Every year, when Chinese New Year arrives, I feel the pull of two places at once, the country I was born in and the city I now call home. Melbourne is filled with red lanterns in Chinatown, lion dances echo through the streets, and families gather around reunion dinners. As a Singaporean, celebrating Chinese New Year here is joyful yet deeply complicated. It makes me contemplate about belonging, race, and how food connects us to both people and place.

If you've been poking around our site lately, you may have noticed something fresh on the menu: our logo’s been replated and reseasoned. It’s serving up a familiar flavour with a new twist.

If you have an appetite for a better food system, you’re not alone.

As the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Walk for Truth approached its final steps toward Victorian Parliament, we witnessed communities across the city gathered in an extraordinary act of solidarity. We walked, talked, and shared thoughts, food (and rainjackets!) together for a future grounded in truth, and a future built on accountability.

It’s been a loooong time since our last newsletter, sorry! Here’s what’s been going on with Just Food these last few months…