Moving Feast

We’re so excited to share that chef, author and all-round food legend Tobie Puttock @tobieputtock has officially joined the Moving Feast Kitchen at @PurposePrecinct , at the Queen Vic Market @vicmarket 🍽️🌱 Created by the team at STREAT, this incredible space is all about tackling food waste and food insecurity – and now Tobie’s bringing his passion and know-how in sustainable food to the mix as our new Innovation Chef. You probably know Tobie from his work with Jamie Oliver, or his long-time advocacy for ethical food systems. For him, joining Moving Feast just made sense: “Food has the power to bring people together, to nourish, and to create lasting change. The Moving Feast model – circular, inclusive, community-driven – is exactly the kind of space where I want to cook, teach and collaborate.” Born in the early days of COVID, Moving Feast has grown into a bold initiative rethinking how food is grown, cooked and shared across Victoria. With Tobie on board, the kitchen will be ramping up cooking classes, events, and zero-waste products – all aimed at building a better food future 💚 Curious to learn more about Tobie’s role? You’ll find all the details in the link in STREAT’s bio. #TobiePuttock #MovingFeastKitchen #PurposePrecinct #QueenVicMarket #STREAT #FoodInnovation #SustainableFood #ZeroWaste #FoodForChange #EthicalEating #CircularEconomy #FoodJustice #MelbourneFoodie #SocialEnterprise #CookingForGood #CommunityKitchen #FoodWithPurpose #EatLocal #FoodWasteWarrior #GoodFoodMovement

Whachya doin’ this Saturday? Coming to the @zerowastevictoria festival at @fed.square ?! We’ll be popping up with a whole lotta circular goodness from our @movingfeastvic kitchen and products from our retail spaces (including @green_collect @naughtybroady @b_alternative @dodgy.paper @lousy.ink @buzz.earth @nigrettaofhamilton and some freshly baked pens and carabiners made from plastic bottle caps!).

What’s your guess? ♻️⬇️🍽️ We are just 29 market days into the @vicmarket Reuse Pilot and we have already washed 20,839 dishes! Make your guess in the comments below to go in the draw to win a circular economy prize pack! #circulareconomy #sustainableinnovation #choosetoreuse #reusablecup #siptember #cityofmelbourne #melbourne #whatsonmelbourne #melbournefoodblogger

Meet Tilanesh, she is the owner of Eat Enjera @enjeramelb and she was already a champion of reuse cups before we joined forces. Her small and distinct Ethiopean Sini cups are commonly seen floating around the upper F sheds at @vicmarket as customers devour her delicious coffee. But for tea, Tilanesh wanted to stray from paper cups, opting to use @b_alternative ’s reusable cups instead. She says that customers are usually vocal about their dislike for paper cups as they break down during their short life span of use. A problem that the cups in the reusable pilot solve. In the early days of this trial, Tilanesh was disappointed to resort to her previous single use plates and bowls to meet a rush demand of her service one busy Saturday. However, the community that comes with the pilot offered a space where these issues could be talked about and resolved. The Reuse Pilot seeks to collect the thoughts, opinions, data and learnings to inform the potential uptake of this circular system in other markets, food halls and high waste areas in Melbourne. Tilanesh is the perfect example that vendors are ready to embrace the pilot to reduce waste at the market but can only do so if the system and processes are there to support her. The Reuse pilot has now saved 16,976 dishes in the 23 market days that the pilot has been running. The Reuse Pilot is a part of the new Queen Victoria Market Circular Economy Precinct. Led by STREAT in collaboration with @b_alternative and supported by the @cityofmelbourne .

Change is on the menu at Queen Victoria Market 🍽️ From real plates to rescued produce, check out some of the ways this iconic Melbourne market is serving up sustainability. It’s all part of our latest circular economy precinct – helping the planet one plate at a time. Curious? Click the link in our bio to get involved 🔗

Join us tomorrow Friday the 8th August, for the official launch of the Queen Victoria Market Circular Economy Precinct! We are so pleased to be working with @cityofmelbourne and @b_alternative to deliver the Reuse Pilot happening at the Queen Victoria Market right now Join us to participate in some new exciting circular activities and learn more about the three key circular initiatives happening right now at the @purposeprecinct ♻️ Head to the link in our bio to reserve your place at the launch!

Big things often start bite-sized Our first Behaviour Change Bite-sized Activation at Queen Vic Market was a hit! Together with @make_studios_hcd and an awesome group of community members, we explored what really drives (or blocks) people from using reusable cups, dishes and containers at the market, thinking at a broader system level Our next stop is digging deeper to uncover the barriers and opportunities for specific audiences to help reusables become the norm. If you’re interested in putting behaviour change theory into action, join us Thurs 7 August, 9–12, at QVM ➔ No experience necessary ➔ Learn, map + co-create ➔ Help set the foundations for behaviour change interventions to reduce waste ➔ Moving Feast Kitchen, Purpose Precinct ➔ Sign-up link in bio #BehaviourChange #ReuseRevolution #QueenVicMarket #Sustainability #LowWasteLiving #BiteSizedBehaviourChange #CircularEconomy #RememberSIPtember

“In my point of view, my perspective, it’s really works. It didn’t change much to my workflow.” Meet Sebastian, the man behind Kiki’s Crepes @kikiscrepesaustralia at the Queen Victoria Market @vicmarket . As one of the vendors at the market, he was quick to uptake the Reuse Pilot. He says that the pilot might actually make his work easier. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. The pilot has given him a real insight into the work that continues to be required to make a project like this permanent. “I think sometimes [Australia is] 10-15 years behind France” his birthplace, when it comes to recycling. Since its launch 21 days ago, over 10,000 single-use items have been prevented from entering landfill. A number to celebrate, but it’s just the beginning. Want to know more? Head to the link in our bio for the full story

We have had a lot to do with chillies recently. And with the stems, which most of us would instinctually put in the green waste bin, @tobieputtock has other plans 🙂‍↕️ By saving the stems and running them through the dehydrator, we can remove all of the water. A blitz of the stems in the food processor creates a powder which can be used for flavouring other items made in our @moving feast kitchen at @vicmarket . How cool is that!

Our recent rescue in the Moving Feast Kitchen, a variety of red and green chillies 🌶️ After separating the red ones from the green, Tobie fermented the chillies over five weeks to change the flavour and deepen the spice 😋 Then, he blitzed the chillies with salt, garlic and a smidge of olive oil to create the final condiment, ready to zap your taste buds For the green chillies, Tobie had other plans - a melon and pineapple hot sauce Absolutely nothing goes to waste here

Have you read the latest edition of Renew Magazine? There’s a terrific feature (pp. 72–74) spotlighting work happening at the @movingfeastvic Kitchen, focusing on cooking classes and community education, along with background about the clever transformation of food that might otherwise go to waste. Big shoutout to @make_studios_hcd Principal, and low waste cook Fiona Smith, who was interviewed for the piece and shares her journey and collaborations with the Moving Feast chefs, teaching people how to turn items otherwise destined to compost into something delicious through a bit of kitchen alchemy. And a huge congratulations to Fiona for becoming an ongoing contributor to Renew Magazine, where she’ll continue sharing low-waste recipes, stories from the kitchen, and more delicious inspiration. 📰 Check it out in Renew Magazine, Issue 172 #MovingFeast #LowWasteLiving #RenewMagazine #FoodJustice #CircularKitchen

Today is World Overshoot Day. That means that from now until the end of the year, we’re living beyond the Earth’s ecological capacity, drawing down more than our fair share of resources. After today, we are essentially living on ecological “credit”, borrowing from the future by depleting natural capital. It’s a stark reminder of just how urgent the climate and biodiversity crises are. You might’ve heard or been thinking about all the work that needs to be done. And yes, it’s easy to feel the gloom. But there are still lots of people and organisations working towards making the overshoot day later and later in the year. At STREAT, we believe we can still do something, even if we can’t do everything. We don’t have to wait for governments or big systems to fix everything. Small actions, taken together at the community level, and individually, still matter. And tackling food waste is something most people can do something about while collectively making a big overall difference. Our Moving Feast Kitchen at the Purpose Precinct, is doing this very work right now. It seeks to redirect unsold and unused products from @vicmarket into products that can be used in our homes, communities and commercial kitchens. This work is important as half of the world’s biocapacity is used simply to feed us. If we prevent food loss and food waste, prefer plant-based foods, shift to farming methods that restore soil health, protect biodiversity, and work in harmony with natural ecosystems, we can #movethedate back 32 days, edging us closer to living within our yearly biocapacity. We want to create system change, and this kitchen and the people involved help us to do it. And that can be you, too. If you want to learn about how to reduce food waste in your home, The Food Saver’s A-Z (by Alex Elliott-Howery, Jaimee Edwards) is a great book to borrow from your local library on the topic. Or, throughout the year, @tobieputtock runs cooking classes at the Moving Feast Kitchen designed to empower you to save waste (and money) at home. Check out the link in our bio to check out all the upcoming classes or book into this weekend’s Savoury Chutney class now!