Below are the nominations for AFSA’s 2020-2021 National Committee. Office Bearer Positions President – Tammi Jonas Renominating for the role of President, Tammi writes: I have been the AFSA President since 2014, I’m re-nominating for President in 2020 to continue to lend my strong female farmer’s voice to the fight for food sovereignty in Australia. […]
AFSA Annual General Meeting
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance will hold its Annual General Meeting online, at the close of the Food Sovereignty Convergence on 24 October 2020 WHERE: via Zoom WHEN: Saturday 24 October 2020, 1:00pm All AFSA members are invited to attend – register to receive Zoom details here Nominations to the National Committee & Office […]
Declaration of the IPC on the draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
In late February, governments and civil society organisations, along with NGO and private sector representatives convened in Rome to discuss the Zero Draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The Framework will set the targets and directions for addressing an urgent problem – the ongoing loss of biodiversity that is crucial to the landscape functions […]
Local Laws submission to defend the right to common resources
Last week AFSA made a submission to the Hepburn Shire Council to defend residents’ rights to forage, collect firewood, have more than 20 chooks, and salvage materials from the tip and roadside without need for a permit. We were concerned that these laws originated from overzealous risk management policies rather than residents’ interests. Further, they […]
2019 President’s Report
What a delicious year of growing and eating and winning and celebrating it’s been for AFSA! And yet while the food sovereignty movement has had many successes, I’d like to acknowledge the very real struggles farmers across Australia, especially in the east, are facing in the worst climate-change-affected areas. The past year has seen the […]
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