Rob Rees is the CEO of Cultivating Community a not-for-profit organisation that promotes access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food in Melbourne. This is mainly by supporting gardeners who live in public housing estates to grow food in community with others, often from widely diverse cultural backgrounds. There are 830 Cultivating Community plots in 21 locations around Melbourne.

Rob is a leader in promoting healthy food systems and advocating for inclusive social policy in relation to health, education and disability.

Local Food Connections thanks Formidable Vegetable for their song, You Are What You Eat