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Date of release:18 August 2010 NEW ALLIANCE CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION IN FOOD POLICY An alliance of small businesses, family farmers, social enterprises, community organisations, and individuals working in food related areas...
To promote action in NSW, the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance is organising a presentation at NSW Parliament by David Mason, Churchill Fellow in urban agriculture. The presentation will canvass the value of forming a food policy council and developing an integrated food policy. September 2010
The Hawke Research Institute at the University of South Australia is hosting an international symposium, which aims to further debate about the production and consumption of food beyond its safe confines as ‘feel good politics’.
According to the UTS' Stuart White, the coming scarcity of phosphorus will be a major threat to food security and a potential source of conflict.
Dena Hoff talks about La Via Campesina’s vision of social change, and how the agricultural challenges faced around the world are not always so different from those faced in the U.S.
A group of Macarthur MPs will be hosting an event for SFFA at NSW Parliament House on Thursday 23 September 2010 at 11.30am – 12 noon... we will have a short time to present an argument for a NSW food policy to NSW MPs and electoral candidates...
The University of Sydney was looking for people to get involved in a project to determine whether inequalities exist in the accessibility of farmers markets across NSW and to determine whether the price of fruit and vegetables sold at these markets are higher compared to other retail outlets, in August 2010.
This paper by Nick Rose explains what food sovereignty is and why it is relevant to Australia. There is a crucial distinction between Food Security and Food Sovereignty. Food Security is concerned with ensuring adequate access to food for all, but it...
Recent statement from the US Social Forum held in Detroit in July 2010.
In August 2010, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance produced a letter supporting the participation of ...
June 22, 2010 BRUSSELS – On 21 and 22 June 2010, the UN Special Rapporteur ...
Following is the text of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance letter to politicians distributed in ...