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AFSA 2019 Work Plan!

December 14, 2018 by Tammi Jonas

Strategic Retreat, 12-14 December 2018 The National Committee of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) met for its sixth strategic planning retreat on the traditional lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people, paying our respect to elders past and present. We recognise the Original Owners and their role in caring for this land for over […]

Filed Under: Agroecology, Governance, President's report Tagged With: councils, glyphosate, intensive livestock, planning, slow meat, strategic retreat, work plan

Declaration from the 2018 Food Sovereignty Convergence

October 18, 2018 by Tammi Jonas

We representatives of small-scale farmers, fishers, agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, women, youth, eaters, and NGOs came together from across Australia to meet on the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngambri, and Ngarigu peoples, paying our respect to elders past and present. At the 2018 Food Sovereignty Convergence we celebrated the opportunity to meet each other […]

Filed Under: Agroecology, Food Sovereignty Convergence, Governance, Indigenous, International, President's report, Right to Food, Solidarity Economy, Women, Workers' rights Tagged With: AGM, convergence, declaration, national committee, solidarity

The Fight for Farmers’ Rights to Seed

October 2, 2018 by Tammi Jonas

Background The idea of farmers’ rights arose in international governance in the early 1980s, a reaction to the increased demand for plant breeders’ rights, and to ensure farmers’ continued contribution to the global genetic pool – addressing the rights not of individuals, but of entire peoples. Its purpose was also to draw attention to the […]

Filed Under: International, President's report Tagged With: FAO, farmers rights, ITPGRFA, seed sovereignty, seed treaty

AFSA calls out biased reporting on Victorian planning reforms

December 6, 2017 by Tammi Jonas

Peter Hunt, a Weekly Times reporter, has treated the concerns of Victoria’s pastured livestock farmers over proposed planning reforms with total contempt, calling them ‘delusional.’ This seems unsurprising given Hunt spent many years in a policy role with the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), a body whose reputation for attacking small-scale farmers is increasing. Pastured pig […]

Filed Under: Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund, President's report Tagged With: free range, pastured, planning, Weekly Times

‘The Regulation Diaries (7): Planning for Industrial Intensive Animal Agriculture’ by Tammi Jonas

October 16, 2017 by Courtney Young

This blog post was originally posted on AFSA President Tammi Jonas’ personal blog, Tammi Jonas: Food Ethics, as part of ‘The Regulation Diaries’ series.    In October 2015, I visited Jo Stritch of Happy Valley Free Range, Livestock Farmer of the Year in 2014. Jo had just been ordered to remove all her pigs from her […]

Filed Under: Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund, President's report

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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 […]

FSANZ proposes ‘licence to sell lettuce’ – AFSA says NO

On 3 May 2019, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) released an information paper on its proposed approach to a review of food safety standards in the Food Standards Code (the Review). The intention is to create a consistent and up-to-date approach to food safety management with regard to so-called “high-risk horticulture,” which includes a […]

NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing

On Friday 22 June 2018, AFSA attended the NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing at Parliament House in Sydney. AFSA was selected and recognised as a key stakeholder in the food system by the parliamentary members in this Upper House inquiry. Tammi Jonas, president of AFSA, and our paralegal Sarah de Wit were welcomed […]

Response to the Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry

View AFSA’s entire submission here.  The current review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry offers the first opportunity in 15 years to improve the minimum welfare standards for domestic poultry in Australia. It provides the chance to modify Australian standards to reflect current animal welfare science and […]

Poultry Welfare Reforms Fact Sheet

The Codes for animal welfare for poultry are being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. The result will be one Australia-wide Code on animal welfare for poultry. Two main documents, along with an independent Farmed Bird Science Welfare Review and many supporting papers, have been released for public comment: The Draft Standards […]

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