AFSA Members comment on the Jamie Oliver-Woolies partnership
Woolworths has partnered with Jamie Oliver in a campaign to promote fresh fruit and vegetables. The campaign, targeted at kids, gives free stickers to parents for every $20 spent in store
Council takes initiative in education for local growing
Story by Russ Grayson, June 2014 JENNIFER ALDEN, the Victorian ...
A journey, a conversation cafe, a garden
Some might call it preaching to the converted, my talk about the work of the AFSA with Permaculture/Transition Blue Mountains...
No need for ag-gag laws when there’s radical transparency
Story by Tammi Jonas, 3 June 2014 (story first appeared ...
June 2014 — President’s Message
Greetings all. It is early June as I write this and winter is meant to have started in my region. However there have been no frosts and I have tomatoes still yielding which is unheard of. Forecasts of this being the precursor for an El-Nino event is not good news for our farmers and gardeners, as hot dry conditions will prevail this summer...
How to Save Sydney’s Urban Fringe Farms and Benefit Developers
ED Beil's orchard is modern, using efficient automated drip irrigation from a sustainable underground water source...
USDA Announces $78 Million Available for Local Food Enterprises
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is making a historic $78 million investment in local and regional food systems...
Join our National Coordinating Team for Fair Food Week 2014
Here's a good idea. Why not join our National Coordinating Team for Fair Food Week 2014?
Did you miss out on the Community Food Fund grant? Let’s know
In February, the Federal Government axed the $1.5 mn Community Food Fund. If you are from one of those groups that missed out on the grant, please tell us...
First steps in Seymour
Fair Food Farmers United (FFFU), the Farmers’ Chapter of the AFSA, brought together a small group of producers and food activists in Seymour, Victoria.
How can farmers work together to create a fair food future?
Fair Food Farmers United is conducting a survey to identify important issues in your farming operation.
Interview with Adrian Card, Agricultural Extension Agent, Colorado USA
Adrian Card and I were garden warriors together at Colorado State University at the turn of the century ...
