Make A Difference Dingley Village is really living up to its name – making an impact by sharing FareShare meals and homegrown vegetables with people in need. The welcoming space in the outer southeastern suburbs of Melbourne has been providing Read more…
There’s nothing like a winter soup to warm your heart and your belly. This delicious winter warmer recipe is a favourite of Dean, the Executive Chef of FareShare’s Melbourne kitchen. It is easy-to-cook, nutritious, fun, filling and serves 6-8 people. Read more…
FareShare’s new flagship Dingley Farm aims to help meet the increasing need for food relief by tripling the volume of vegetables we can grow.
FareShare’s Abbotsford kitchen garden marked a major milestone in March 2026 – celebrating 10 years of growing food for people in need. Located between Victoria Park train station and the Victoria Park football oval in inner city Naarm/Melbourne, the site was once a neglected dumping ground. Today, it stands as a thriving urban garden, producing thousands of kilograms of vegetables and Read more…
An inspiring volunteer-run hub for food relief is helping people facing hardship across Naarm/Melbourne’s outer east put food on the table. The dedicated team of around 80 volunteers at Wantirna’s Outer East Foodshare (OEF) collect surplus food from local supermarkets, Read more…
New team member Heidi Avolio recently started in the role of First Nations Community Engagement Officer. Heidi will be working with First Nations communities to provide access to SecondBite fresh produce and FareShare meals. Here, Heidi shares her story and what she’s looking forward to in her new role… I was born in Tasmania (Lutruwita) Read more…
From the moment people seeking food relief come through the colourfully painted door at Thornbury Church of Christ they are treated with kindness and respect. When the SecondBite team visited the food relief program on a Wednesday, the comforting smell of baked goods wafted to the door as the friendly faces of volunteers greeted us. The church chapel was set up as a Community Hub with Read more…
As we look back on 2025, one thing is clear — it was a year of extraordinary impact. Thanks to rescued produce from generous farmers and supermarkets, alongside fresh food grown on FareShare farms, our dedicated chefs and volunteers cooked Read more…
The FareShare kitchens in Brisbane and Melbourne hit a big new milestone in 2025 – producing more than 3 million meals for the year. The hardworking chefs and volunteers in FareShare’s kitchens made an incredible 3.1 million meals in 2025 Read more…
Over the 2025 festive season, the Melbourne production of A Christmas Carol partnered with FareShare to help provide meals for people struggling to put food on the table. Across the season, audiences attending performances at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre were invited to donate to support FareShare’s work, helping raise $182,747 – which Read more…