Fair Food Farmers United

Feeding Australia, Fairly

Farmers across the country are working hard to feed Australia fairly, but they are not being given a fair go.

What is not fair are the negative impacts on Australian farmers of cheap imports, centralized market control, overly-burdensome regulations and the rampant expansion of the fracking industry. It’s a tough time to be an Australian farmer.

Fair Food Farmers United is a platform to connect, support and provide a united voice for farmers feeding Australia fairly.

Aims

Fair Food Farmers United aims to:

provide a balanced voice to represent farmers who are at the sharp end of the impacts of free trade
raise awareness about the impacts of cheap imports on farmers
advocate for fair pricing for farmers selling to the domestic market
connect Australian farmers for farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing
be a voice for farmer-friendly regulations and standards.

Why join FFFU?

be part of the voice advocating for a viable future for farmers
benefit from farmer-to-farmer knowledge-exchange and networking through online and offline forums
belong to a collaborative farmer community
benefit from regular communications: a membership e-list / a dedicated Twitter account / e-news / blog page
place your farm profile on the AFSA website and help build a listing of members by region
enjoy regional and local connections with potential customers
connect to the national and global fair food movement

Free-range rare breed pig farmer Tammi Jonas of Jonai Farms, Eganstown, Victoria, explains why the time has come for Fair Food Farmers United.

FFFU Blog Posts

Industrial ag’s spurious biosecurity claims revealed

AFSA and our partners recently negotiated a streamlined application process for pastured pig and poultry production... however, during the final ...
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Why the food movement is unstoppable!

What makes an ethical food future? What kind of agriculture can our planet sustain? How can we reduce demand on ...
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MAJOR WIN FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AS VICTORIA ANNOUNCES PLANNING REFORMS

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is celebrating a win for small-scale pastured pig and poultry farmers – and everyone’s ...
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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 – ...
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Small-scale, regenerative grain growers not supported by the GRDC

The Australian Government's Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) recently released their Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan for the ...
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You know it’s women’s work when everyone is working together

You could see our diversity in the hodge podge, mismatched layers of clothing worn to protect us from the record-setting ...
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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 ...
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AFSA calls out biased reporting on Victorian planning reforms

Peter Hunt, a Weekly Times reporter, has treated the concerns of Victoria’s pastured livestock farmers over proposed planning reforms with ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: The future of free-range farming endangered by NSW Planning review

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is calling on the NSW Government to secure a future that encourages regenerative farmers ...
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Mathew Evans- Keynote Address at Slow Meat Symposium

Mathew Evans, the Gourmet Farmer, gave the keynote address at the Inaugural Slow Meat Symposium held in Daylesford, September 2017 ...
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Engaging Victorian regulators to reduce barriers to farmgate sales

AFSA continues to engage with state agencies in Victoria to reduce regulatory barriers to farmgate sales, and hope to see progress in state regulations which can serve as an example for other states where small-scale farmers face scale-inappropriate regulation. In current discussions with AgVic around planning provisions, AFSA raised the many concerns and experiences that […]

Submission to the Inquiry of the Agriculture and Water Resources Committee on growing Australian agriculture to $100bn by 2030

In 2019 the Minister for Agriculture asked the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food Resources to inquire into and report on growing Australian agriculture to $100 billion by 2030. It is critical that the needs and contributions of small- and medium-scale farmers and agroecological practices be strongly represented, as the the Committee will advise […]

Submission to the Senate Inquiry on regulation of farming practices impacting the Great Barrier Reef

New regulations under the Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 will require more documentation of agricultural practices and permits for changes to cropping and land use. While strongly supporting measures to protect water quality in the Reef, AFSA has highlighted the difference in ecological impacts between small-scale, regenerative […]

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 […]