The alt.food movement
The Community Food Movement: Time to treat food security as national security
October 18, 2015 | Russ GraysonOur food security should be regarded as part of our national security and included in planning around that…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Sydney Environment Institute’s seminar explores movement’s needs
September 26, 2015 | Russ GraysonThe Community Food Movement: In linking the academic discussion around community food systems, a Sydney Environment Institute seminar highlights the need to evaluate what we do and for communication to bring together a fractured movement…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Seminar highlights disconnect between local government & food security
September 26, 2015 | Russ GraysonThe Community Food Movement: What is the role of local government in providing food security? A Sydney University seminar highlights the disconnect between local government, food secutity and food sovereignty…Read More
The Community Food Movement: TAI findings interesting though with just a little disconnect from experience
September 20, 2015 | Russ GraysonLast year’s Australia Institute research into home and community food production in Australia is a useful contribution. There are just a few findings that disconnect from observation and experience, though…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Food security — whose responsibility?
September 20, 2015 | Russ GraysonA recent article by farmer, Tammi Jonas on the website of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance raises issues about our dual food system…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Seven big challenges
September 12, 2015 | Russ Grayson | One CommentTHE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — Here’s seven challenges for our emerging community food movement…Read More
The Community Food Movement: The birth of AFSA
September 12, 2015 | Russ GraysonTHE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT— In late 2010 in response to a federal government proposal for a national food plan, a new organisation came into being to redirect government bias towards big agribusiness…Read More
The Community Food Movement: The coming of the advocates
September 6, 2015 | Russ GraysonTHE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — the arrival of food advocacy organisations signifies that food in Australia is now an economic and political issue.Read More
The Community Food Movement: The social precursors
September 6, 2015 | Russ GraysonTHE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — It is to earlier social movements that we look for the origins of today’s community food movement.Read More
The Community Food Movement: An alternative — the community food system
August 23, 2015 | Russ Grayson | One CommentTHE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT:
Permaculture co-inventor, David Holmgren said that for most people the supermarket is their larder. Woolworths and Coles might be where most Australians buy their food, however an alternative, parallel food system is in gestation. It was here that the community food movement was born…Read More
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