What a delicious year of growing and eating and winning and celebrating it’s been for AFSA! And yet while the food sovereignty movement has had many successes, I’d like to acknowledge the very real struggles farmers across Australia, especially in the east, are facing in the worst climate-change-affected areas. The past year has seen the […]
Defending food sovereignty by building a people’s alternative to capitalism and free trade
Regional Meeting for Asia of the Land and Territory Working Group of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: AFSA Report 8-14 October 2018 Sarah de Wit This report aims to: Report back on the meetings, workshops and direct actions relating to progress of the food sovereignty movement. Report back on the IMF/WB agenda in Bali. Explain and reinforce understanding of AFSA’s membership with […]
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 access to food grown in ethical and ecologically sound ways – with the Victorian Government’s announcement of the long-awaited reforms to the planning scheme. The reforms acknowledge the very low risk these systems pose to […]
Statement from the National Committee of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance
Over the past two days the National Committee of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) met for our annual mid-year retreat, an important gathering where we come together to review progress and renew commitments to our work as active optimists in the local and global food sovereignty movement. We are farmers and allies from across […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Government draft poultry standards fail to meet international standards
MEDIA RELEASE- 20 February 2018 Animal welfare advocates, farmers, academics and consumers are disappointed that the government department responsible for draft industry standards for poultry welfare released in late 2017 colluded with the industrial livestock industry before the release, and failed to meet expectations to phase out battery cages. Consumers and animal welfare advocates are appalled […]
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