in 2007 for love. Her Husband is Chinese Indonesian and was living in Australia when they met. They married in Sydney. She brings with her a [...]
CERES Education and Training have launched a new training program called The Food Producer Incubator, offering multi-layered expertise, training and support to people from migrant backgrounds interested in food and selling the food they make. The aim of the project is to provide access to an alternative education and training model in hospitality, improving pathways to [...]