Connecting emerging communities through food and farming
Our Impact
Nourishing Lands, Enriching Lives
Food Next Door Co-op offers sustainable, small-scale horticulture farming spaces, along with community engagement opportunities, for refugees and migrants. This initiative aims to facilitate their social and economic integration into the places they resettle
- Improving wellbeing
- 50ton produce supplies to local market
- 65 people mentored
- 45 families access to farm land
With Food Next Door, I discovered a sense of belonging in my new community - Joselyn
Our Impact 2024
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Our Farming Projects
Seeds of Change
Community Demonstration Farm, Nichols Point, Victoria.
- Nichols Point, 43 Morpung Ave. Nichols Point, Victoria
Located on a five-acre ex-pony farm, our cooperative model farm supports 34 refugees and immigrants by providing shared land for growing fresh produce and traditional crops. This initiative not only feeds families but also strengthens the Mildura community by promoting food security, land access, and resilience.
Financial Literacy Program
We believe empowering women empowers communities. The program financial literacy program teaches refugee women the financial skills to build their micro businesses. Over two years, Macquarie University researchers and the Food Next Door co-operative first ran a pilot program to design the program
We are Home – Children’s Book
A children's book written and illustrated by the Food Next Door Cooperative based in Mildura, regional Australia. We share our story of migrating to Australia, finding land to grow traditional crops, and starting a farming cooperative.
Help Cultivate Hope: Your Support Grows More Than Crops, It Nurtures Communities!
Rooted in Partnership
A Heartfelt Thanks to Our Supporters & Allies
United for a Greener Future
Major Sponsor
United for a Greener Future
Our Partnerships and Memberships
In the news
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Food Next Door in the media
In 2021, Food Next Door (FND) partnered with Regenerative Communities to evaluate the well-being impacts of farming on new migrants...
Learning sewing skills and raising funds with Boomerang Bags
The Boomerang Bag Project aims to address social isolation in emerging migrant communities of Mildura and pass on skills off...
The Peruvian Root Apple Delicacy
Have you ever tasted a Peruvian Apple Root? This is a salad delicacy that you will love....
