by ourfoodsystem | Mar 7, 2019 | Advocacy
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...
by ourfoodsystem | Dec 16, 2018 | Conversations
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...
by ourfoodsystem | Nov 29, 2018 | Farming
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,...
by ourfoodsystem | Sep 17, 2018 | Consumers
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...
by ourfoodsystem | Mar 15, 2018 | Event Review
After returning from the Urban Agriculture Forum last month in Melbourne, I?ve put together some reflections on this fantastic event. We don?t often associate cities with growing food, so I?ve also included a brief explanation of what urban agriculture is, and the...
