Faking It? Vegan Honey On a recent supermarket visit, I noticed that meat-free mince now finds a place amongst original animal minces in the meat aisle. This got me thinking about the increased popularity of plant-based diets over the past
Whether you are religious or not, Easter is a beautiful time of year in Australia. The sun is shining In Melbourne (with the possibility of a few showers popping by in the afternoon…). The trees are turning colour and leaves
Local Honey Love: A Global Affair Let me paint you a kind of romantic, rainy-day picture. Around this time each year, I start to look wistfully out of the window, often with accumulating layers of clothes and blankets, to think
It Was All Yellow: Bees in Autumn It may be the most spectacular time of year in Victoria. All the trees are turning the most incredible colours. Red, orange and (of course, my favourite) every shade of yellow. When I
Hard-Yakka Hands Need TLC! Ever since I can remember, I have worked with my hands. You see, even as a kid I wasn’t really into school class rooms and sitting still inside. I wasn’t the type that wanted to listen
Loving parents knows how important it is to use natural products wherever possible when it comes to their kids, but sometimes this can be tough when the supermarket aisles are full of chemical-based solutions to skin ailments. Let’s take a
Community Classes with Ben I am a community man. One of the best things about my job is getting out and about with local people. I love the incredible experience of older people—those faces you feel like you have known
Ben’s Bees IN CONVERSATION Public Speaking Service For any of you that know me, I love a good yarn. One the of the best things about my job is getting out and about with local people, sharing the knowledge I
The School Vege Patch Revolution As many of you know, I have three beautiful children. Each one of them is unique, and bright, and very special to me in their own way. Each of them has a glowing personality, and
What the War on Waste Really Means to Me It makes my blood boil. Walking into a supermarket and seeing the fruit and vege section full to the brim with plastic packaging where it most certainly does not need to
