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Good ideas flow at Sydney urban farming event

It was the conversation rather than the presentations that made the Sydney Environment Institutes Urban Farming — Feeding the Future a source of good information and ideas.

On the food frontline: seminar highlights growing challenge of food insecurity

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…

The Community Food Movement: Review: Fair Food – the Documentary

It is difficult to write a review of a film the content of which you agree with but the production of which you think could have been a little better done. So it was for me when I came to write this review of the film, Fair Food — the Documentary…

The Community Food Movement: Time to treat food security as national security

Our food security should be regarded as part of our national security and included in planning around that…

The Community Food Movement: Sydney Environment Institute’s seminar explores movement’s needs

The 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...

The Community Food Movement: TAI findings interesting though with just a little disconnect from experience

Last 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…

The Community Food Movement: Food security — whose responsibility?

A recent article by farmer, Tammi Jonas on the website of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance raises issues about our dual food system…

The Community Food Movement: Seven big challenges

THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — Here’s seven challenges for our emerging community food movement…

The Community Food Movement: The birth of AFSA

THE 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…

The Community Food Movement: The coming of the advocates

THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — the arrival of food advocacy organisations signifies that food in Australia is now an economic and political issue.