On 5 December, the City of Melbourne concluded its first consultation phase for its proposed Food Policy. The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance has welcomed this initiative, recommending that the Policy be firmly based in the principles of democratic participation, the human right to adequate food, and with the highest priority accorded to guaranteeing the viability […]
AFSA and 28 Co-Signatories Insist on Need for a Participatory National Food Plan
On 27th October the Federal Agriculture Minister, Joe Ludwig, announced that his Department was reviewing the submissions made to its Issues Paper for the development of a National Food Plan. At a date yet to be specified, the Government will release a Green Paper, which ‘will outline the government’s vision and approach to food policy […]
AFSA Makes Submission to National Food Plan Consultation
Today (2 September 2011) the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance made its submission to the National Food Plan Consultation, being conducted by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. Our submission challenged the core assumptions and general approach which the Issues Paper reflected, with the following paragraph summarising our perspective: Basically, the main point we […]
Organisations endorse AFSA request for participation in the National Food Policy Advisory Working Group
Organisations representing over 500,000 Australians endorsed the call by the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance for its inclusion in the National Food Policy Advisory Working Group.
AFSA renews its request to be included in the Federal Food Policy Advisory Working Group
While we welcome the intention to conduct a broad national consultation, we remain concerned at the lack of transparency in the current process with the Food Policy Advisory Group. No minutes of its two meetings have been made public, for example.
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