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An end to predictable trail breakfasts

At last, we have something to break the predictabiity of breakfast on the trail…

New food for hungry bushwalkers

Patagonia' showing of Unbroken Ground and the launch of Patagonia Provisions in Australia attracted a crowd of mountain sports people, surfers and others who like the company's clothing and equipment and how it is trying to reform its supply chains…

Building the alt.food food system

Here is the handout that accompanied our Australasian Permaculture Convergence 13 session in building the alternative food system…

On the food frontline: seminar highlights growing challenge of food insecurity

Not knowing where next week's meals are coming from is something fortunately unknown to most if us. But, for a growing number of people its is a real question…

The fair food movement: morally superior and elitist?

Is the fair food movement being inadvertently elitist and morally superior? Does it position its participants above people who do not share its food values? Yes, says Rachel Ankeny, a history professor at the University of Adelaide…

The Community food movement: communication and cooperation needed

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…

The Community Food Movement: Can Silicon Valley reinvent the fair food movement?

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?

The Community Food Movement: Are we looking in the right place to build markets in fair food?

In promoting fair food in Austalia much of the focus has been on the farmer. But do farmers have the economic clout to truly change the food system or should fair food advocates look at where money is spent on food to encourage change?…

The Community Food Movement: Review: Fair Food – the Documentary

It is difficult to write a review of a film the content of which you agree with but the production of which you think could have been a little better done. So it was for me when I came to write this review of the film, Fair Food — the Documentary…

The Community Food Movement: Time to treat food security as national security

Our food security should be regarded as part of our national security and included in planning around that…

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