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The Movement for Fair Food Systems Rejects Fascism and Embraces People Care

December 15, 2021 by Food Sovereignty

In the food sovereignty movement, we advocate for socially just, ecologically sound, and democratically organised food and agriculture systems. Everyone has a right to access the means for a good life and right livelihood. The practice of sustainable and self-sufficient agricultural ecosystems is often aligned with the permaculture guiding values of People Care, Earth Care, […]

Farmers Markets are an Essential Service – Keep them open!

March 26, 2020 by Tammi Jonas

MEDIA RELEASE: 26 March 2020 Farmers’ Markets are an Essential Service – Keep them open! The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is working to assert and secure everyone’s right to access nutritious food grown and distributed in ethical and ecologically-sound ways. Farmers’ markets are excellent sources of this food grown by Australia’s small-scale farmers, and play […]

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 […]

The Movement for Fair Food Systems Rejects Fascism and Embraces People Care

Farmers Markets are an Essential Service – Keep them open!

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