International

In August 2016 AFSA was provisionally accepted as a member of La Via Campesina (LVC), the leading voice of the global food sovereignty movement. LVC brings together millions of peasants, small and medium-size farmers, landless people, women farmers, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers from around the world. It defends small-scale sustainable agriculture as a way to promote social justice and dignity. It strongly opposes corporate-driven agriculture and transnational companies that are destroying people and nature.

AFSA is also a proud member of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty

and

Urgenci: the International Network of Community Supported Agriculture.

International news…

Declaration of the IPC on the draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

In late February, governments and civil society organisations, along with NGO and private sector representatives convened in Rome to discuss ...
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Advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Intervention of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty at the working group on the post-2020 Global Biodversity Framework. AFSA ...
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2019 President’s Report

What a delicious year of growing and eating and winning and celebrating it’s been for AFSA! And yet while the ...
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Agroecology and ‘Other Innovations’ – Australia on the wrong side of history

In April, AFSA attended a seminar hosted by the CSIRO in Canberra, giving the High Level Panel of Experts on ...
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Micro-organism & pollinators – our intervention at the UN

The following text was delivered by legendary peasant farmer, activist, and AFSA comrade Guy Kastler, fellow member of the International ...
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Biodiversity & Livestock: our intervention at the UN

The following text is the intervention delivered by AFSA President Tammi Jonas in regards to animal genetic resources for food ...
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Biodiversity and climate change – we need action now!

18 February 2018 AFSA President Tammi Jonas is with our allies in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty representing ...
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Defending food sovereignty by building a people’s alternative to capitalism and free trade

Regional Meeting for Asia of the Land and Territory Working Group of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: AFSA Report 8-14 October 2018 ...
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FAO Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: AFSA Report

Report on AFSA’s attendance at the FAO Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation ...
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Declaration from the 2018 Food Sovereignty Convergence

We representatives of small-scale farmers, fishers, agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, women, youth, eaters, and NGOs came together from across Australia ...
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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 […]

Collective action in support of small-scale, regenerative farmers

In support of small-scale, regenerative farmers in Victoria, the following organisations have submitted responses to the Victorian Government’s Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries Draft Planning Provisions. Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance Victorian Farmers Market Association Melbourne Farmers Market Association Regenerative Agriculture Industry Group City of Whittlesea

Response to Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries Draft Planning Provisions

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) has submitted a response to the Victorian Government’s Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries Draft Planning Provisions. View the submission here. The Victorian Government’s current proposals will do serious damage to the regenerative and small-scale livestock farmers of Victoria. See AFSA’s media release regarding the proposed changes here. AFSA’s Response to Planning for […]