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More coverage for food plan

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renewThe Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance’s (AFSA) Peoples’ Food Plan has received coverage in the January-March 2014 edition of ReNew magazine, the long-running publication of the Alternative Technology Association (ATA). See page 10. The issue focuses on sustainable travel and is sure to have appeal to the nomads among us.

The ATA  perhaps Australia’s long-running technology enthusiast-based organisation of its type and for some time now has been an advocate for renewable energy technologies.

ReNew, their quarterly journal, was once called Intermediate Technology after EF Schumacher’s (credited with inventing the concept) name for what we now call ‘appropriate technology’. It changed its name after the computer industry co-opted ‘IT’ to describe its own technologies. The magazine carries authoritative reports, assessments and research into renewables.

The significance in ReNew’s half column report of the AFSA’s food plan lies in its appearance in a magazine that is focused on technology and suggests that the editor sees sustainability in its broader context of which food is a part.

Thank’s ATA.

…Russ Grayson, Sydney, 4 January 2013.

Peoples’ Food Plan — launched on World Food Day, 2013

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The Peoples’ Food Plan — a powerful vision and a roadmap for a fair and prosperous food future

On World Food Day, 16 October 2013, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will launch its revised Peoples’ Food Plan for Australia, based on the values of fairness, genuine sustainability, long-term prosperity, and resilience.

Commenting on the launch of the Plan, renowned food writer, Michael Pollan, said:

“”The concept and practice of Food Sovereignty is one of the most important developments to come out of the global food movement in recent years. Australia’s Peoples’ Food Plan represents a particularly well-thought-out effort to implement these ideas. The breathtakingly simple notion that a nation’s food system should be shaped democratically could not be more powerful or radical.”

One of the world’s foremost experts on food and agriculture, Australian citizen Professor Philip McMichael of Cornell University, New York State, said:

“AFSA’s programme for a People’s Food Plan underlines the urgency of shifting direction in the goals and organisation of Australia’s food system, to ensure its contribution to public and ecological health, and resilient farming. The Plan’scomprehensiveness is impressive in its practical detail regarding decentralised models already in place, and in identifying the centrality of a just and healthy food system to the well-being of all citizens, and the long-term sustainability of the land.”

 

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Fair Food Week spotlights the new story of food

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FRESH, good and fair food needs a fresh, new and innovative event to demonstrate its value to all Australians.

That’s why we – the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance – are bringing together communities, social entrepreneurs, creative and passionate individuals, smart food businesses and local governments across Australia to celebrate the work of Australia’s fair food pioneers – the women and men doing the vital work of creating a fairer food system for all of us.

“It’s a new national event, Fair Food Week”, said Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance spokesman, Nick Rose.

[quote author=”Nick Rose” image=”http://afsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Nick-Rose_logo.jpg” w=”” h=”” image_align=””]Just as a non–hybrid tomato seed grows into a juicy, tasty and enjoyable vegetable, so too will Fair Food Week grow to become a celebration of all that is good with our food system and a source of examples on how we can remake our old, tired and unfair food system into something fairer… into something better for all Australians.[/quote]

Across the country during Fair Food Week (19-25 August, 2013) there’s a wonderful diversity of events that will attract, inspire and entertain you: food forums, food workshops, food films, farmers’ fairs, food swaps, community garden and farm tours, and more.

[quote author=”Nick Rose” image=”http://afsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Nick-Rose_logo.jpg” w=”” h=”” image_align=””]What we call ‘fair food’ is food that is produced in ways that are fair to all and that guarantee economic and nutritional health to everyone in Australia’s food value chain – Australian farmers, Australian food processors, small to medium size food.[/quote]

 

[button_link url=”http://afsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/AFSA-Press-release-1.7.13.pdf” target=”blank” style=”” title=”” class=”” id=”” onclick=””]Download the AFSA full release — 1 July 2013 (pdf)[/button_link]

 

Fair Food Week, 19-25 August, 2013

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AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FAIR FOOD WEEK IS COMING!

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DATES: 19-25 August, 2013

PLACE: EVERYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA!

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Get involved — plan your event now — and share it with everyone.

It’s time to speak up for what we believe in: fairness across every aspect of the food system, from the soil and its micro-organisms; to the plants and animals; to the farmers and food workers; to food processors and independent retailers, chefs and cafes; for those on low incomes who struggle to afford good food, or to buy enough food – for children, women and men all over this country and all over the world who are suffering because of an unjust food system.

Let’s make this week a big statement to say that something different and better is possible, and we’re part of creating it.

TO POST YOUR EVENT AND SHARE IT, please register at PLEASE REGISTER AT www.fairfood.org.au, then click the ‘ADD EVENT’ tab on the top (orange) bar, and complete the online form.

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