"Nurturing land, nourishing people"

Food Next Door matches under-utilised farmland with landless farmers to support small-scale regenerative farming, growing diverse crops & engaging people from diverse backgrounds to supply food to local households.

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Food Next Door is an initiative with the goal of relieving the suffering or distress suffered by newly arrived migrants and refugee groups, particularly those without access to land and living in rural and regional areas.

We're working hard to solve this issue by supporting these groups to re-engage in farming and grow food, including their traditional foods.

This will be achieved by, amongst other things:

Our secondary objects are to:

Pilot Projects

Food Next Door’s vision is for under-utilised and vacant farmland to be transformed into productive foodscapes using regenerative farming practices.

We are establishing a community demonstration farm based in Mildura, north-west Victoria, to progress this vision.

Victoria
Sunraysia Burundian Garden

New South Wales
Community Connections Garden

What's a Co-Op?

Co-operatives are organisations owned by members for the benefit of members.

They are different from other organisations because their priority is to have social and economic impact. Food Next Door also aims to have an environmental impact.

Co-ops around the world are guided by the Co-Operative Principles, which include democracy, open and inclusive voluntary membership, concern for community, and education.

Interested in becoming a member of Food Next Door?

– Join Us.
– Download a copy of our Rules.

In The News

We’re picking up plenty of media coverage in our mission. Check out what’s being said!

Notice of a Special General Meeting of Food Next Door Co-op Ltd

Members are advised that a Special General Meeting will be held on Thursday 27 October 2022 at 5pm at SMECC, to adopt amended Rules, as discussed at the Annual General Meeting.

From Soil to Everything

Watch the story about Food Next Door Co-Op's purpose, and how we work closely with Mildura Community Water Bank & Out of the Box to achieve our goals.

Earth Canvas - In Conversation

The panel discussion highlights the creative experiences of the regenerative farmers and the artists, and delves into their respective engagement with the land and their vision for a healthier world.

Food Next Door multi-stakeholder co-op explained

A co-op education resource made by Sidsel Grimstad for University of Newcastle.

The Wintersun - Episode 5

Local short doco series The Wintersun featured us for their fifth Youtube episode. We talk Local Food Economy, Out of the Box, and Sunraysia's Food Future.

our instagram

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@foodnextdoorcoop is doing amazing work to support the growth of local food systems in the Sunraysia region. 🌱🌏
We’re excited to be funding their work to develop an accessible and culturally relevant training program for community members and small-scale farmers, originally from East Africa.
Check it out!
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ID: Photo of Food Next Door Co-op members. Text: Food Next Door Co-op is incubating small-scale farmers.
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Food Next Door Co-op matches abandoned farmland to skilled farmers and former refugees seeking land, growing the local food system in the Sunraysia region. They are using the funding to develop a culturally relevant training program for new migrant farmers that covers important areas like sales, marketing, supply chain logistics and regenerative practices.
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Mildura community water bank

Mildura Community Water Bank helps small-scale farmers access an affordable price on water to help them grow organic, sustainable produce without the pressures of commodified water pricing.

“This project is very important for the local community, helping the small-scale farmers to get access to affordable irrigation water for their farms to produce local fresh crops, to produce vegetables at a reasonable price that is affordable by everyone.”

– Jules Kangeta, Project Manager

Our Values

Nurturing

Food Next Door works to care for the land through growing, distributing and sharing food.

Community

We work to build community through growing, distributing and sharing food.

inclusion

We include people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, gender and sexual identity, and age, who contribute as farmer and producer, consumer,
volunteer and landholder-members.

We welcome contributions from all Co-op members.

respect

We respect and acknowledge the knowledge and skills of all members. We respect and acknowledge the Traditional Owners on whose land we work.

We recognise their knowledge and skills in actively managing our land and waters for millennia.

Co-operation

We seek ways to work together.

Download a copy of our Values Statement here.

Our Team

We’re run by community minded leaders – Passionate, Knowledgable and Hardworking.
Click on our respective photographs to learn more about the team behind Food Next Door.