Behind an old church in the heart of Preston in Melbourne’s north, a remarkable transformation is taking place.
For years the vicarage at the back of St Mary’s Anglican church lay empty, the house growing mould inside, the garden overgrown with weeds and overrun with vermin. Now a team of urban agriculture farmers are turning the site into a fertile food garden, growing vegetables for disadvantaged people in surrounding suburbs and the volunteers who will work there.
Called Oakhill Food Justice Farm, it is another project from Sustain, a Melbourne-based not-for-profit organisation specialising in designing and building sustainable and healthy food systems. It is headed by executive director Nick Rose and founding chair Kelly Donati, l…
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