Last Wednesday night, we held an online Solidarity Session inviting farmers and eaters to tell us what they’d like to include in the revised Peoples’ Food Plan. The original Peoples’ Food Plan was initially developed in response to the Government’s National Food Plan in 2012-2013. While much of the Plan is still relevant today, we believe it […]
AFSA responds to an Inquiry on Australian Government’s application of the UNDRIP in Australia
In March, the Federal Government’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Senate Committee announced a call for submissions on the Application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Australia. First Peoples’ sovereignty must be considered at the core of food sovereignty, and so AFSA submitted a response to Inquiry noting […]
AFSA Values & Theory of Change
AFSA Values & Theory of Change The 2022 AFSA National Committee have drafted this statement on our organisational values and theory of change. We intend it as a working document, open to members’ feedback and subject to revision until ratification at the 2022 AGM in October. We uphold the 7 Pillars of Food Sovereignty: Food […]
AFSA denounces misinformation from the far right in response to the Victorian Government’s ALA Bill
In recent weeks, a number of concerned AFSA members have reached out to us seeking clarification on alarming claims perpetuated by far right organisations on social media about the Victorian Government’s Agriculture Legislation Amendments (ALA) Bill, which is currently sitting in Parliament. The claims made on social media assert that the Government is seeking […]
AFSA response to the National Biosecurity Strategy
AFSA has responded to the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s National Biosecurity Strategy. We express concern with the Strategy’s limitations which focus heavily on surveillance and control, and less on prevention of biosecurity threats in agriculture, particularly through continued practice of intensive livestock. We also flag that Australia’s current colonial agricultural […]
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