A place where farmers, chefs and advocates came together to discuss local food systems. Earlier in the year, I had the pleasure of attending a gathering of urban farmers from across South East Queensland (SEQ), in my hometown of Brisbane. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet and hear from a number of farmers growing
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.? – R. Buckminster Fuller Emma-Kate Rose is well versed in advocating for change as part of Australia?s fair food movement. She has worked in this space for many years and has witnessed change
?Be the change you wish to see in the world? is the sage advice from Mahatma Gandhi. Many of us are familiar with this well known quote, yet how many of us choose to act on it? Thor Svensen, founder of Sovereign Foods, is one such change-maker, creating a transparent local food network in the
What started out as an aspiration to be self sufficient, has evolved into a vision to grow and support young farmers into a profession that has enormous reward, alongside huge risk, immense challenges and a great deal of fulfillment. What?s more Joel can see the future in small-scale farming and has a vision for how
The air was cool and crisp, as I set out for Deep Winter just after sunrise, eager to meet some farmers and foster a connection with those responsible for one of the most important duties on this planet, feeding people. As I drove south to Bangalow, the winter sun warmed the car and my soul,
There is a complexity and fragility of our global food system that is hard to comprehend for most of us in the Western world. When we walk into a supermarket we are spoilt for choice. We have pretty much anything and everything available to us in a convenient location, at an affordable price, at almost
Please bear with me for a moment. I’m going to throw two questions at you and I want you to take some time to think through them, if only for a few seconds. The first question is, do you think you eat healthy? It’s a broad question I know. And the way you answer it
There have been many calls to action in the past few months for integrated food policy. Harvard has just released a Blueprint for National Food Strategy, which provides a plan for action for creating a national food strategy in the US. The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems are undertaking a three
Taste the feeling. You can visualise it can?t you? That iconic bottle of fizz. It provides so much more than just an ability to quench ones thirst. It provides happiness, joy, sexiness?. but wait? Does it really? The psychology applied to marketing soft drink is fascinating and mind blowing. The manufacturers sell us a certain
Food ? it?s pretty important right? Without it we literally could not survive. It?s pretty morbid when we put it like that but it?s true. However, food is so much more than fuel for our bodies. It unites us in so many ways. It?s the social thread of our lives. We enjoy meals with our