Building the alt.food food system
Here is the handout that accompanied our Australasian Permaculture Convergence 13 session in building the alternative food system…
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Here is the handout that accompanied our Australasian Permaculture Convergence 13 session in building the alternative food system…
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Australia has a community food movement but it could be improrved if it is to thrive, finds a NSW government enquiry into future support for the movment…
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There is agreement that we need to build a cohesive commuity food movement in Australia, but how do we go about it? And can Silicon Valley lend us a few ideas to get started?
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THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — the arrival of food advocacy organisations signifies that food in Australia is now an economic and political issue.
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THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — It is to earlier social movements that we look for the origins of today’s community food movement.
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THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT: Permaculture co-inventor, David Holmgren said that for most people the supermarket is their larder. Woolworths and Coles might be where most Australians buy their food, however an alternative, parallel food system is in gestation. It was here that the community food movement was born…
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It is time for reform of local government’s handling of community food initiatives on public land. It is time, too, to reform councils’ handling of complaints about those enterprises…
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A reflection on my recent role working in local government and a validation for my approach to the work...
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When it comes to starting a community garden, social design precedes site design, and we have developed a simple management plan process for doing this...
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