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Solidarity and Corporate Capture of the UN Food Systems Summit

September 29, 2021 by Food Sovereignty

A panel of food systems advocates, including Costa Georgiadis (Gardening Australia), Tim McCartney (Barengi Gadjin Land Council), Charlie Arnott (Regenerative Journey podcast), Vivien Yii (Right to Food Coalition), and Tammi Jonas (AFSA) with Alexx Stuart (LowTox Life) discuss what the UNFSS might mean for First Peoples, small-scale farmers, the food insecure and city folk, and […]

Filed Under: Agroecology, Community Supported Agriculture, Food Waste, Governance, Indigenous, Peoples' Food Plan, Right to Food, Solidarity Economy Tagged With: Alexx Stuart, CFS, Charlie Arnott, Costa, Costa Georgiadis, CSM, FAO, food sovereignty, Food System, IPC, LowTox Life, Regenerative Journey podcast, Right to Food Coalition, Tim McCartney, UN, UN Food Systems Summit, United Nations

Solidarity Session #15 – Fostering Agroecology with Peter Rosset

June 29, 2021 by Amida

In Solidarity Session #15 we’ll explore how to foster a grassroots movement for agroecology with one of the world’s most renowned agroecology scholars, Peter Rosset. Agroecology brings together the science and practices of ecological farming with the social and political transformations needed to support a just and sustainable food system, and works to build solidarity […]

Filed Under: Agroecology, Events, Solidarity Economy

Solidarity Session #14- Small-scale abattoirs for local food economies

May 24, 2021 by Amida

  Watch now Join AFSA and other producers online on Wed 2 June at 6:30pm to talk about the work that is happening to build independent, local- and grower-owned, small-scale abattoirs in Australia.   We know that alternatives to centralised, industrial-scale abattoirs are critical to the future of ethical meat – for animal welfare, for farmer […]

Filed Under: Events, Regulations, Solidarity Economy, Uncategorised

Solidarity Session 13 – Emerging tech with Friends of the Earth

April 6, 2021 by Amida

The global pandemic exposed the flaws in our current highly concentrated, inequitable, industrial food system. At this moment, we stand at the crossroads with two starkly different, and fundamentally incompatible, visions for the future of food. One leads us to resilience, regeneration, and justice for communities, biodiversity, and our climate. The other entrenches current health, […]

Filed Under: Solidarity Economy

Solidarity Sessions 2021 – Tyson Yunkaporta & Tammi Jonas, Wed 3 Feb

January 26, 2021 by Amida

Solidarity Sessions are back in 2021, starting on Wednesday 3 February, as we continue to explore how growers and eaters can build solidarity within and beyond the food sovereignty movement, to transform our food systems from the ground up.  We’re excited to start this years’ sessions with Indigenous thinker, author, and academic Tyson Yunkaporta, to […]

Filed Under: Indigenous, Solidarity Economy, Uncategorised

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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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  • Book review: Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement From The Heart August 3, 2022
  • Submission to the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland July 28, 2022
  • Take our survey to help shape your Peoples’ Food Plan! June 3, 2022
  • AFSA responds to an Inquiry on Australian Government’s application of the UNDRIP in Australia June 2, 2022
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