JONAI ABATTOIR FUNDRAISER RAFFLE

Fundraiser Raffle For the Meat Collective Abattoir at Jonai Farms

Help us raise $50k for the second stage of building a micro-abattoir at Jonai Farms!

In addition & parallel to the spectacular Fundraiser dinner that we are presenting at Jonai Farms with Bar Merenda, La Pinta, Pig & Earth & Tumpinyeri Growers we are also selling tickets to a raffle to increase the spread of our fundraising abilities. As with the fundraiser dinner, ever cent raised from this raffle with a very significant prize pool will go directly towards helping Tammi & Stuart Jonas build a micro-abattoir at Jonai, for the benefit of local small-scale livestock farmers who are losing access to the remaining abattoirs in Victoria owned by multinationals.

WHAT ARE WE RAISING FUNDS FOR?

Jonai Farms & Meatsmiths and Pig & Earth Farm are part of a vibrant community of small-scale farmers on Djaara Country working to take back control of the infrastructure intrinsic to livestock farming that has been captured by multinational corporations – in this case, abattoirs.

As farmers across the country rapidly lose access to abattoirs, butchers, grain mills and dairy processing, many are working collectively to protect the future of local food against the domination of corporations. Jonai Farms is one of them, collaborating for many years with Pig & Earth Farm in the on-farm boning room built with crowdfunding support back in 2013.

Now it’s time to build the Meat Collective @ Jonai, a micro-abattoir where the Jonai and several other local livestock farmers will be guaranteed the future of slaughter with the highest animal welfare. Without more of these facilities all around Victoria and Australia, local communities are about to lose access to local meat, as ever-fewer multinationals consolidate ownership of abattoirs into ever-fewer hands keen on export rather than feeding locals.

WHAT CAN YOU WIN IF YOU BUY A RAFFLE TICKET?

We have reached out to many people in our local community and further afield to gather a rather spectacular prize pool for our fundraiser raffle. A huge thank you goes out to all the businesses that have helped make this prize pool so wonderful, we are certain that there is a prize in here to tempt almost everyone, and remember the more tickets you buy the better your chances of winning!!

FIRST PRIZE - 2 nights away for up to 4 people in Daylesford including 2 nights accomodation courtesy of Casa Merenda & Discover Daylesford, dinner at Bar Merenda, a voucher for Winespeake, and a tour around Jonai Farms. Valued at over $1,500

THE OTHER PRIZES 

Lunch for two people including Menu du Jour, matched wines & dessert at Two Hatted Chauncy Restaurant in Heathcote

A spectacular gift pack from Manteau Noir with a $250 gift certificate, Aesop products valued at $179 & a Trudon Candle valued at $159

Dinner for 2 guests at Two Hatted & globally recognised Gimlet at Cavendish House with a priority reservation courtesy of Andrew McConnell & Traderhouse 

A Voucher for for the inimitable France Soir Restaurant in South Yarra

A mixed dozen Victorian wines including bottles from Musk Lane, Joshua Cooper, LattaVino, Bindi, Minim, Defialy, Dilworth & Allain, A&C Ainsworth, Syrahmi & North Wines valued at over $500

A Dozen Bottles of Pet Nat courtesy of Tall Poppy Farm

4 x 5kg beef boxes Courtesy of Woodhouse Hill

A handmade bookshelf donated by Jonai CSA member Craig Thorburn

Lunch for 2 with matched wines at Annie Smithers' ethicurean favourite Du Fermier or a private farm tour with Annie at Babbington Park

1 x Christmas ham from Brooklands Free Range Farms

2 tickets to Jonai Farms Salami Day (2024 or 2025)

10 x Tammi's forthcoming cookbook Eat Like the Jonai: Ethical, ecologically sound, socially just and uncommonly delicious!

1 x 6-month pork CSA share with Pig & Earth Farm

1 x Speckleline cow hide from Gum Park Beef

Dinner for 2 with matched beverages at 1 hatted Bar Midland in Castlemaine

A voucher for 1 hatted restaurant The Surly Goat in Hepburn

A voucher for a 4 course lunch for two at the Lakehouse in Daylesford

An Australia made and designed Hibachi courtesy of The Brick Chef valued at $1,950

A day-long tour of all the best of Australia’s first UNESCO City of Gastronomy – Bendigo; hosted by MF&W Local Legend Sonia Anthony of hatted restaurant, Masons of Bendigo. This specially curated guided tour for TWO PEOPLE will see you explore the flavours and tastes of this historic city. Valued at over $500

6 x $50 vouchers for pies and tarts from Danny's Farm

6 x 2-pack small-batch shiraz vinegar & rosé vinegar from Grampians Vinegar