Brisbane Food City?is the work of myself, Ellia Guy, Catherine Simpson and Nick Stein who, together with a larger stakeholder team, submitted an?application?to the global?Food System Vision Prize,?spearheaded by The Rockefeller Foundation.??The prize is $US200,000 and the 10 finalists will be announced in just under six weeks, on the 3-7 August.? Our vision sees a
This blog post is a continuation of Lyn Donnelly’s story of her two year journey from someone who knew very little about gardening, to now having her own thriving backyard veggie patch. You can read part 1 of her story here. As food citizens, there are many ways in which we can become more informed
I am honoured to be able to share this guest post with you, documenting a two year journey from someone who knew very little about gardening, to now having her own thriving backyard veggie patch. Lyn Donnelly has kindly documented her experience in a two-part series which I will share with you over the next
As the majority of my daily commitments have slowly fallen away, the one thing that remains constant throughout all of this is the need to eat and to feed my family. Like all of us, COVID-19 has been a huge wake up call to the critical role food plays in our lives, and how, with
2020. There?s something about this year. It feels like it?s going to be a big one. It feels like there?s been a shift. An awakening as such. Or is that only me who feels that way? In Australia, we started the year in such a horrific way. Bushfires have ravaged through our beautiful country and left
Hi, I?m Kylie and I’m a food advocate. Most people don?t really know what that means. The thing is it?s pretty tricky to explain exactly what a food advocate does, and more importantly, why I do what I do. Ever since I was 14, I knew I wanted to work in a profession that was
I first met Kat at the Urban Agriculture Forum in Melbourne earlier in the year. She presented on her experience working with local council and helping communities to get urban agriculture and community garden projects off the ground. Throughout her presentation she shared valuable insights into the workings of local government, along with a number of tips on
We?ve been Echo Valley community supported agriculture (CSA) members now for six months and when the chance came to attend their Spring Farm tour last weekend to learn more about their farming practices we jumped at it.? We booked to stay in a cottage in Goomburra, which was close to the farm, and after a
It?s a strange thing to think about I know. Am I a consumer or a citizen? And why does it even matter? A report released last year, titled Food Citizenship looks at how these words carry different types of power, and how changing the way we think of ourselves, can impact on the future of