SOMETIMES, you stumble on an interesting story by accident. A story that has some resonance with your own experience. A story that makes you think. That happened this morning when I was looking at the timeline of a Facebook link of mine, Anaïs Gschwind. Anaïs linked to a story on a US website, Modern Farmer. […]
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Down Melbourne way they’re cooking up something interesting, innovative and digital when it comes to food... something that will create connections between food producers and the people who buy what they grow...
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It was a full house as people crowded into Barrett House for Jane Mowbray's seed saving workshop...
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THINK.EAT.SAVE was the name of the UNSW World Environment Day seminar that attempted to draw attention to food waste. This it achieved to some extent but having representatives of the three main political parties on the panel turned it into something of a recitation of known attitudes to climate change and the value of markets […]
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IF YOU ARE ASKED to describe Jo Baker and you say that she is tall, blonde, slim, intelligent, articulate, well dressed and very knowledgeable about Australia’s food system, you get full points. It was the latter quality that brought more then 40 people together at Transition Bondi’s weekly gathering to hear Jo talk about the […]
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This is a media release I produced for the Australian Food Sovereighty Alliance in response to the federal government’s release of their National Food Plan in May 2013… WHERE ARE FAIRNESS, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CANBERRA’S NATIONAL FOOD PLAN? The Federal Government’s National Food Plan is big on promoting export markets and in offering advantage […]
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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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A very efficient solar cooker is just one of the intermediate technologies found in Australia's longest-triunning share house...
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A band of urban food adventurers has started turning Victoria Park edible with their first wicking garden bed. Working with the local community worker, my role was to ensure that the project made its way through council's approval convolutions. Now, what's new for Green Square Growers?
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The Sydney food Fairness Alliance calls for policy measures on food security...
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