SecondBite Food Rescue

On March 31, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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FOOD Rescue: “A Fresh Approach”, was launched today at Melbourne’s Prahran Mission by Victorian Premier and SecondBite supporter Ted Baillieu. SecondBite is dedicated to achieving a sustainable and healthy food supply that all community members can access. SecondBite said that the 7.5 million tonnes of food thrown out annually in Australia would feed 13.6 million people a hearty meal, three times a day, for an entire year. SecondBite requires urgent food donations, especially supplies of fresh dairy and fruit. Last Friday the charity received a donation of 1.5 tonnes of fresh Atlantic salmon left over from catering at the Grand Prix. Read article about the food rescue.

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Cyclone damages Spencers Brook Farm

On February 7, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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WITH so much devastation from the floods and cyclones in the East, we have heard little of the serious damage to farms in the York, Northam, Toodyay and Spencers Brook area during the last weekend of January 2011. Annie and Neil Kavanagh, free range pork and beef producers of Spencers Brook Farm was one of the farms severely damaged. Annie and Neil are Slow Food members and Annie was a delegate to Terra Madre last year. A working bee of volunteers will be arranged in the near future.

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Laudatio volunteers

On August 17, 2009, in the nose, by pauline
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HEARD on Life Matters ABC radio programme a talk by Dr. Melanie Oppenheimer on cultural volunteering. She highlights the value of volunteering, how it strengthens our communites, how it is fun and makes us feel good. For us at Slow Food Perth we would like to highlight that without the help of our own volunteers, our large events would not be nearly as much fun nor as successful.

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The spirit of free mutual co-operation

On February 13, 2009, in the nose, by pauline
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WITH the devastating bushfires in Victoria and the wonderful support of so many Australians, this article is a reminder about volunteer organisations throughout the world in which people give so much of their time to help.

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