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Solidarity Sessions 2021 – Tyson Yunkaporta & Tammi Jonas, Wed 3 Feb

January 26, 2021 by Amida

Solidarity Sessions are back in 2021, starting on Wednesday 3 February, as we continue to explore how growers and eaters can build solidarity within and beyond the food sovereignty movement, to transform our food systems from the ground up.  We’re excited to start this years’ sessions with Indigenous thinker, author, and academic Tyson Yunkaporta, to […]

Filed Under: Indigenous, Solidarity Economy, Uncategorised

2020 National Committee Report

November 3, 2020 by Tammi Jonas

President’s Report 2020 has been a year like none other in living memory. For Australians, the year commenced with the Black Summer, or rather continued from the horror fire season that started many months earlier across the east coast. Just as the air cleared, a new plague in the form of coronavirus arrived, and we […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Food Sovereignty Convergence, Governance, International, Legal Defence Fund, President's report, Solidarity Economy Tagged With: National Committee Report, post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Solidarity Session #10 – Tue Oct 6

October 5, 2020 by Amida

The New Economy Network Australia connects people across all sectors of society to facilitate a shift to sustainable and just economies. The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) is a network of individuals and organisations working to transform Australia’s economic system so that achieving ecological health and social justice are the foundational principles. NENA is a […]

Filed Under: Solidarity Economy, Uncategorised Tagged With: Solidarity Sessions

AFSA Solidarity Economies Session #2 – Collaborative Economies

May 30, 2020 by Amida

  WATCH: AFSA Solidarity Economies Session #2 – Collaborative Economies Join us for AFSA Solidarity Economies Session #2 talking collaboration and co-operation with the food systems game-changers at Open Food Network.   Jen Sheridan of OFN Australia and Lynne Davis of OFN UK chat to Nick about OFN’s work in building and growing collaborative economies […]

Filed Under: Community Supported Agriculture, Events, Solidarity Economy Tagged With: Solidarity Sessions

Solidarity Economies Session #1 – Everything you ever wanted to know about building a CSA

May 13, 2020 by Amida

WATCH: AFSA Solidarity Economies Session #1 – Building a CSA Join AFSA Farmers Tammi Jonas of Jonai Farm, Ant Wilson of Tellurian Fruit Gardens, and Dan Cordner of Bellasato Farm to talk about the highs, lows, and hows of setting up a CSA, and why CSAs – as solidarity economies – are critical for building […]

Filed Under: Community Supported Agriculture, Events, Solidarity Economy Tagged With: Solidarity Sessions

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Local Laws submission to defend the right to common resources

Last week AFSA made a submission to the Hepburn Shire Council to defend residents’ rights to forage, collect firewood, have more than 20 chooks, and salvage materials from the tip and roadside without need for a permit. We were concerned that these laws originated from overzealous risk management policies rather than residents’ interests. Further, they […]

FSANZ proposes ‘licence to sell lettuce’ – AFSA says NO

On 3 May 2019, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) released an information paper on its proposed approach to a review of food safety standards in the Food Standards Code (the Review). The intention is to create a consistent and up-to-date approach to food safety management with regard to so-called “high-risk horticulture,” which includes a […]

NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing

On Friday 22 June 2018, AFSA attended the NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing at Parliament House in Sydney. AFSA was selected and recognised as a key stakeholder in the food system by the parliamentary members in this Upper House inquiry. Tammi Jonas, president of AFSA, and our paralegal Sarah de Wit were welcomed […]

Response to the Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry

View AFSA’s entire submission here.  The current review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry offers the first opportunity in 15 years to improve the minimum welfare standards for domestic poultry in Australia. It provides the chance to modify Australian standards to reflect current animal welfare science and […]

Poultry Welfare Reforms Fact Sheet

The Codes for animal welfare for poultry are being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. The result will be one Australia-wide Code on animal welfare for poultry. Two main documents, along with an independent Farmed Bird Science Welfare Review and many supporting papers, have been released for public comment: The Draft Standards […]

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Recent posts

  • Intervention on the Global Biodiversity Framework calls for support to peasants and indigenous peoples’ as stewards of biodversity February 26, 2021
  • Submission to the Independent Review of the Agvet Chemicals regulatory system February 15, 2021
  • Solidarity Sessions 2021 – Tyson Yunkaporta & Tammi Jonas, Wed 3 Feb January 26, 2021
  • Can agriculture stop COVID-21, -22, and -23? Yes, but not by greenwashing agribusiness December 15, 2020
  • 2020 National Committee Report November 3, 2020

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