Lets do it! Lets make raw vegan feta cheese!

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Soaked macadamias being blended

Probiotic capsules

Making Macadamia Nut Feta

Play with your food

Want to feed your stomach and mind? Come to collaboratively concoct, consume and clean up a free vegetarian meal. Sometimes live music, sometimes movies, always great company and stimulating conversation.

Play With Your Food

Date Monday 18 October 10  and  Monday 25 October 10
Time 5:30PM
At North Court, Union House, Melbourne University

World Raw Food Day

this sunday on 10/10/10

All Raw Foodists of all types and trades, of all perceptions and directions (instinctive, vegetarian, vegan) as well as all people interested in health and nutrition with a high percentage of raw food (e.g. nutrition by Dr. Schnitzer, Dr. Switzer, etc.) are asked to participate in this historic event! 
See  website here 


There appears to be two events listed in Australia that I can see. Not sure what else is happening?? Anything in Melbourne? Im running a half marathon on Sunday and planning to fuel myself on raw vegan fuel thrive diet style... hopefully there is an afterparty?


* Australia (Tasmania), New Town
   5.00 pm, Organisation: Christine Nonn
   E-Mail: christine.nonn[at]gmx.de, Telephone: +61 622 87696
   vegan
* Australia (New South Wales), 2000 Sydney, Centenial Park
   12.00 noon, Organisation: Michel Nature
   E-Mail: michelnature811[at]gmail.com
   http://www.gaiastable.com
   joint Gaia's Table raw vegan picnic with Sydney vegan community 

Gaia's Table

Support group for practicing vegan raw foodists in Sydney Gaia's table, regular feasting gatherings. They also have a great links list for raw resources in australia. So much to read and virtually poke around and dance in.

Is it possible?

This morning I am thinking about the food miles connundrum, it's always there in the back of my mind. I prepare most of my own food (including condiments and pickles) and eat mostly locally grown fresh vegetables (including weeds, and greens from my own backyard) but I also eat some biodynamic/organic products (olive oil, almonds, chia, hemp) from around the country (Australia is huge) and superfoods from South America (coconut oil, maca, cacao). Is it sustainable or even truly nutritious to import food into our lives?
Is it possible to live a vibrant super-well existance on a high quality organic plant based diet in Australia and only eat foods grown here?
Is Queensland too far away from Melbourne? In the last few months I have cut down on the amount of superfoods from far away and have started honouring them more when I use them. My food preparation has become simpler, with less ingredients and more simple raw foods, I have started researching Indigenous Australian superfoods and am interested in entering the food miles discussion again, I'm considering whether I should try and aim to only eat local / Australian foods. Is there a benefit to imposing rules? Should it be more than a gentle consideration. Is organic more important no matter where it comes from? Is vegan? Is raw? Is local? In my experience of navigating true wellness and nutrition, strict ideas are never particulary useful and there needs to be a strong element of instinct and choosing in the moment what feels most congruous. I want to know what you think and feel about this topic. I would also love links to people and blogs that have experimented with low food mile diets, particulary if they have done it here. I'm really curious whether a mostly vegan diet is viable and truly sustaining in our local context.

When I was in Alice Springs I bought amazing dates that were locally grown 60kms out of Alice. Does anyone know where you can source australian grown dates in Melbourne?