Slow Food Brisbane actively supports:

1.  Cannon Hill Primary School Kitchen and Garden—

Operate at the frontline of educational innovation, with various learning strategies including the acclaimed Reggio Emilia approach, Project-Based learning, Inquiry-Based learning, and Product-Based learning. They actively use action research and practitioner research to reflect on the efficacy and individual ‘fit’ of the evidence-based research that guides our broader strategies.

School Kitchen —

2.  Millen Farm—


Their Mission:

  • Establish a financially and ecologically sustainable urban farming system
  • Maximise underutilised private and public land for food growin

3.  Fight against food waste:

According to estimates from the FAO, one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste. Table scraps are only the final step in a long chain of waste that begins in the fields and continues through warehouses and supermarkets…

We support FoodBank —


Last year alone, they provided enough food for over 63 million meals


For those unaware of this crisis you may ask what is food insecurity? In the simplest of definitions it is…


With the top five causes of food insecurity being an unexpected expense or bill, low income, rent/ mortgage repayments, high priced foods, and illness/ injury is it any wonder that 188,000 Queenslander’s are seeking assistance every month.

To get through the tough times people often go without. Today, two in five (41%) food insecure Australian’s have not paid their bills in order to have enough money to buy food.

Some of the benefits of receiving food relief are…

  • 43% feel less hungry
  • 36% able to focus/ concentrate better
  • 33% noticed an improvement in physical health
  • 30% felt less nauseous
  • 28% able to better plan for the future