The Peoples’ Food Plan Draft Consultation
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance has been hard at work with a range of collaborators across many areas of interest, to deliver the updated Peoples’ Food Plan draft. This draft is now open for public consultation and collaboration from 1 June 2023. We are calling on First Peoples, farmers, fisherfolk, women, LGBTQIA+ peoples, academics and eaters to get involved and help us build a Peoples’ Food Plan by the people, for the people!
Please scroll down to submit feedback via the form below.
Through the collectivising work around the original Peoples’ Food Plan, the food sovereignty movement in Australia emerged as an alliance of farmers, food systems organisations and individuals ready to take food justice into their own hands. 11 years on, AFSA has grown into a farmer-led civil society organisation championing the fight for food sovereignty.
With over a decade of evidence-based campaigns and policy submissions to government, AFSA is updating the Peoples’ Food Plan in 2023, drawing on key themes and recommendations put forward in our body of work.
AFSA has already been working with members and allies through targeted consultation to get the updated Peoples’ Food Plan draft for a participatory process of public consultation. We now invite anyone and everyone to give us feedback on the key themes, issues, actions and recommendations. We want the Peoples’ Food Plan to be democratically determined by those involved in this process, which is why we’re inviting contributors to make suggestions directly in the document, or offer general feedback via the form below. If you would like to dive into the document and make suggestions, email AFSA’s General Coordinator, Jess Power for access. The embedded document on this page will be updated regularly, reflecting this participatory process.
In each section of the Plan, we provide context for key policy issues related to food systems and agriculture in Australia, followed by what the food sovereignty movement deems ‘false solutions’ pushed by corporations. We then put forward Peoples’ Actions from the ground up, offering guided actions for individuals, communities, collectives, schools, and universities as well as policy recommendations for all levels of government to enact a clear pathway towards food sovereignty.
To support how policy can enable socio-ecological benefits in food and agriculture systems, case studies from Australia and around the world are included in each section. The case studies demonstrate how the Seven Pillars of Food Sovereignty already exist within the domestic and global food system.
You are welcome to read and provide feedback on one, multiple or all sections of the Peoples’ Food Plan. AFSA offers two options for submitting feedback:
- You can access the document for viewing and leave comments on any or all sections of the Peoples’ Food Plan for AFSA and others to read (to do this you will need to email AFSA’s General Coordinator, Jess Power, to obtain a link to the document);
- You can submit feedback privately via the form below, which will be sent directly to AFSA’s General Coordinator, Jess Power.
Public consultation will remain open until after the Voice to Parliament referendum. All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated into the final draft which will be launched at a later date. If you have any questions about the updated Peoples’ Food Plan draft or public consultation, please email us.
***PLEASE NOTE: The embedded document on this page may not be compatible for viewing on a mobile device. Please view the page on a tablet or computer for optimal viewing. If you do not have access to a tablet or computer, please email us for a link to the document.***