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While we welcome the intention to conduct a broad national consultation, we remain concerned at the lack of transparency in the current process with the Food Policy Advisory Group. No minutes of its two meetings have been made public, for example.
The Canadian People's Food Policy Project has delivered their report after two years' consultations with 3500 Canadians in 250 kitchen table talks. Grounded in the principles of Food Sovereignty, the key recommendations include:
GROWING CHANGE: a Journey Inside Venezuela's Food Revolution TRAILER 2011 Growing Change follows the filmmaker's ...
In an important and timely new report released March 2011, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, has laid out a blue-print for how 9 billion people can be fed in accordance with the principles of both environmental sustainability, and social justice for the poorest people on earth.
Robert Pekin's interview on the ABC regarding the experience of Food Connect during the Brisbane ...
With food occupying such a significant part of our lives, understanding the implications of our food choices can create a real sense of empowerment and self-determination...
The Nyéléni newsletter was launched in September 2010 to provide a means for networking the growing global food sovereignty movement, and for sharing stories of food sovereignty successes from all over the world.
Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig's National Food Policy Advisory Group has missed an opportunity. Its 'big food' members are unlikely to promote wider participation or embrace a new vision for the future of food and farming in Australia...
In its media release issued on 10 December 2010, accompanying the launch of its Manifesto, the Australian Food Sovereignty calls for the building of alternative national and local food systems based on the principles of resilience, fairness, democracy and sustainability.
We are launching our AFSA Manifesto, on this auspicous day. "10 December 2010 is the second ...
Produced 2010 The documentary film, Vanishing of the Bees, narrated by Ellen Page, takes a ...