Sustain is honoured and privileged to announce that we are the recipients of an Innovation Grant from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, to establish a multi-stakeholder, multi-functional community food hub in partnership with Melbourne Farmers Markets. This is a truly exciting project which we believe will serve as a testing…
VISION [This] is a flourishing place to co-create and connect to a local food system. This is secure, sustainable, healthy and fair. [This place] will reflect and celebrate intercultural diversity, where all are welcome and included for generations to come. OBJECTIVES 1. To inspire and break new ground in the collaborative stewardship of a transformative…
“A $100 increase in per capita direct farm sales is associated with 0.80% lower obesity rate and a 1.2% lower diabetes rate.”1 “The density of farmers’ markets is also important. An additional farmers’ market per 1,000 people is associated with a 0.78% lower diabetes rate.”2 “Locals should be able to…
Community Food Hubs Conference and National Tour Keynotes and Vox Pops “Well done, it was the best conference I have ever been to. Amazing presentations, panels and workshops.” Attendee, Bendigo Community Food Hubs Conference, 2016 Between August 8-18, Sustain facilitated Australia’s first national community food hubs conference and speaking tour.…
On 8-9 August 2016, Sustain coordinated the inaugural Community Food Hubs Conference in Bendigo with Dr Jen Alden of Growing Change. Over 170 people attended two full days at the Capital Theatre in Bendigo, with a delicious locally-catered dinner on Monday 8th August, featuring Castlemaine social enterprise Growing Abundance, and…
From August 8-18, Sustain facilitated Australia’s first national community food hubs speaking tour. This tour encompassed 13 separate events in every state and territory bar SA and the NT.
Perth, 12th April, and Fremantle, 13th April 2016 Tuesday 12th April saw Nick Rose fly from Albany to Perth, where he met with Charlie Thorn, Director of Research and Development at Curtin University, and Professor Greg Morrison, of the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute. Established in 2008, CUSP forms part…
Forging a new model that extends agricultural extension to whole-of-community value The ‘Democratising Food Systems’ workshop held in October 2015 identified agribusiness extension officers within local government as a crucial role to help producers and food business operators navigate complex planning and regulatory frameworks. For the past four months, Sally…
Community Food Hubs in Australia – Creating healthy and fair food distribution enterprises for the future Inaugural Australian Community Food Hubs Conference, 8th & 9th August 2016 TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS VISIT THE CAPITAL THEATRE WEBSITE Sustain: The Australian Food Network, in collaboration with Growing Change, the City of Greater…
