From village to city state to megalopolis, food shapes cities and lives
Architect and writer, Carolyn Steel, knows a thing or two about food, its history and politics. These she shared at a talk one rainy night at UNSW...
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Public narrative the approach at food system talk
I made use of the Public Narrative approach in a recent structured conversation about food exchanges at the Transition Bondi Wednesday evening soiree...
Read MoreA new kind of public park
How do you combine an area of boring, low quality lawn, a gas barbecue and a few tables and bench seats and a couple council education courses into a cohesive area of public open space? The answer: create a new kind of public open space...
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A celebration of growing and sharing food in Adelaide
So what is an Urban Orchard? It’s a food swap. You grow too many lemons, so why not swap them for other edibles at your Urban Orchard market. It’s about the power of bartering… apples for asparagus, carrots for capsicum...
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Food fairness lobby calls for policy measures to safeguard the future of NSW food
The Sydney food Fairness Alliance calls for policy measures on food security...
Read MoreA food policy, an election & the efficacy of networks
NORBERT WIENER would have approved. So would have Marshall McLuhan. It was an example of how digital communications has amplified the capacity of small groups to take action and of how new communications media has changed our culture, just as McLuhan predicted it would.
Read MoreGreat 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...
Read MoreDeclaration 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...
Read MoreDeclaration 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...
Read MorePlains To Plate signals arrival of food as sustainability issue
Adelaide's Plains To Plate Food Convergence signals that food has arrived as a social, community and sustainability issue...
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