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Timber is a controversial material among environmentally conscious builders, architects and consumers. While many rightly favour it as it’s a renewable resource that sequesters carbon, the role of timber harvesting in deforestation and habitat loss around the world is indisputable. But getting rid of timber entirely is not possible or desirable in most of our builds. What are sustainability-minded consumers to do?

Thursday 26th April, 2018 was a big day for CERES' newest social enterprise Fair Wood - our name got called out and now we are extremely grateful recipients of $20,000 in start-up funding from Darebin Council and Melbourne Innovation Centre's Darebin Pitch-It Competition.

CERES Fair Wood wins Darebin competition for start-ups! March 2018. 'Architect Paul Haar came up with the idea to counter the huge amount of timber illegally farmed from countries like Myanmar and Cambodia and support sustainable and environmentally conscious farmers...CERES Fair Foods general manager Chris Ennis, who currently heads the project, said the same people who buy electric cars and fair trade coffee would buy timber they knew was sustainable...“It’s about buying wood you know has been grown with a social and environmental approach in mind,” says Chris Ennis