DIVRS’ Urban Food Programme consists of three core programs: Darebin Fruit Squad, Darebin Veg Squad and Backyard Basics.
DIVRS have just recruited a bunch of new and enthusiastic volunteers and now they need more growing spaces and fruit trees to harvest, which will contribute to food relief for the vulnerable in our community. Darebin Fruit Squad Households Do you have established fruit trees that you are too busy to harvest, or perhaps your […]
Darebin Fruit Squad is a collective action by members of the Darebin community to minimise waste and ensure the harvest from urban fruit trees reach the vulnerable in our community. Fruit Squad missed many of the key growing and harvesting seasons due to lockdown and our fruit resources are at an all-time low. With COVID-19 […]
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. […]
DIVRS are holding a pruning workshop at Bundoora Park Farm this Sunday 21st January 2018. 9am-12pm Learn and practice your skills in the farm orchard with apricots, apples, plums and other fruit trees. Led by Merrin Layden, a horticulturalist with experience teaching fruit tree skills to community groups and gardeners. Get your tickets here […]
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 […]
Darebin Fruit Squad Winter Harvest Tally Hits 8596Kg […]
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. […]
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! […]
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 […]
