DIVRS’s ‘Fruit Squad’ were featured on ABC’s Gardening Australia on Friday 23 March, 2018! Martin O’Callaghan and the Fruit Squad volunteers did a fantastic job telling the inspiring story of redistributing healthy fresh fruit to those in need, building a sense of community and avoiding food waste. See the complete episode below.
Darebin Fruit Squad ‘Harvesting the Urban Orchard’ program proud finalist in Sustainable Cities Environmental awards
It was with great excitement that volunteers from DIVRS’s Urban Food Program who volunteer for the Darebin Fruit Squad attended Sustainable Cities, Keep Victoria Beautiful, awards night at the Collingwood Town Hall last month. ‘Each year the Sustainable Cities program encourages and celebrates the achievements of metropolitan communities across the state who develop and run programs that contribute to a … Read More
DIVRS URBAN FOOD Fruit Squad tally tops 8,500kg!
Darebin Fruit Squad Winter Harvest Tally Hits 8596Kg
Food Growing and Darebin Wildlife and Creek Reserves
Darebin has nationally, regionally and locally significant heritage sites which host significant populations of endangered species. These sites are vulnerable to invasion by exotic (non-indigenous) species, including the seeds of domestic food gardens, which compete for space, nutrients and sunlight. The Communal Food Garden Assessment Guidelines state that natural conservation areas such as creek banks and native grasslands are not … Read More
DIVRS URBAN FOOD
Darebin Fruit Squad cracks the 8 ton mark. Citrus season has come with an arborial rush this season with oranges, lemons and grapefruit pouring through our doors to push our tally to 8,012 kg of fruit harvested by our hard working volunteers.
Call for Submissions – Darebin’s next Communal Food Growing Site
Darebin is looking to create a new communal food growing site in Darebin in 2018/19. Examples of communal food sites Council has funded in recent years include Sylvester Hive Community Garden (on the grounds of the Pavilion School) in Preston and the All Nations Kitchen Garden in All Nations Park, Northcote (pictured). The key to these gardens success is the … Read More
DIVRS Urban Food Social Enterprise
DIVRS Urban Food Social Enterprise is up and running with its third farmer’s market stall this Saturday 24th June. We will be selling heritage varieties of this season’s seedlings; broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce and kale, as well as apple trees and succulents. Come along to Coburg North Primary School, 180 O’Hea Street, and say hi!
FREE additives for your home compost and garden from Cortado Coffee Roasters!
Alex from Cortado Coffee Roasters, Unit 23/327 Mansfield Street (within the M & M Business Park, cnr of Mansfield St and Matisi St, Thornbury) has excess coffee husks and hessian bags in relatively small quantities, and is keen for interested gardeners or community gardens to come and pick them up from his premises. If you are interested, you will need … Read More
DAREBIN FRUIT SQUAD – OLIVE PRESERVING- MEDITERRANEAN STYLE
It’s on again! The sumptuous Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival, 2017. Back by popular demand, presented by Darebin Fruit Squad and DIVRS Urban Food Program, Sam Ferraro (Mediterranean master of home-grown produce) and Jessica Ridout (winner of Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival’s 2015 best preserved olives) will show you how to preserve your home-grown olives in a fun … Read More