The Sustainable Table Series

We invite you to join us at our table, full with nourishing food and conversation.

Let’s celebrate a future of equality and community, created together.

Recap - Healthy Communities May 23rd

The Sustainable Table

Inspiring innovation to connect, create and nurture.

Sustainability is founded on connection and equality, and fostering healthy communities. We will be joined by innovators and champions for community connection and sustainability.

Details

Sunday the 23rd of May 10am to 12:30pm

Acknowledgement of Country & Farm Tour - Nidala & Ella

Presentation by Jake Mckeon - Coconut Bowls

Panel - Healthy Communities (Jake, Montana, Marissa & Sarah)

Long Table Brunch by Bee Nourished Byron Bay

Our presenters

Jake Mckeon (Coconut Bowls) Montana Lower (Murals For Change) and Marissa Bowden and Sarah Schoeller (The Village Markets).

Read below for the Murals For Change workshop following at 1-3pm

Meet our Healthy Communities Panel

Jake McKeon

Coconut Bowls

In 2015, Jake was travelling around the world and witnessing plastic covered shores across the US, Central America, Europe and Indonesia. Walking the streets in Bali, Jake spotted a local man carve, polish and paint discarded coconut shells to resell them as souvenirs to tourists. He was captured by the bowl shape and saw a solution for everyday usage, replacing unsustainable bowls and single use plastics. After wild early success, Jake was famously a guest on Shark Tank where the panel were blown away by the pure creative simplicity of his idea. Fast forward to today, Jake is at the helm of a sustainable revolution dedicated to inspiring his community to live regeneratively.

Coconut Bowls

Coconut Bowls make healthy eating and sustainable living fun, easy and accessible for everyone. Using natural waste, Coconut Bowls’ team of artisans handcraft eco-friendly tableware for a beautiful kitchen.

Through feel-good natural products with purpose, their mission is to inspire a healthier and more sustainable world.

Marissa Bowden & Sarah Schoeller

The Village Markets - Pioneering cultural experience

Sarah and Marissa met working as Marketing professionals and started developing their dream, The Village Markets, while working full time for 3 years. In 2011, the duo quit their day jobs to grow their thriving market event into an all encompassing community for creative entrepreneurs. Fast forward 13 years - and now five children under 10 between them - The Village Markets are an iconic boutique market and community held at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, providing online resources for creative small businesses in the form of their Virtual Village and with event expansion on the horizon.

The event, fondly known as TVM, showcases a curated boutique lineup of fashion, vintage, art, homewares, design, live music, recycled Rack Sales and food stalls, whilst pioneering the space in sustainable events. Celebrating creativity and a healthy community is at the heart of their organisation, whilst also championing recycling, waste management and sustainability.

Recap March 13th - Sustainable Lifestyle

Invitation to Custodianship with Nidala Barker

Our blue bird afternoon began with a environmentalist, sustainability advocate and singer-song writer Nidala Barker inviting us to rest into a place of connection with the land. She shared her story and the responsibility we each share in reconciliation culturally and in reconnecting to nature. You can see more of Nidala’s beautiful work here.

We explored the philosophy and practical steps to sustainable lifestyle choices

Our incredible panel of speakers included Kate Nelson, author and Environmentalist, Jaye Leigo-Holmes (Head of RTW at Outland Denim) and Nina Karnikowski (Travel Author). We heard their person stories and ‘ah-ha’ moments and how they use there everyday and larger lifestyle choices to move the conversation, contribute to green business and live their regenerative journey with the planet. The full panel will be available on the blog here.

We feasted on plants

with Adam Guthrie and Ok Wines

The table came to life with fresh organic produce and incredible flavour as chef Adam Guthrie treated us to a feast. Adam is the founder of the I Feel Good program and he discussed the impact of eating a plant-based diet in reducing the environmental cost of our plate. The maestro’s at OK Wines treated us to tasting of local Australian natural wines. The table was singing with conversation, and we only packed up when the sun settled down.

Special Guest- Adam Guthrie

Chef and Founder ‘I Feel Good’ Program

Adam Guthrie’s work is as interesting off the dining plate as it is on. Adam is a professionally qualified chef, certified in plant-based nutrition and founder of the I Feel Good program. At the frightening age of 39, pursuing what he then considered success, Adam suffered a heart attack. This life changing experience led Adam to a complete health and lifestyle change. Using physical activity and a plant-based diet, he is now the picture of wellbeing having even completed an Ironman Triathlon since his recovery. Adam uses his own success, evidence-based nutrition and his mastery flavour to help others in their journey to holistic health.

Would you like to partner with us?

The Sustainable Table is a community event hosted by Ella’s Farm. We hope to create a space for open collaboration and networking, to foster real inspiration and community change.

If you would like to discuss becoming an event sponsor for this event and our upcoming Sustainable Table events, please reach out to Libby about partnerships at hello@ellasfarm.com.au