The recent 4 Corners expose’ of corrupt farm labour market practices calls for assertive action by government and reform of the 417 visa system to prevent what have been called ‘slave-like’ working conditions on farms and in pountry processing factories…
June 2015 news summary: A new platform for open food, a dairy farm restart, moving forward at Callan Park
Sometimes, it’s hard to keep up with the good news. Here’s a brief, June roundup for those interested in farming, how software enables community food systems and urban open space.
Local government and public place gardening — imposing limitations?
Story by Russ Grayson, April 2015. It is time for reform of local government’s handling of community food initiatives on public land. It is time, too, to reform councils’ handling of complaints about those enterprises…
Hot summers, cool winters and tasty gardens
What better place to talk community gardening than a building surrounded by all this food… a diverse forest of food at Fern Ave Community Garden for the ACFCGN’s national gathering…
A food-filled evening with the teachers
KAREN raided her parent’s garden in Orange, a small city out on the flat lands of NSW’s middle western reaches.
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