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Why I call myself a food advocate

Why I call myself a food advocate

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...

A Day on the Farm at Echo Valley

A Day on the Farm at Echo Valley

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,...

Who am I?  A consumer or a citizen?

Who am I? A consumer or a citizen?

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...

Reflections on the 2018 Urban Agriculture Forum

Reflections on the 2018 Urban Agriculture Forum

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...