Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance

Fair food for all Australians

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Governance

AFSA is governed by a National Committee made up of farmers and allies who are elected at our Annual General Meeting each year at the end of the Food Sovereignty Convergence, where we form our mandate by listening to the needs of members and collectively prioritise the work for the year ahead.

We are a not-for-profit incorporated association with ties to no political party.

Our constitution requires that:

  • our president is a farmer who is actively farming,
  • there are a minimum of four farmers on our National Committee,
  • decisions that have a material impact on farmers are made by farmers, and
  • our events are run democratically, with a preference for ‘unconference’ style gatherings that privilege all voices present rather than a select few.

The objects of AFSA are to:

  • work towards global food sovereignty, asserting the right of peoples to nourishing and culturally-appropriate food produced and distributed in ecologically sound and ethical ways, and their right to collectively determine their own food and agriculture systems;
  • research, publish, and disseminate information regarding food sovereignty, and campaign and lobby for food sovereignty;
  • promote transparency in all aspects of the food system, including but not limited to production, processing, and distribution;
  • support, enable, and promote the efforts of agroecological farmers by:
    1. connecting them for farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing;
    2. advocating for scale-appropriate regulations and standards as they relate to food and agriculture systems;
    3. supporting them in their work to control the means of production;
    4. connecting them with eaters;
    5. advocating for fair pricing for those selling domestically; and
    6. providing a voice for farmers globally who are especially vulnerable to the impacts of free trade;
  • facilitate, promote, and enable the education and activities of members, affiliates, and allies;
  • maintain membership with La Via Campesina and other farmer-led international food sovereignty organisations;
  • build and maintain productive relationships with other local and international organisations working for food sovereignty; and
  • operate as a not-for-profit entity.

AFSA is expanding: Join our National Committee or sub-committees and working groups

Join our team: AFSA National Committee We are seeking nominations from people interested in joining our National Committee. We have ...
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2021 National Committee Report

President’s Report  Financial Report  Membership Report  Legal Defence Fund  Farming on Other People’s Land (FOOPL) AFSA in the Global Food ...
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Notice of 2021 AGM: 24 October

The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance will be held on 24 Oct 2021 at 1:30pm. The ...
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Solidarity and Corporate Capture of the UN Food Systems Summit

A panel of food systems advocates, including Costa Georgiadis (Gardening Australia), Tim McCartney (Barengi Gadjin Land Council), Charlie Arnott (Regenerative ...
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Call for Nominations: AFSA National Committee 2021-2022

Do you want to help drive the fight for food sovereignty in 2022? Nominations are open for the AFSA National ...
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Victorian producers need support for small-scale and local abattoirs

The Issue Producers in several regions have seen the closure of their local abattoirs in recent years, and have emphasised ...
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2020 National Committee Report

President’s Report 2020 has been a year like none other in living memory. For Australians, the year commenced with the ...
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Nominations to the AFSA National Committee for 2020-2021

Below are the nominations for AFSA’s 2020-2021 National Committee. Office Bearer Positions President – Tammi Jonas Renominating for the role ...
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AFSA Annual General Meeting

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance will hold its Annual General Meeting online, at the close of the Food Sovereignty Convergence ...
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Declaration of the IPC on the draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

In late February, governments and civil society organisations, along with NGO and private sector representatives convened in Rome to discuss ...
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Recent Posts

  • AFSA denounces misinformation from the far right in response to the Victorian Government’s ALA Bill
  • AFSA urges the Federal Government to change its definition of primary producers, to include smallholders seeking critical disaster recovery funding
  • AFSA is expanding: Join our National Committee or sub-committees and working groups
  • AFSA response to the National Biosecurity Strategy
  • Global perspectives: An update on AFSA’s international advocacy

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Latest submissions

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 […]

AFSA supports proposed changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules in NSW

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) supports the proposed changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules and applauds the NSW Government’s initiative to allow farmers to restore streams on their property through landscape rehydration techniques, without the need for council approval. AFSA represents small and medium scale producers and our vision is to enable regenerative […]

AFSA opposes JBS acquisition of Rivalea

The proposed acquisition raises a number of concerns for AFSA and our directly-affected members—small and medium-scale pastured pig farmers in Victoria. The concerns centre around the certainty of continued access for service kills and a lack of choice, reflective of a lack of competition, in the state for small-scale farmers accessing service kills. At a […]

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Recent posts

  • AFSA denounces misinformation from the far right in response to the Victorian Government’s ALA Bill May 13, 2022
  • AFSA urges the Federal Government to change its definition of primary producers, to include smallholders seeking critical disaster recovery funding April 8, 2022
  • AFSA is expanding: Join our National Committee or sub-committees and working groups April 1, 2022
  • AFSA response to the National Biosecurity Strategy March 21, 2022
  • Global perspectives: An update on AFSA’s international advocacy March 17, 2022

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