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An ethical approach to food
Our food system is in crisis. Private labels are ruining Australian farmers. Choose free-range pork and poultry. Eat less meat. Stop eating meat. Are any fish still sustainable to eat? Ban GMOs....
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Butchering a steer (Our meat is real, part 3)
‘What’s this bit then?’ asked Bron. ‘Err, brisket? No, blade!’ I hazard to guess after scrutinising the MLA cut poster for the 107th time. This was on Saturday. By Monday, I was naming unidentified...
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Keeping Our Food Local, or Keeping Our Local Food by Alex Herbert
Alex Herbert was the chef and owner at the wonderful Bird Cow Fish in Sydney, and now sells ‘breakfast and stuff’ at the Eveleigh Market. I first discovered her offering little morsels of food ethics...
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Ethics of Scale
The following is what I had planned to say at last week’s Fair Food Future event at Fed Square, and while I may have deviated from the text, I think I managed to cover the key points below. A big...
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More on Transparency: Canaries in the Mine
I’ve already expressed my opposition to any proposed ag gag laws and related desire for more transparency, so today I’m going to be brief and blunt as I extend it. Intensive livestock farming needs to...
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On fair food &‘sustainable intensification’
When we promote ‘fair food’, ‘ethical farming’ or even the more watered-down ‘sustainable farming’, are we ergo suggesting some systems are not fair, ethical, or sustainable? Of course we are. Food...
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AFSA forges links with US Food Sovereignty movement – my #epicfairfoodtour
[This was originally posted on the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) blog] I’ve been home five days from my three-week Epic Fair Food Tour of America and my mind has only just stopped...
View ArticleWhy agroecology is the answer to reducing agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions
The following excellent essay is by our current volunteer resident, Grace Jirik, who is currently nearing completion of a Bachelor of Ag Science & International Development. Grace has precisely...
View ArticleThen They Buy You – the Eat-Lancet Report on Healthy Diets
[Originally posted on the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance blog] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. What this homily so popular with activists and...
View ArticleCOVID-19: An opportunity for disaster solidarity
If you’ve been paying any attention to the myriad articles talking about the likely causes of the current COVID-19 pandemic, you’ll have read that the hippies were right – rampant destruction of the...
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