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Key Resourcescity … west
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organic stores – Nuts, dried fruit, pulses, oats, etc.deli section – Tofu, peanut butter, variety of biscuits, oils, etc. | Corner of Queen and Elizabeth Streets in the Melbourne CBDWeekdays, Trading Hours, Tue: 6am – 2pm, Thu: 6am – 2pmFri: 6am – 5pm, (general merchandise to 4pm)Weekends, Trading Hours, Sat: 6am – 3pm, Sun: 9am – 4pm |
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| Organarchy RMIT Food Coophttp://www.su.rmit.edu.au/organarchy/index.html |
Location: food court (building 8, level 4) of RMIT University city campus, Swanston St.Contact: meredith.davies@rmit.edu.au |
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| Plump Organic Groceryhttp://www.plump.com.au |
24 Ballarat StreetYarravilleMelbourneVIC , 3013
Tel: 03 9687 6422 |
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| Grasslands Grocery http://www.coshg.org.au/grasslands.html |
Assorted items | Open every Thursday 10 am – 6 pmSeasonal $25, $35 or $45 fruit & vegetable boxes delivered to local area.211 Nicholson St, FootscrayPh 9362 0830 |
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| Olivessence http://olivessence.com.au |
Olive oil, soap | 1/107 Victoria St. Seddon. Melways Map 42 B6. email: nani@olivessence.com.au , phone: 96877955 , mobile 0431475365 |
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| Footscray Market – Michael’s Nut shop | Pulses, nuts, dried fruit. Footscray Market is a large indoor market with a large range of produce and general goods opposite Footscray Railway Station. |
Cnr Hopkins Street and Leeds Street, FootscrayTelephone: (03) 9687 1205Open: Tuesday and Wednesday 7am-4pm,Thursday 7am-6pm, Friday 7am-8pm, Saturday 7am-4pmStalls: 33 food, 50 general
Transport: tram 82 from Moonee Ponds; bus 402, 404, 406, 223, 216; Parking: 800 spaces Melway: 42 D4 |
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| Blupeak Coffee & Nuts | Coffee & Nuts | Footscray Plaza, Albert St, Footscray VIC 3011 (03) 9687 8549 | ||||||
| Cleanable http://www.cleanable.com.au |
Cleaning products (no fill your own, but concentrated forms of Agar & Herbon products) |
174 Victoria Street, Seddon, Melbourne 3011, Victoria.Telephone: (03) 9396 1078 | ||||||
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| NSM Food Wholesalershttp://www.nsm.com.au/home.htm | Nuts, dried fruit, other. | 381 Victoria St or 92 Henkel St, Brunswick, VICPhone: 93808789, Fax: 93876013, Email: omar@nsm.com.au or rita@nsm.com.au* NSM Continental Grocer Shop 17 Victoria St. Coburg.* Original Fruit and Nut Shop 23 Ringwood Market Ringwood.
* Moonee Ponds Wholesale Grocer Shop 3 Everage St Moonee Ponds. * Nut and Sweet Shop 250 Russel St. Melbourne * Original Fruit and Nut Shop 162-170 Preston. |
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| Melbourne University Food Cooperativehttp://www.foodcoop.org.au | Pulses, oats, teas, herbs, nuts, dried fruit | Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am-4:30pmThursday until 7.00pm: Late night bulk shopping!Location: 1st Floor, Union House, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 |
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| Friends of the Earth Food Co-ophttp://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/?q=co_op/home | Amazing variety of herbs, spices, pulses, dried fruit & nuts, oils, miso, oils, honey, tahini, curry paste, cleaning products |
10am – 6pm Monday to Friday; 10am – 4pm Saturday312 Smith street, Collingwood (on the corner of Smith and Perry Streets).(#86 tram from the city, and just near the Johnston street bus from Carlton or Doncaster)ph:9417 4382 |
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| Organic Wholefoods http://www.organicwholefoods.com.au |
Amazing variety of herbs, spices, pulses, dried fruit & nuts, oils, miso, oils, honey, tahini, curry paste, cleaning products |
Brunswick Store: 483 Lygon St, Brunswick – at the top end of Lygon St. Ph 03 9384 0288. Hours: Mon-Thu 9-6.30pm, Fri 9-7pm, Sat 9-5pm, Sun 11-4pm.Fitzroy Store: 277 Smith St, Fitzroy – next to Soul Foods Cafe. Ph 03 9419 5347. Hours: Mon-Fri 9-6.30pm, Sat 9-6pm, Sun 11-5pm. |
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| Naturally on High | Nuts, dried fruit, peanut butter, some other | 697 High St, Thornbury, VIC 3071, Phone:(03) 9484 7131 | ||||||
| Environment Shop http://www.environmentshop.com.au |
Cleaning products, available in bulk dispensers so you can refill your own containers |
594 High Street, Thornbury, Phone: +61 3 9480 1905Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5:00pmSaturday 9.00am to 5.00pm | ||||||
| Latrobe University Food Co-op |
Union Building , Bundoora 3083 phone: (03) 9479 1111 |
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| The Greenstorehttp://www.thegreenstore.com.au | complete range of Back-To-Basics products, bring a clean container for laundry liquids, toilet cleaner, shampoos. |
385 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (03) 9419 5996Open 10am – 6pm | ||||||
| Ceres market & food coops http://www.ceres.org.au/drupal/market |
Variety of pulses, dried fruit, nuts, oils, honey, tahini, etc. | Every Wed & Sat 9am – 1pm | ||||||
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| St Kilda Organic Food Co-ophttp://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/skof/web/index.html |
Order weekly pre-ordered, pre-paid boxes of organic fruit and vegetables. Saturdays 10.30am-noon. Cost: $25. |
Where: Ecohouse, cnr Blessington and Herbert streets, St Kilda Botanical Gardens, St Kilda, VIC, 3182Contact: 9534 0670 |
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| The Full Pantry http://www.elocal.com.au/index.php?cPath=4811http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/35555 |
Nuts, fruit, flours, beans. fill into paper bags or own containers | Shop 6, Centro Croydon (Croydon Maket Shopping Centre), Kent Avenue, Croydon, ph. 9723 7466 Open Monday – Saturday |
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| Healesville Food Co-op http://www.healesvillefoodcoop.com |
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For other bulk food stores and organic groceries :
http://www.organicchoice.com.au/directory.php
Household Goals
Nick & Janet’s
We’ve been monitoring our garbage for some time and though we’ve got our
waste bin down to a small bag each fortnight, we’d really like to avoid
the stuff that ends up in it. These are things like plastic wrap from
pasta, gluten-free flour, crackers, cheese, coffee & snacks. Also
we’d like to reduce recycleables where possible – specifcally baked-beans
tins & peanut butter. Blog
Shaun & Neesh’s
Looking to eliminate toothpaste packaging.
Also experimenting with new approaches to human
waste. (Why would you just flush it away?)
Cara & Scott’s
Soy milk is a major item for the week resulting in lots of packaging.
Hoping to reduce this.
Hugh’s
My biggest package item is tofu and muesli bars. I plan to make my own
muesli bars and by my tofu in larger amounts to cut down on packaging.
I’m thinking of avoiding tofu all together this week and make my
own ‘mock’ meat from gluten flour.
Alicia & Emma’s
We did really want to give it a go, despite being a bit under prepared.
We have been a constant one-supermarket bag of rubbish per week and twenty
centres worth of recycling. We gain some because Em brings home recylcing
from St V’s because they don’t recycle very much at all and we loose some
because I take 4, 5, 6, and 7s (which Moreland hasn’t until recently recycled)
to work or Em gives them to a Brimbank colleague of hers to recycle. Our
recycling is largely paper (between 1 and 1 1/2 kilos a week) so I think
we could cut down on that and definately try using no bin liner. We are
right with organic waste and really have minimally packaging because we
bulk buy but I think we need to address milk and sweet treats this week
(chocolate and lollies always bump up our packaging).
Monica’s
See her comments.
Specific Alternatives
| Products |
Comments AlternativesMilk Nick & Janet: use about 1 litre a day. Presently buy Pura in
1L cartons. Nick & Janet’s goal is to eliminate all non-recyclable
trash and all plastics, so these are okay in theory.However we will buy Elgaar farm Milk for the week from Plump.
Elgaar Farm Organic Milk & yoghurt is packaged in glass bottles
& jars that have a 40c deposit and can be returned to retailers
from where they are collected for wash, sterilise and refill. Used
up to 9 times before recycling. www.elgaarfarm.com.auSoy MilkCara & Scott’: most frequent item in recycling is soy milk.Shaun & Neesh have bought a soy
milk making machine. Put in beans and water to cook it up. Takes
20 mins.
Also Little saigon, Footscray have 2L containers in fridge section.Tea
& CoffeeNick
& Janet presently get fairtrade through People for fairtrade.
Unfortunately tea has foil bag inside, cardboard box and thin plastic
wrap on outside, and coffee is vaccume sealed platsicised-foil bag. Will source from Melb Uni Food Coop. BYO bags/ containers.CheesePresently
Nick & Janet go to Pelikan deli at Footscray market with own container
for ricotta and mozzarella. Baked
Beans bought in small tins for childrenMake ownMayo Make own
Bread
Edwards sourdough from Deli at Footscray market. BYO bag. NutsMichaels nutshop at at Footscray market. BYO bag. Peanut
Butter Grind own at Melb Uni Food Coop. BYO containers.Cream cashew cream. Basically blend cashews with water. moreCoconut milkCara & Scott for Curraytry cashew cream.EggsN&J. Have chooks but no lay. Seeking Free range & organic.BYO container. Footscray market, Vic marketPastaNick & Janet have lots of this. Plastic wrapped. Lasagna sheets
have no plastic.Make own – wheat, or non-wheat gnochi. Or Byo containers to FOE,
Plump, NSM, Organic WholefoodsWeetbixplastic inner wrapBreakfast flakes at FOE Coop or NSM. boy containers.Chocolate, lollies, snacks NSM. byo containers. Have roasted chickpeasNon-wheat Flour Can get in bulk but still has a plastic bag packaging.Tinned Fish No easy solutions for this. May try to dry and bottle our own, but
not this time.Dish washingfrom FOE coop. Byo container. Shampoo & Conditioner Back to Basics from FOE or MUFC. BYO containers.Toothpasteplastic tubemake your ownJunk mailWe have sign but need to cancel our names of many mailout listsRing up and cancel.
Recipes – ‘Make your own’
Soy Milk
http://www.soya.be/how-to-make-soy-milk.php
Sour Dough Bread
First recipe:
1.Mix three parts baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) with one part table
salt (sodium chloride).
2.Add three teaspoons of glycerine for every 1/4 cup of dry mixture.
3.Add enough water to make a thick paste. If desired, a few drops of peppermint
oil may be added to improve the taste.
4.Apply and use just as you would any other toothpaste. Store unused toothpaste
at room temperature in a covered container.
Second recipe:
Thoroughly mix 3 parts baking soda (the cleanser and sweetener) with part
salt (the abrasive) and funnel the compound into a short small-mouthed
container such as a pop or beer bottle. You’ll find that the creation
has a satisfying, different taste and leaves your mouth feeling very fresh
and soothed. If you’d like, add a few drops of peppermint or wintergreen
oil to the concoction – or mix the home “brew” half-and-half
with a commercial tooth powder – to give the dentifrice a more pleasant
flavor.
Third recipe:
This formula is simply an extension of the tooth powder recipe: To each
half cup of homemade powder, add 3 teaspoons of glycerin, 10-20 drops
of flavoring (peppermint, wintergreen, anise, cinnamon or whatever) and
1 drop of food coloring. Mix the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl and
add just enough water to make the concoction “tooth-pastey”.
Spoon the substance into a small refillable plastic squeeze bottle or
any container that dispenses easily and won’t leak. VoilÁ! Toothpaste!
Baked Beans
black beans, white beans, any beans – soak 12 cups over night
olive oil in pan; beans into hot pan; diced onion, clove garlic, stick
diced carrot, stick diced celery, thyme fresh string, bay leaves, (no
salt at start), 500 mls stock; 500 mls tomaotes (tin or bottle). Simmer
1.5 – 2 hrs, till bean skins tender. Add a splash of vinegar, crumbed
fetta , freah mint, fresh parsly over top as desired.
Wheat-free flour mix
400g besan (chickpea); 400g maise (corn); 200g potato flour; 200g polenta
(tellow maize) flour
Wheat-free mix for pastry & bread
400g besan; 400g potate flr/starch; 200g rice flr; 200g arrowroot or tapioca
starch
Jonathon & Jane’s Rippa Muesli Recipe
Ingredients
400g rolled oats
90g (1/4 cup) honey
40g wheat germ
125g rice bran
100g dry roasted almonds
30g sunflower seeds
40g pumpkin seeds
15g flax seeds
125g dried chopped apricots
125g sultanas
1tsp ground cinnamon
Grated zest from 1 orange
1tsp vanilla extract
Directions: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Place the rolled
oats onto a baking tray lined with foil or baking paper. Toast in the
oven until golden, mixing it a few times while toasting to ensure even
browning.
Remove the oats from the oven and pour into a large bowl. Stir through
the honey and then let cool completely until crisp. Mix through all the
remaining ingredients and then store in an airtight container until needed.
Serve with yoghurt and fresh fruit.
Notes: Seeds can be replaced with whatever seeds you might have available
at the time and that are similar. Same applies for the rice bran and wheat
germ. Try a few different items to suit taste and/or dietary needs.
How to Make a Reusable Sandwich Wrap
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/43227/how-to-make-a-reusable-sandwich-wrap
Baking Soda as Deodorant
http://lifelessplastic.blogspot.com/2008/04/homemade-deodorant-just-use-baking-soda.html
Vinegar as Hair Conditioner
http://lifelessplastic.blogspot.com/2008/01/vinegar-rinse-is-awesome.html
