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Nick Rose from AFSA & Fran Murrell from MADGE discuss food in October ’11 edition of Arena Magazine

November 24, 2011 by Food Sovereignty

In the October-November 2011 issue of Arena Magazine, Fran Murrell of MADGE and Nick Rose of AFSA discuss…

Filed Under: In the News, Press Tagged With: arena magazine, MADGE, National Food Plan, National Food Policy

More work needed on the National Food Plan

September 1, 2011 by Food Sovereignty

The AFSA and the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance today jointly published a media release as the Federal Government’s consultation period on its Issues Paper for the National Food Plan draws to a close on 2 September.

Filed Under: Media Releases, Peoples' Food Plan, Press Tagged With: Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Media Release, National Food Plan, Sydney Food Fairness Alliance

Article in Online Opinion

June 20, 2011 by Food Sovereignty

AFSA National Coordinator Nick Rose and Greenpeace GM Wheat Campaigner Claire Parfitt had an article published on the Australian comment website and discussion forum, Online Opinion, on 13th June 2011.

Filed Under: In the News, Press Tagged With: Australia, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, food security, food sovereignty, National Food Plan

Media release: The UN officially endorses agroecology

March 25, 2011 by Food Sovereignty

In an important and timely new report released March 2011, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, has laid out a blue-print for how 9 billion people can be fed in accordance with the principles of both environmental sustainability, and social justice for the poorest people on earth.

Filed Under: Agroecology, Media Releases, Press, Research Tagged With: Olivier de Schutter, Report, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Media Release: Food Policy Advisory Group a missed opportunity

January 13, 2011 by Food Sovereignty

Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig’s National Food Policy Advisory Group has missed an opportunity. Its ‘big food’ members are unlikely to promote wider participation or embrace a new vision for the future of food and farming in Australia…

Filed Under: Media Releases, Peoples' Food Plan, Press Tagged With: Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, National Food Plan

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Fair food for all: AFSA response to the NSW Inquiry into Food Production and Supply

Since we first published the People’s Food Plan in 2013, AFSA has continued to gather democratically to listen to the views of farmers and allies across the country and around the world to continue to deepen and strengthen our positions on what constitutes the most socially just and ecologically sound food and agriculture systems.  AFSA […]

AFSA categorically rejects proposals to expand intensive aquaculture into Commonwealth waters

  The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) categorically rejects proposals to expand intensive aquaculture into Commonwealth waters. We need a radical paradigm shift away from Blue Economy to Blue Justice in fisheries, which is crucial for climate justice, encompassing economic, social, and environmental justice. The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services reported […]

AFSA responds to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy

  AFSA recently responded to the call for submissions to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy, which will “be a roadmap to delivering social, environmental and economic benefits based on secure, climate-resilient food and fibre production across in the ACT; and respond to the need to mitigate climate challenges via adaptation and diversification. It […]

A Licence to Sell Lettuce? ASFA Submission to FSANZ Proposal

  For three years FSANZ has been working on a proposal to more tightly regulate the production and sale of berries, leafy vegetables, and melons after several outbreaks of listeria, e coli, and salmonella from large monocultures. AFSA has provided feedback from the beginning on the need to approach any changes with a scale-appropriate lens […]

Protecting farmers and preserving farm land: Submission on the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework

In October 2021 the Victorian Legislative Council tasked the Environment and Planning Committee to inquire into and report on: “the adequacy of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and Victorian planning framework in relation to planning and heritage protection”. Particular terms of reference were outlined for the Committee to address and AFSA provides its submission […]

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