Workers’ Rights

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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Fair Food is about Fair Work by Emma Kerin, National Union of Workers

The Fair Food campaign is being run and led by workers in the fresh food supply chain who are members ...
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April 17, a Day to Remember the Life and Death Struggle for Land

April 17, a Day to Remember the Life and Death Struggle for Land A day that brings millions of farmers ...
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Action needed now to stop farm labour exploitation

Story and photos by Russ Grayson, June 2015 IN HER ARTICLE on the website of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, following the ...
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System change needed

Story by Tammi Jonas, President of AFSA, May 2015 Fair labour requires a fair food system Most farmers work hard ...
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AFSA responds to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy

AFSA recently responded to the call for submissions to the ACT Capital Food and Fibre Strategy, which will “be a roadmap to delivering social, environmental and economic benefits based on secure, climate-resilient food and fibre production across in the ACT; and respond to the need to mitigate climate challenges via adaptation and diversification. It […]

A Licence to Sell Lettuce? ASFA Submission to FSANZ Proposal

For three years FSANZ has been working on a proposal to more tightly regulate the production and sale of berries, leafy vegetables, and melons after several outbreaks of listeria, e coli, and salmonella from large monocultures. AFSA has provided feedback from the beginning on the need to approach any changes with a scale-appropriate lens […]

Protecting farmers and preserving farm land: Submission on the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework

In October 2021 the Victorian Legislative Council tasked the Environment and Planning Committee to inquire into and report on: “the adequacy of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and Victorian planning framework in relation to planning and heritage protection”. Particular terms of reference were outlined for the Committee to address and AFSA provides its submission […]

AFSA supports proposed changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules in NSW

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) supports the proposed changes to landscape rehydration infrastructure planning rules and applauds the NSW Government’s initiative to allow farmers to restore streams on their property through landscape rehydration techniques, without the need for council approval. AFSA represents small and medium scale producers and our vision is to enable regenerative […]

AFSA opposes JBS acquisition of Rivalea

The proposed acquisition raises a number of concerns for AFSA and our directly-affected members—small and medium-scale pastured pig farmers in Victoria. The concerns centre around the certainty of continued access for service kills and a lack of choice, reflective of a lack of competition, in the state for small-scale farmers accessing service kills. At a […]

Workers’ Rights

Declaration from the 2018 Food Sovereignty Convergence

Fair Food is about Fair Work by Emma Kerin, National Union of Workers

April 17, a Day to Remember the Life and Death Struggle for Land

Action needed now to stop farm labour exploitation

System change needed

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