by ourfoodsystem | Jun 24, 2020 | Advocacy, Farming, Food Citizens, Food security, Health, Sustainability
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...
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 27, 2017 | Conversations, Farming, Sustainability
“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...
by ourfoodsystem | Jul 22, 2017 | Conversations, Farming
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...
by ourfoodsystem | Jul 14, 2017 | Event Review, Farming
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...
by ourfoodsystem | Apr 21, 2017 | Farming, Food policy, Health, Sustainability
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...
