We live in the age of the supermarket duopoly and yet people flock to farmers markets and community gardens, yearning for a stronger connection to their food. Pip Issue 5 is all about Fair Food, and to celebrate we’ve organised a free forum at Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival, and you’re invited! Join MC Nick Rose… View more
Pip’s fifth issue – a special feature issue on Fair Food – will be launched with an incredible free event at the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne. Join MC Nick Rose to discuss how we can create a fair food system for all with guests including Tammi Jonas and Guy Grossi! We’re so excited! We’re really… View more
Kunara Organic Marketplace 30 Mons Rd, Forest Glen, QLD 4556 Tel: 07 5445 6440 Facebook | Website WHO ARE WE? We made our beginnings as a humble roadside stall 25 years ago and have grown to be the Southern hemispheres largest organic supermarket. We now include an organic café and garden centre that specializes in Australian… View more
Dynamic Organic Shop 9 & 10, 19 Gibson Street Mandurah WA 6210 Owner: Tamara Deans Email: tamara@dynamicorganic.com.au Tel: 08 9535 8180 Facebook | Website What sort of business is Dynamic Organic? Dynamic Organic is a health and wellness organic super store carrying over 3000 products including all general food items, meat, fish, dairy, vegan, gluten-free, paleo, sugar-free,… View more
I’m back. And what an amazing time I had over at the International Permaculture Conference and Convergence in London. The most amazing part was to be together with so many like-minded people from all around the world. All up there were about 1500 people from 70 different countries that attended the two events. There was… View more
Garden of the Soul 55 Swan Street, Morpeth NSW 2321 Owner: Diane Call Email: diane@gardenofthesoul.com.au Phone: 02 4933 9003 Facebook | Website What sort of business is Garden of the Soul? Garden of the Soul is a spiritual gift shop with an ecological bent, situated on the banks of the beautiful Hunter River in historical Morpeth village. We sell the… View more
An Update from Robyn The finishing touches are being applied to issue four as we speak. The Pip team have been busily working away on it, making it extra special. This issue we have a focus on bees, we also are introducing a comprehensive guide to permaculture and related courses across Australia and we are… View more
Spiral Garden Online (Based in Hobart, Tasmania) Owner: Lauren & Oberon Carter Email: lauren@spiralgarden.com.au  Facebook | Website What sort of business is Spiral Garden? Spiral Garden is a family-run online business, based near Hobart, Tasmania. We stock a combination of locally handmade, fair-trade, natural, sustainable and ethically produced products for families, which inspire creativity, open-ended play… View more
Benton Rise Farm Market 150 Coolart Road, Tuerong, Victoria Owner:Â Ryan & Debra Sharpley Phone:Â 0410 663 702 Facebook | Website What sort of business is Benton Rise Farm Market? Benton Rise Farm is a community focused fresh fruit and vegetable market on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. We focus on growing and sourcing the freshest local produce… View more
INHABIT – A Permaculture Perspective. “One of the best permaculture docos of the last thirty years” according to permaculture co-originator, David Holmgren. And, after a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, touring permaculture demonstrations far and wide, and stacks of hard work, this visual and musical permaculture feast has arrived. You can watch INHABIT – A Permaculture… View more
Nadja’s Garden Adelaide, South Australia Owner:Â Nadja Osterstock Phone:Â 0410 636 857 Facebook | Website What sort of business is Nadja’s Garden? I apply permaculture design to home gardens, mainly in the south-western suburbs of Adelaide and occasionally in the hills and country SA. My motto is “grow your own green thumbs” – I aim to help… View more
Permaculture Respects The Soil: Let’s Celebrate Both Not only is this Sunday International Permaculture Day 2015 (#IPD2015), it’s an opportunity to celebrate the soil in this, the International Year of Soils (#IYS2015). From the organisers of #IPD2015: The first Sunday in May is a day of celebration and action for permaculture around the world. Open homes, gardens… View more
The Garden Shed & Pantry 4 Winns Road, Cygnet (Also, the Cygnet Market – 1st and 3rd Sunday each month) Owner:Â Kate Flint Phone:Â 03 6295 0658 Facebook | Website What sort of place is The Garden Shed and Pantry? My home shop brings together growing and cooking food. The Garden Shed refers to my desire to… View more
The Plant Organic Cafe & Market 1/Â 20 Stephen Street, Bunbury WA 6230 Owner:Â Elias Dafel & Noel Mead Phone:Â 08Â 97914475 Facebook What sort of store is The Plant Organic Cafe & Market? The Plant is an organic haven. We aspire to have everything you need to live a healthy, vibrant, chemical-free life under one roof. We… View more
Good Harvest 1/ 932 David Low Way, Maroochydore QLD 4564 Owner: Mick Dan Phone: 0403 761 244 Facebook | Website What sort of store is Good Harvest? The main focus of the shop is to bring in the local harvest of fresh good quality organic produce, evidenced by their ethos of Don’t Buy From Strangers…Buy Local…. View more
Hidden Garden Sustainable Farm – Christmas Island Investing in the Future of Food The team behind what is arguably the model of future farming, believe people should have the opportunity to put fresh food on their plates no matter where they live, and that it shouldn’t cost the earth – either financially or ecologically. Christmas Island… View more
First Diploma Crew in WA For the past three years Araluen, Renee, Georgina, Fiona and Andrea, have travelled to Candlelight Farm in Mundaring, WA, to complete a Certificate IV and Diploma of Permaculture. We have met at least once a month for the… View more
I am so excited by my garden at the moment. Our berries are doing tag teams supplying us with juicy nutritious snacks; first it was the strawberries in the aquaponics, now it’s the mulberries from our smallish yet abundant tree and next it will rasberries, which are just showing the first blushes of colour. … View more
Well we’re in the full swing of production mode again pulling together articles for issue three. It’s going to be another cracker. Issue two is selling well and can be found at stockists around the country. Here is one of our newest stockists in Sydney; Orchard St, Elixir Bar. We also held our first course here… View more
When you make a decision, what do you consider? Expert advise and scientific research? Intuition? Past experience? Will your decision achieve what you want? And how quickly? Is your decision lawful, ethical? Will it make you money? Annoy the neighbours? Win you accolades? There are so many things to consider when making decisions, large and… View more
