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The Community Food Movement: Are we looking in the right place to build markets in fair food?

In promoting fair food in Austalia much of the focus has been on the farmer. But do farmers have the economic clout to truly change the food system or should fair food advocates look at where money is spent on food to encourage change?…

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 social precursors

THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT — It is to earlier social movements that we look for the origins of today’s community food movement.

The Community Food Movement: What is the food system?

THE COMMUNITY FOOD MOVEMENT… A social movement around food is emerging in Australia, and what better place to start understanding it than a look at our food supply chain…

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