Fawkner Grows
Fawkner Eats
Fawkner Grows / Fawkner Eats is a social cohesion project funded by Moreland Council. We're diversifying the produce grown in the FFB urban farm to reflect the needs of our diverse local community. We're working with community members who grow a diversity of food from around the world and supporting local food initiatives to reach a broader cohort within our community via workshops, consultation, mapping and community development.
Our engagement officer, Jeanette, supports a family garden club at Fawkner Primary School each week and Feast and Food Swap on the second Sunday of each month.
Please contact Sally, project lead, if you have ideas for community meals, workshops or ways we can support the diverse community of Fawkner to come together around food.
Sally 0449 694 711
“We’d like to bring more culturally-relevant food into our garden. We’ve started this already with 3-4 different types of gourd, okra, taro and chickpeas. We started with traditional European vegetables, but we really want to branch out and be inclusive to those who live in Fawkner and produce ingredients relevant to the foods the community is cooking at home.
We also have plans to create a welcoming entrance decorated with Karachi truck art as an extension of friendship to our Pakistani community. One of our committee members is a talented illustrator and we’ve commissioned her to develop it in the coming months.”
Sally Beattie - Fawkner Food Bowls Co-Founder
Inviting newly arrived diverse communities to Fawkner Food Bowls
Promoting intercultural connection through gardening, cooking and sharing food and food knowledge
Holding food events, activities and workshops organised with residents from multicultural communities
