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Food Is Free Green Living Classroom & Greens Recycle Depot
Create FIF Ballarat Green Living Classroom & Greens Recycle Depot
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Suggested by: Lou
Project partner: Food Is Free Inc.
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Central Highlands
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Established in 2014 Food Is Free Inc. is a grassroots volunteer organisation who have been combating food security issues via the popular Food Is Free Laneway, providing fresh produce share tables & growing veg/fruit for our community. Running out of space at the site, FIF were granted land at nearby Western Oval by Ballarat City Council to grow more food for their community. FIF now wish to turn FIF Green Space, an all-inclusive community space, into a hub to grow food en-masse plus hold workshops & sustainability via outdoor classrooms with a greens recycle depot for everyone to access.
Food security is a considerable issue in Ballarat with only 6.4% of our population eating the required daily vegetable intake. Green Space will provide education via classes on home produce growing plus all manner of free self-sufficency workshops (particularly targeted at those in our society at risk), plus a space for general public to drop off their green recyclables (egg cartons, veggie scraps, toilet roll holders etc) for our vols (and community groups wanting a free garden bed to gain new skills) to make soil to grow food en masse to put back in FIF Laneway or take home.
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Lou
Project partner: Food Is Free Inc.
Region
Central Highlands
Budget
Votes
348 votes received
Spread the word
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A wonderful project that has the potential to reach so many.
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The track record of the FIF team and project is impressive, and beneficial to anyone who wants to be part of it. In other words, judgement and discrimination have no place in this space. Instead, it is a space where everyone can gain a sense of belonging. This next chapter of FIF helps to make the initiative even more sustainable and with a greater reach. Good luck! You have my vote for sure :)
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i,m voting for free food and will visit
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100% this is the best.
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What a wonderful project, would love to see this get up. It would not only do so much immediate good for so many people, but also teach people how to think more broadly and long-term about food supply and waste, encouraging cultural change. Brilliant.
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Amazing community and social work Lou and the Food is Free team!
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One of the best community minded, environmentally sound projects I have seen. Well done Lou and team ❤
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This is a fantastic local initiative and very successful. Let's help it to expand and help even more people in need
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this would be a fantastic idea. hope you get some funding.
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I am voting for food is free Ballarat...
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I think this is a brilliant initiative inclusive to all in need. It encourages others to give selflessly.
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Please support this urgent and visionary idea
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This is a fantastic initiative for the whole community and run by great people like Lou and her volunteers.
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Such a vibrant initiative, bringing the community together
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A great initiative 🙂
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Good luck Lou. You are an inspiration.
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Eliminate hunger, eliminate waste, eliminate landfill. Promote goodwill!
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Amazing project! Love them!!!
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Great cause. Well done
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This just keeps getting better and better, nice work FIF team!
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What a great way to help the environment, children and the community in general!
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Food is Free Laneway and Green Space are amazing for the local community
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Food is Free Laneway has been created by a passionate and devoted team. I would love to see them be able to take it to the next level.
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15 Sep 2018
Great people