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Local government and public place gardening — imposing limitations?

April 30, 2015 by Russ Grayson

community orchard Leichhardt

Story by Russ Grayson, April 2015. It is time for reform of local government’s handling of community food initiatives on public land. It is time, too, to reform councils’ handling of complaints about those enterprises…

Filed Under: Legal Defence Fund Tagged With: community food systems, community gardening, local government

AFSA and the VFMA call for food safety regulators to be accountable

February 18, 2015 by Nick Rose

AFSA and the Victorian Farmers Markets Association have today released a joint public statement, calling on the Victorian Government to work with AFSA, VFMA and small producers to engage in open and constructive discussions about how to support the rapidly emerging local and fair food economy in Victoria. Public statement – Cancellation of Regulator-Producer Forum […]

Filed Under: Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund, Media Releases, Press Tagged With: AFSA, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, food sovereignty

Regulation of Fair Food

January 22, 2015 by Nick Rose

Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), surveyed farmers’ experiences and views on fairness in the food system. We’re delighted to hereby release the report from that survey…

Filed Under: Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund Tagged With: AFSA, Fair Food Farmers United

Call for submissions on changes to raw milk rules

December 16, 2013 by Nick Rose

DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE GREATER AVAILABILITY OF RAW MILK PRODUCTS IN AUSTRALIA? The Food Standards Authority, FSANZ, is calling for submissions on a review of the regulations relating to the sale of raw milk products. Submissions close on 10 January 2014. Michelle Dyer and Jonathan Cooper from   Harvest Feast explain the background: […]

Filed Under: Legal Defence Fund, Submissions Tagged With: food sovereignty, FSANZ, Raw milk

Fair Food advocates call on government to exclude small-scale producers from unfair legislation

November 14, 2013 by Nick Rose

Proposed state government legislation limiting the sale of eggs by small-scale producers …

Filed Under: Legal Defence Fund, Media Releases Tagged With: AFSA, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, egg producers, farm regulations, food sovereignty

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  • AFSA response to the National Biosecurity Strategy
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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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