New CEO for Melrose Group
http://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/new-ceo-for-melrose-group
Australian health food company Melrose Group has appointed a new CEO to lead Melrose Health and Orchard Wellbeing Foods.
Nathan Cheong has worked in the complementary medicine industry for more than 20 years, most recently as CEO of LifeSpace Group. He is a degree qualified naturopath and medical herbalist and has worked for Vita Life Sciences, Blackmores BioCeuticals, and Designs for Health (USA).
Continue reading “New CEO for Melrose Group”An Update from Food Ladder
| Well, 2021 certainly has been an ‘interesting’ year thus far. Where ever you are in the world, all of us at Food Ladder hope you and your family are keeping well. Despite the COVID outbreaks and border shutdowns around Australia, we at Food Ladder have been resilient thanks to our staff being spread across the nation and a robust rollout strategy underway. While we have had to pivot from time to time to adjust to the changing conditions, we are on track to deliver seven Food Ladder school systems before the end of the year which is a testament to the hard work and resilience of our fabulous team. Today, Nigel McLean, our Program Manager is building the Food Ladder system in the remote WA community of Leonora. Leonora Primary School was the winner of Food Ladder’s National School Competition which amassed applications from over 50 schools in remote communities in Australia, all of whom noted a serious need for fresh, locally grown produce. We would like to thank our judges Paris Neilson, Alexandra Giles and Candice Van Doosselaere for their time and careful consideration of the applications.Profiled in The Australian newspaper, Indigenous Affairs reported, Paige Taylor said: “Children in the West Australian outback town of Leonora are about to make radical change to the way their town gets its food.The desert center 830km northeast of Perth will grow its own produce – part of a quiet national movement to change Australia’s response to the dearth of fresh, healthy and affordable food in remote communities.”You can watch the winning video application from Leonora here. We look forward to keeping you up to date with the progress of this exciting project, and the outcomes from all the wonderful communities receiving Food Ladder systems in our rollout across Australia. Enjoy reading this update on what we have been up to and as always a huge thank you to our supporters, Chris Cuffe, Duncan Saville, Jane and Andrew Clifford, Paris Neilson and our corporate partners Norton Rose Fulbright, Melrose Health and Resimac. We could not achieve this level of impact without you. Warm regards, Kelly, Alex, Tate, Scott, Nigel, India and Lucy. |
Food security an ‘urgent’ issue for remote communities: AMSANT boss
Link to article in the NT News.
An increase to JobSeeker and other federal government subsidies is needed so people in remote communities can afford to buy healthy food, according to the AMSANT boss.
Continue reading “Food security an ‘urgent’ issue for remote communities: AMSANT boss”Budding green thumbs till red soil to stop the rot
Link to article in The Australian.
Children in the West Australian outback town of Leonora are about to make radical change to the way their town gets its food.
The desert centre 830km northeast of Perth will grow its own produce – part of a quiet national movement to change Australia’s response to the dearth of fresh, healthy and affordable food in remote communities.
It is a program run by Food Ladder, a not-for-profit which has previously put in place agritech systems in some of the harshest environments in the world, including in Bhutan and India.
Continue reading “Budding green thumbs till red soil to stop the rot”Using bush medicine for ‘true healing’ of mental health
Banatjarl Strongbala Wimun Grup have launched a garden of traditional Jawoyn bush foods and medicines to offer “true healing” to young Indigenous people struggling with their mental health.
Continue reading “Using bush medicine for ‘true healing’ of mental health”At Kintore Street School, hydroponic native basil has flourished into a venture
Future-proof, fresh food supply crucial for remote communities
Calls for new system to get fresh food into remote communities
Interview with Nova Peris and ABC RN Breakfast presenter Fran Kelly.
Continue reading “Calls for new system to get fresh food into remote communities”Aboriginal remote communities must have Agri-Tech solutions to future-proof food supply
Food Ladder responds to Inquiry into food pricing and food security in remote indigenous communities
On 30 June 2020 Food Ladder provided a detailed response and recommendations to the Federal Government Inquiry into food prices and food security in remote Indigenous communities.
The Food Ladder solution focuses on local, sustainable production of nutritious food. Please refer to this link for the full submission.
Continue reading “Food Ladder responds to Inquiry into food pricing and food security in remote indigenous communities”Grass Roots: helping communities grow their own food
On Nightlife with Indira Naidoo
Around the world starvation is still a major threat in many countries where climate, war and politics can all affect the food supply.
Continue reading “Grass Roots: helping communities grow their own food”