The alt.food movement
Makers and doers of the alt.food system
September 7, 2017 | Russ Grayson
The presence of Robert Pekin and Emma-Kate Rose at the 2017 Building a new Economy conference was evidence that a different model to business-as-usual works…Read More
Building the alt.food food system
March 11, 2017 | Russ Grayson
Here is the handout that accompanied our Australasian Permaculture Convergence 13 session in building the alternative food system…Read More
Made By Cow — authentically raw?
August 18, 2016 | Russ Grayson
Made By Cow is a new milk product arriving on the market at a time when milk and the future of the dairy industry is in the news. The milk uses a new processing technology and claims to be raw. Raw milk advocates questions this, however…Read More
On the food frontline: seminar highlights growing challenge of food insecurity
August 7, 2016 | Russ Grayson
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…Read More
The fair food movement: morally superior and elitist?
August 3, 2016 | Russ Grayson
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…Read More
Organic milk: how shopping became a dilemma
June 10, 2016 | Russ Grayson
Going shopping is often a trying experience, especially when it presents you with a dilemma:Read More
The milk wars — it’s not only farmers who are hurting
June 4, 2016 | Russ Grayson 2
IT is not only Australia’s dairy farmers who are hurting economically. So are some of those who buy their product. The current milk wars have brought renewed focus on the dilemma of food affordability and food security…Read More
Superfoods — more marketing hype that nutrition
May 25, 2016 | Russ Grayson
What makes a superfood super? Nothing at all, it turns out…Read More
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