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Call for Nominations: AFSA National Committee 2021-2022

September 27, 2021 by Amida

Do you want to help drive the fight for food sovereignty in 2022? Nominations are open for the AFSA National Committee for 2021-2022 AFSA is governed by a National Committee made up of farmers and allies, elected by our members at AFSA’s Annual General Meeting each year at the end of the Food Sovereignty Convergence, where we […]

Filed Under: Governance

Solidarity and the UN Food Systems Summit 

September 9, 2021 by Amida

Watch the UNFSS Solidarity Session here Long-time activists know all too well how the powers that be work to divide us to maintain their power base. They use coercion, ego stroking, and straight up misinformation to entice some of us to dance with them, while others see the devil for what he is.   This time the devil, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: international, solidarity -session

First Peoples First

July 3, 2021 by Amida

Supporting the sovereignty and rights of Indigenous peoples is core to food sovereignty, and AFSA is committed to doing this in Australia as well as internationally. ‘First Peoples First’ reflects AFSA’s position that a full return of Indigenous sovereignty must be a highest priority of all Australians, and that the food sovereignty movement in a […]

Filed Under: Indigenous, Uncategorised

Solidarity Session #15 – Fostering Agroecology with Peter Rosset

June 29, 2021 by Amida

In Solidarity Session #15 we’ll explore how to foster a grassroots movement for agroecology with one of the world’s most renowned agroecology scholars, Peter Rosset. Agroecology brings together the science and practices of ecological farming with the social and political transformations needed to support a just and sustainable food system, and works to build solidarity […]

Filed Under: Agroecology, Events, Solidarity Economy

Regenerative Agriculture and Agroecology – what’s in a name?

June 28, 2021 by Amida

by Tammi Jonas, President. As agroecology gains traction in Australia, many farmers and food systems activists have asked what the differences are between agroecology and regenerative agriculture. So today I’m going to draw from my PhD literature review to try to answer that question. I do so in the spirit of furthering the movement for […]

Filed Under: Agroecology

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Fair food for all: AFSA response to the NSW Inquiry into Food Production and Supply

Since we first published the People’s Food Plan in 2013, AFSA has continued to gather democratically to listen to the views of farmers and allies across the country and around the world to continue to deepen and strengthen our positions on what constitutes the most socially just and ecologically sound food and agriculture systems.  AFSA […]

AFSA categorically rejects proposals to expand intensive aquaculture into Commonwealth waters

  The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) categorically rejects proposals to expand intensive aquaculture into Commonwealth waters. We need a radical paradigm shift away from Blue Economy to Blue Justice in fisheries, which is crucial for climate justice, encompassing economic, social, and environmental justice. The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services reported […]

AFSA responds to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy

  AFSA recently responded to the call for submissions to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy, which will “be a roadmap to delivering social, environmental and economic benefits based on secure, climate-resilient food and fibre production across in the ACT; and respond to the need to mitigate climate challenges via adaptation and diversification. It […]

A Licence to Sell Lettuce? ASFA Submission to FSANZ Proposal

  For three years FSANZ has been working on a proposal to more tightly regulate the production and sale of berries, leafy vegetables, and melons after several outbreaks of listeria, e coli, and salmonella from large monocultures. AFSA has provided feedback from the beginning on the need to approach any changes with a scale-appropriate lens […]

Protecting farmers and preserving farm land: Submission on the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework

In October 2021 the Victorian Legislative Council tasked the Environment and Planning Committee to inquire into and report on: “the adequacy of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and Victorian planning framework in relation to planning and heritage protection”. Particular terms of reference were outlined for the Committee to address and AFSA provides its submission […]

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  • Submission to the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland July 28, 2022
  • Take our survey to help shape your Peoples’ Food Plan! June 3, 2022
  • AFSA responds to an Inquiry on Australian Government’s application of the UNDRIP in Australia June 2, 2022
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