A place for people and plans with impact
Your community-owned, sustainable food hub and event space
Collaborative, ethical, original
Owned by the community, for the community, the Food Connect Shed is a place for connection, creation and change.
Between our for-rent commercial kitchens, solar powered office spaces and love of a good gathering, we nurture micro-enterprises, support hardworking regenerative growers, ignite ideas, start conversations and have a boogie or two.
Home to over 20 organisations, businesses and good humans like Food Connect Foundation, GreenFox Studios, Full Circle Fibres and OzHarvest, the Shed is an eclectic ecosystem where the new creative, local food economy can move the needle on a healthier, fairer food future.
It’s grassroots, gritty, and a little unruly at times - you’re gonna love it.
The story
In 2018, we created a little bit of history through an equity crowdfunding campaign, raising over $2 million to buy the warehouse that social enterprise Food Connect had called home - creating Brisbane’s first community-owned food hub. In locking the Shed down (between 520 proud new owners), we’ve secured a stable market for local growers, and a future of opportunities for budding entrepreneurs.
Commercial kitchen
Got a food business idea you’re burning to start? With flexible arrangements, affordable hourly rates and a community of collaborative business owners happy to share their been-there-done-thats and learnings, our commercial kitchen is a nurturing environment for starting out on your ethical or local-focussed food or bev project (though many choose to stay)!
Event space
Whether you’ve got serious shiz to discuss or are ready to get silly, if you’re looking for a values-aligned event space, our industrial-chic, eco-footprint-reducing warehouse is the place. We’ve hosted weddings, book clubs, birthdays, panel discussions, product launches, conferences and more. As a blank canvas or a gorgeously styled wonderland - our Brisbane event space is whatever you want us to be, baby.
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