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News from Plains To Plate and the foodfolk in Adelaide

Monday, August 2, 2010

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The recent months have continued to see growing interest in the necessity of building a just and sustainable food system... read more news from South Australia...

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Time to stop Big Coal gobbling up the Liverpool Plains foodlands

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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Please help us to save the Liverpool Plains... the Liverpool Plains is an extremely important foodbowl of Australia but at the moment it is being explored for coal and coal seam gas...

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Farmers of the urban footpath & the need for design guidelines for street verge gardens

Friday, July 16, 2010

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Farmers of the urban footpath & the need for design guidelines for street verge gardens

It's happened suddenly — the upsurge of interest in gardening the street verge with edible plants. But before we rush out to replace nature strip lawn with vegetables, there's a few design considerations we would do well to take into account...

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A food policy for our common future

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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Growcom wants one. So does the Public Health Association of Australia and sustainable agriculture expert at the University of Sydney, Bill Billotti. A national food policy, it seems, is something of a catchy idea. But what kind of policy are we talking about?

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Great conference, good people… but this is Tasmania after all

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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Great conference, good people… but this is Tasmania after all

A speaking engagement at a conference leads to an edible tour of the island state, the gem of the Southern Ocean...

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MEDIA RELEASE: New opportunity in fresh food-Food Connect comes to Randwick

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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MEDIA RELEASE: New opportunity in fresh food-Food Connect comes to Randwick

Food Connect Sydney's City Cousin in the Eastern Suburbs has received support from Randwick Council. Here is a media release I edited and distributed to Eastern Suburbs media on behalf of Food Connect Sydney...

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Food Connect throws its growing weight behind commemoration

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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Australia's Food Connect Foundation is joining La Via Campesina worldwide to commemorate the International Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17 and to show their support for small farmers the world over, Australia included...

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Declaration on food: Sydney Food Fairness Alliance

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Declaration on food: Sydney Food Fairness Alliance

Two declarations on the future of our food systems have been released in the past six months. This is the Declaration of the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance's Hungry for Change Food Summit of October 2009...

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Declaration on Food: Plains To Plate

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Declaration on Food: Plains To Plate

Two declarations on the future of our food systems have been released in the past six months. This is the Declaration of the Plains To Plate food convergence that took place in Adealide, South Australia, in February 2010...

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Good topic but presentation distracting

Sunday, April 11, 2010

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Good topic but presentation distracting

It was a seminar on the security and sustainability of Sydney's food supply, but bad Powerpoints and lacklustre presentation failed to engage an informed audience and distracted some of those there...

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