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Civil Society Calls for Agroecology not GMOs at FAO Meeting in KL

September 15, 2017 by Tammi Jonas

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, GMO, International, Media Releases Tagged With: biotech, FAO, GMO, IPC, sustainable agriculture

The strange world of GM-free fast food potatoes, GM cow feed and a global coffee corporation

November 26, 2014 by Russ Grayson

What does the Innate Potato, McDonalds, Ben & Jerry’s and a coffee corporation that started life in Seattle then went worldwide have in common?

Filed Under: GMO, Uncategorised Tagged With: GM, GMO, McDonalds

Seed Freedom Fortnight

September 22, 2013 by Nick Rose

Join Seed Freedom Fortnight — 2-16 October 2013 Earlier this year the World Food Prize, heavily sponsored by the biotechnology industry, was awarded to two ag biotech scientists. Dr Vandana Shiva, an articulate and outspoken critic of the corporate-controlled food system, is calling a day of civil disobedience on 2 October to honor Mahatma Gandhi’s […]

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: food sovereignty, Genetic Engineering, GMO, Seed Freedom, Vandana Shiva

Media release: Monsanto’s acquisition of InterGrain risks Australian farmers’ food sovereignty

September 7, 2010 by Food Sovereignty

IN A MOVE that places it at the centre of Australia’s food supply, Monsanto has acquired a 19.9 pecent share of Western Australia’s InterGrain, the company that produces seed for 40 percent of all wheat grown in Australia.

Filed Under: Media Releases, Press Tagged With: AFSA, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Australian Grain Industry, Genetic Engineering, GMO

La Via Campesina call to action—help stop terminator’s return!

September 1, 2010 by Food Sovereignty

Four years after the moratorium on Terminator technology was reaffirmed by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), proposals to develop and commercialize ‘genetic-use restriction technologies’ (GURTs) are back on the agenda for policymakers and the biotechnology industry.

Filed Under: International Tagged With: Genetic Engineering, GMO, La Via Campesina, Monsanto

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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
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  • AFSA responds to an Inquiry on Australian Government’s application of the UNDRIP in Australia June 2, 2022
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