The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is deeply disappointed at substance of the proposed new planning provisions from the Victorian Government’s work on Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries. Despite our efforts to assist Agriculture Victoria and the relevant ministers in understanding the practical realities of small-scale livestock farmers, the draft graduated controls don’t appear to […]
Civil Society Calls for Agroecology not GMOs at FAO Meeting in KL
Following is the final statement made by civil society organisations at the recent FAO meeting in Kuala Lumpur: FAO Regional Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition in Asia-Pacific 13 September 2017 Civil Society Statement If we see biotech as part of a small farmer’s ‘toolbox’, then we must ask what it […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Australia’s first Slow Meat Symposium! Daylesford 3-5 September 2017
MEDIA RELEASE Date of release: Tuesday 1/8/17 Australia’s First Slow Meat Symposium in Daylesford 3-5 September 2017 The Slow Meat mantra is ‘eat better meat, less’. Australia’s first Slow Meat Symposium will bring together supporters, enablers, and enactors of the Slow Meat philosophy to discuss and debate all things around the ethical and ecologically-sound production and […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Education, Not Impulsive Legislation, Required in Dairy Industry
Rowen Carter who runs Huon Valley Caravan Park, risks losing his family business because the Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority (TDIA), considers fresh milk tasting, as part of the farm stay, an illegal activity. (ABC News, 11 November). Hopeful, Mr Carter today met with the Member for Franklin, Nic Street and Acting Chairman of the […]
Farmer, activist & chef to join forces for Fair Food Campaign
Chef Guy Grossi, farmer and president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance Tammi Jonas, farmers market founder Miranda Sharp and Fair Food editor and campaigner Dr Nick Rose will join forces on February 13 for a live forum in Melbourne titled “Beyond the Supermarket: fair food in a disconnected system”. The forum is being presented […]
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