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A smart, crowdsourced plan for a better food system

November 28, 2014 by Russ Grayson

The Peoples’ Food Plan — conceived to reform the federal government’s proposed National Food Plan by including Australia’s smaller-scale farmers and the myriad small business, social enterprise and community-based food initiatives that populate our commercial and civil society — was Australia’s first crowdsourced policy directions document.

Filed Under: Peoples' Food Plan Tagged With: People's Food Plan

Nick Rose departs on Churchill Fellowship trip

July 19, 2014 by

Last year I was fortunate to be one of around 100 people in Australia awarded a Churchill Fellowship. My research trip is to investigate innovative models of urban agriculture in a variety of sites in the United States (Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit), as well as Toronto and a number of centres in Argentina …

Filed Under: Peoples' Food Plan Tagged With: food security, Nick Rose, People's Food Plan

Food sovereignty and permaculture: A reply to David Holmgren

May 10, 2014 by Nick Rose

In the first issue of pip Australian Permaculture Magazine, the co-originator of permaculture, David Holmgren wrote about food sovereignty, and the role permaculture can and does play in achieving it.

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: AFSA, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, David Holmgren, Fair Food Week, People's Food Plan, Peoples' Food Plan Forum, permaculture

The Fair Food Movement in Australia — an overview

April 9, 2014 by Nick Rose

Story by Dr Nick Rose[1] , April 2014 This paper – and the video presentation – was prepared for delegates to the 7th World Urban Forum, taking place in Medellin in Colombia, from 5th to 11th April, 2014.   The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance and the Food Alliance were successfully in securing a 2-hour workshop on […]

Filed Under: Peoples' Food Plan Tagged With: AFSA, Australia, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Fair Food Farmers United, Food Alliance, food sovereignty, People's Food Plan, Video

More coverage for food plan

January 5, 2014 by Russ Grayson

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance’s (AFSA) Peoples’ Food Plan has received coverage in the January-March 2014 edition of ReNew magazine.

Filed Under: Peoples' Food Plan Tagged With: ATA, People's Food Plan, Renew magazine

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Local Laws submission to defend the right to common resources

Last week AFSA made a submission to the Hepburn Shire Council to defend residents’ rights to forage, collect firewood, have more than 20 chooks, and salvage materials from the tip and roadside without need for a permit. We were concerned that these laws originated from overzealous risk management policies rather than residents’ interests. Further, they […]

FSANZ proposes ‘licence to sell lettuce’ – AFSA says NO

On 3 May 2019, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) released an information paper on its proposed approach to a review of food safety standards in the Food Standards Code (the Review). The intention is to create a consistent and up-to-date approach to food safety management with regard to so-called “high-risk horticulture,” which includes a […]

NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing

On Friday 22 June 2018, AFSA attended the NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing at Parliament House in Sydney. AFSA was selected and recognised as a key stakeholder in the food system by the parliamentary members in this Upper House inquiry. Tammi Jonas, president of AFSA, and our paralegal Sarah de Wit were welcomed […]

Response to the Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry

View AFSA’s entire submission here.  The current review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry offers the first opportunity in 15 years to improve the minimum welfare standards for domestic poultry in Australia. It provides the chance to modify Australian standards to reflect current animal welfare science and […]

Poultry Welfare Reforms Fact Sheet

The Codes for animal welfare for poultry are being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. The result will be one Australia-wide Code on animal welfare for poultry. Two main documents, along with an independent Farmed Bird Science Welfare Review and many supporting papers, have been released for public comment: The Draft Standards […]

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  • Solidarity Session 13 – Emerging tech with Friends of the Earth April 6, 2021
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  • Stakeholder Open Webinar – Sustainable Agriculture – 23 March March 17, 2021
  • Intervention on the Global Biodiversity Framework calls for support to peasants and indigenous peoples’ as stewards of biodversity February 26, 2021
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