Right to Food

COVID-19: Food sovereignty & Pandemics

Food sovereignty, pandemics, and public health Food sovereignty means having control over where our food comes from and how it’s ...
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Declaration from the 2018 Food Sovereignty Convergence

We representatives of small-scale farmers, fishers, agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, women, youth, eaters, and NGOs came together from across Australia ...
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Baw Baw Food Security Coalition

"Food security is an individual or community’s ability to access healthy, affordable and appropriate food. Food insecurity can therefore be ...
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Towards increased diversity in our food supply

By Merran Laver. First published on www.southernharvest.net.au Diversity in food production and supply is important in creating a resilient local ...
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Feeding Struggle Street: How Australia’s hidden hungry are deserted by our food system

There is an urgent need to address inequities in the current food system with evidence-based community food policies that ensure ...
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Local food resilience – why is it important?

Story by Merran Laver, May 2015 As interest grows among consumers in sourcing their food from local producers, it is ...
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A gross infringement of food sovereignty and basic rights

Media release 26 April 2015 The Western Australian Government’s proposed closure of remote Aboriginal communities The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance ...
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Both inspiring and instructive: Vandana Shiva in Sydney

Story by Russ Grayson, February 2015 I ATTENDED two of global food sovereignty advocate, Vandana Shiva's appearances in Sydney this ...
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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 […]

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 […]