The Mini Farm Project

28/10/2024

Grab a Bag of our amazing Coffee and help fund farms to Feed Aussies in Need.

Available in Whole, Ground and Pods.
Ships Australia Wide.

ORDER NOW: - https://mfp.org.au/collections/mini-farm-coffee

24/10/2024

Grab a Bag of our amazing coffee ☕️ today and help fund our new charity farm to feed Aussies in Need.

It’s 2 month’s until Christmas 🎄 and we are looking to sell 20,000 bags to fund our next farm.

Grab a Bag of Ground, Whole or Pods today for the office 🏢 , home 🏠 or as a gift 🎁

ORDER NOW - https://mfp.org.au/collections/mini-farm-coffee

04/10/2024

50 Volunteers joined us from Rio Tinto this morning thanks to our membership with Volunteering Queensland.

Over 120 hours of work was accomplished is 2 and a half hours of work.

This is the power of corporate volunteering for small charities.

Today volunteers helped with weeding in the field, cleaned our shed, tidied the tank area and aloe helped move soil and create beds with Green Thumb Farm.

20/09/2024

A New Opportunity for The Mini Farm Project:

We are excited to share that The Mini Farm Project has an incredible opportunity to develop a Youth Training Farm at the Youth Enterprise Trust's Woodstock Farm.

This initiative will help us train the next generation of farmers while continuing to provide free meals to vulnerable communities.

However, as with many charities across Australia, this year has been challenging.

The rising cost of living has led to a significant decline in donations, and despite our best efforts, we were unable to secure the bridge funding needed to sustain our current farms at Samford and Loganlea.

As a result, after much consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to close both sites—Loganlea and Samford at the end of October.

While it’s never easy to say goodbye to these farms, this is not the end for us.

We’re embracing this moment as a chance to refocus our energy on creating sustainable, self-funding projects and expanding our impact through new farm sites.

Our vision remains clear: to Feed Aussies in Need and to build a network of charity farms across Australia.

With the Woodstock Youth Training Farm, we are excited to push forward with a model that not only feeds communities but also educates and empowers young people.

We’re so grateful for the support we’ve received from our community, sponsors and donors over the years and are excited to share this new chapter with you.

We would like to thank the hard work of our farmers Liam and Rob at Samford and Kirsty, Natalia and Shayne at Loganlea as well as the countless volunteers who have given their time.

If you would like to support our work, you can purchase our coffee or participate in our Feed Australia Challenge at www.mfp.org.au.

Thank you for standing with us as we continue our mission to make a meaningful impact.

17/09/2024

16/09/2024

A BIG thank you to our service donors Worldwide Caboolture and North Lakes and Just Signs & Print Caboolture for printing and sponsoring our new sign on the shed and Veva for design.

We are a charity working to Build Farms to Feed Aussies in Need.

Find out more - www.mfp.org.au

10/09/2024

Thank you John Deere and Volunteering Queensland for your time volunteering at our Samford farm recently.

09/09/2024

A BIG THANK YOU! to our Volunteers for helping with our weekly Farm Gate in Samford and also to Cr Darren Grimwade for loaning the use of his pop up for the last 2 weekends.

We are on a Mission to Fight Hunger by creating a Network of Charity Farms to Grow Food to Feed Aussies in Need each week for Free.

We have proven our model with our Samford farm now in it's 4th year and proven replication with our Loganlea State High School site.

If you would like to know more visit - www.mfp.org.au or check out our recent Gardening Australia Segment - https://youtu.be/V4PFCJWJ3gQ?si=Zb1CJ62HC6Rsg4ba

04/09/2024

Thank you for your support Jerry Coleby-Williams

04/09/2024

We are super excited and honoured to supported by WolvesFC

With the cost if living crisis affecting more and more people, the need for our farms is more urgent than ever.

Natalia will be at the Wolves Football Club this Saturday.

Take a look at the video for more information.

26/08/2024

A massive thank you to the volunteers at Rio Tinto for helping last Thursday at our charity farm in Samford.

As members of Volunteering Queensland we offer our farm experience to Corporate Volunteers to choose and support.

It was an amazing morning and we got a lot if work done. THANK YOU!

We are a charity working to build a network of farms to feed Aussies in Need all year round for free.

Find out more and how to support here - www.mfp.org.au

23/08/2024

Our Charity Farm Gate is back on this morning in Samford.

Come grab some farm-fresh veggies🥦, fruit 🍌, seedlings🌱, micro-greens, bread 🥖, and you will supporting two amazing charities: The Mini Farm Project and Green Thumb Farm.

We’re building a weekly Food Hub supported by Reko Samford, offering a range of local foods by local people and our Farm Gate is our weekly fundraiser to help continue our vital work in the community.

Details:

📅 Every Saturday
⏰ 9am to 11am (or until sold out)
🐶 Dog-friendly
🚶 Slow for pedestrians
🛍️ Bring a bag
💳 Cash and cards accepted
🌱 Spray-free and regeneratively farmed produce grown at Samford Precinct, and certified organic when purchased from our friends
Parking at top or bottom carparks

REKO Details:
🚗 Reko Samford pick-up: 9am to 10am only
🌾 Order Reko Samford Mid Week and pick up only on Saturdays from 9am to 10am in the car park.
🌿 All Reko Samford orders support small local businesses.

Support local. Make a difference. Experience the best our community has to offer.

Come on out and experience what we have to offer you and your family! See you this Saturday!

Located behing the Glasshouses at 2204 Mt Samson Road, Samford.

22/08/2024

BIG thanks and shout out to the Vandal’s who chose to rip the doors off our cart when they were unlocked with nothing inside on Sunday night.

This is the fifth incident of toss ups and minor damage since the break in event a few weeks ago.

The charity space across Australia 🇦🇺 is suffering enough without these types of incidents.

If this moves you to help DON’T Donate but BUY our Coffee ☕️ instead. It’s a win win for all and we can do the repairs we need and keep going

ORDER ONLINE- https://mfp.org.au/collections/mini-farm-coffee

Cr Darren Grimwade
Nikki Boyd MP
Shane King MP

14/08/2024

Recently we had Students from in for some volunteer work.

They worked hard placing mulch around our tank area. This will help suppress weeds and grass over summer.

Thank you everyone for your hard work and efforts.

13/08/2024

We will be supporting the Moreton Bay Farm Trail again this September 7th.

Community is at the heart of what we do and we are building something amazing here at the Samford Farm Precinct with our site partners Green Thumb Farm.

A Food Resilience Hub to showcase connecting to food in your back yard and showcasing using under-utilised spaces to grow food to feed Aussies in Need.

Today as we right this post there are OVER 3.7 million households struggling to put food on their tables. Meaning families, individuals, and children are skipping meals or going whole days without eating.

Additionally, thanks to the cost of living crisis, charities are struggling to continue their works across Australia due to fewer donations. We are not immune. The services that we provide are essential and we are working on a variety of funding and self funding projects.

We have a viable and proven solution. To create a network of charity farms from Coolangatta to Cairns then around Australia. Growing fruit, veg, fish, eggs, bush food and more each week for free to our charity partners to create meals for Aussies in Need.

We are opening our farm at The Mini Farm Project on Saturday 7th September where you can see what we do first hand.

Our Farm Gate will be open longer so you can grab some of our Farm Fresh Produce and Produce from our Friends. This will be our fundraiser and you can also buy our coffee here - https://mfp.org.au/collections/mini-farm-coffee

Come see the amazing work we are doing and how we plan to do to Fight Hunger in Australia.

You might like to also sign up to our Feed Australia Challenge. For as little as $3.70 a month YOU can create up to 500,000 - Sign up here - https://bit.ly/feedaustraliachallenge

Discover the true essence of buying local!

Buying local food, flowers, honey and artisanal products not only allows you to buy the freshest produce, it also keeps the environmental footprint low 💚👣

But it goes beyond that! Buying local also connects and empowers your community. 🤝

What are you doing on Saturday, 7th September? Why not spend the day exploring local suburban gardens, small-plots and large commercial farms nestled in Brisbane’s backyard.

Tickets on sale now - moretonbayfarmtrail.com.au

Meet the farms:
The Regenerative Training Centre
The Mini Farm Project
Ocean View Estates
City Chicks - Farmhouse Marketplace
Samford Valley Lavender Farm
Blue Dog Farm
Fleurpot
Green Thumb Farm
Leesa's Little Farm
Fivexfive experiment
RedFox Orchids
Basilea Living Herbs
Taste n See Strawberries
Green Haven Stall

11/08/2024

Love your Coffee? well you'll Love ours. Amazing Flavours and each bag helps fund our charity farms to Feed Aussies in Need.

Ships Australia Wide.
Nespresso Pods available in 50 and 100 packs
Ground and Whole Beans available.

Great for the Office, Home or as a Gift.

Order now - https://mfp.org.au/collections/mini-farm-coffee

11/08/2024

It’s time to Feed Australia.

We NEED 100,000 Aussies to JOIN our Feed Australia 🇦🇺 Challenge for only $3.70 a month.

https://bit.ly/500000mealschallenge

We can then Build a Farm each Month and create over 500,000 meals a year.

Best yet YOU get to VOTE 🗳 which Farm is Build next and have full financial transparency.

Join the 180 Aussies already in the challenge today.

Let’s Fight Hunger together.

https://bit.ly/500000mealschallenge

11/08/2024

Rains are expected in Queensland and City of Moreton Bay now has Sandbag Stations open in preparation.
We are preparing at our Samford Farm and hoping the rains won't cause damage like last time.

⚠️ Sandbag stations are now open⚠️

We’re in for a few rainy days ahead, with heavy rainfall and potential for flash flooding 🌧️

Locate your nearest sandbag station here 👉
https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Disaster-Management/Sandbags

To stay safe and keep up-to-date:
✔️ Monitor weather conditions on the BoM radar imagery 👉 http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml
✔️ Keep up to date with the Bureau of Meteorology’s weather warnings 👉 http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/
✔️ Visit our Disaster Dashboard to stay up-to-date on conditions in Moreton Bay 👉 https://disaster.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/

Remember to drive to the conditions and if it’s flooded, forget it! 🚗