After nearly six weeks travelling through the US Mid-West, Toronto and three cities of Argentina's interior, I've realised – or rather been reminded – that everything is relative. The challenges that Australia faces, grave as they are, need to be put into perspective.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” These famous opening words from Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities sums up how I am feeling after a week and a half in the Midwest of the United States: a week in Chicago and three days in Milwaukee.
Local Organics has just joined AFSA. It is a Melbourne-based food hub created to give access to ethical food from sustainable, organic and biodynamic Victorian family farms.
AFSA welcomes its newest member, Southern Harvest NSW, a producer network in the Southern Highlands of NSW.
Story by Russ Grayson, August 2014 Our food is too ...
During the recent Students of Sustainability conference at the ANU, ...
More and more people are embracing Fair Food – healthy nutritious food that is produced locally - at an affordable price for consumers and with a fair return to farmers. Fair Food Week 2014 will run from 10-19 October and will celebrate the International Year of Family Farming.
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 ...
Driving through the French countryside over the past two weeks, I was constantly struck by the smallness of the farms.
The July message is a simple one, get ready for Fair Food Week! This message is all about the celebration of Fair Food during Fair Food Week.
There are rumblings across the country. Murmurings and whisperings of plans afoot as preparations for Fair Food Week gather pace. Buoyed by the success of last year, organisers are putting together fun and innovative events that capture the themes of the week.
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) today urged all candidates and parties for the 2014 Victorian state election to commit to a Local Food Act and Local Food Fund for Victoria. It is encouraging voters to sign an online petition which calls for a range of measures to promote food sovereignty in Victoria.
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is a farmer-led civil society organisation of people working together towards socially-just and ecologically-sound food and agriculture systems that foster the democratic participation of Indigenous Peoples, smallholders, and local communities in decision making processes.
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