AFSA and our partners recently negotiated a streamlined application process for pastured pig and poultry production… however, during the final stages in planning and negotiation, state administrators suddenly removed non-chicken poultry–ducks, quail, turkey, squab….from the proposed streamline application process on the basis of “biosecurity” concerns. AFSA commissioned a report by Robert G. Wallace, PhD to […]
AFSA calls out biased reporting on Victorian planning reforms
Peter Hunt, a Weekly Times reporter, has treated the concerns of Victoria’s pastured livestock farmers over proposed planning reforms with total contempt, calling them ‘delusional.’ This seems unsurprising given Hunt spent many years in a policy role with the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), a body whose reputation for attacking small-scale farmers is increasing. Pastured pig […]
MEDIA RELEASE: The future of free-range farming endangered by NSW Planning review
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is calling on the NSW Government to secure a future that encourages regenerative farmers by ensuring regulatory burdens on small-scale pastured livestock producers are commensurate with the low risk they pose to their communities. The Government states that the aim of its proposed planning reforms are to ‘support the […]
Open Letter from AFSA to Australian Pork Ltd (APL)
Andrew Spencer CEO, Australia Pork Ltd 18 October 2017 Dear Andrew, Small-scale pastured pig farmers have concerns about whether Australia Pork Limited (APL) genuinely represents them. It is a matter of material interest to all pig farmers given the compulsory levy paid per carcass directly to APL. We have been alerted to a number of […]
CALL TO ACTION – Secure the future of free-range farming!
Why should small-scale pastured pork and poultry farms be treated like intensive sheds while cattle feedlots of 1000 cattle do not require a permit? The Victorian Government’s proposed reforms to planning controls for animal industries could mean the collapse of pastured pigs and poultry farms in Victoria. We have until 14 November 2017 to be […]