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…
Albany and the Great Southern, Monday 11th April, 2016 At the invitation of Evelyn Lee and Libby Johnson of Community Food Events and CLEAN (Communities Linking Environment, Agriculture and Nutrition), Nick Rose co-facilitated co-facilitate a highly participatory food systems and food policy workshop in Albany on Monday 11th April, 2016. A…
Sustain ED Nick Rose flew to Perth on Thursday 7th April for an intensive week of presentations, meetings and discussions on the exciting opportunities provided by the momentous shift towards food systems that work for all. Nick played a key role in four events in three locations, separated by hundreds…
If we’re going to make real changes in the food system, we have to get involved and get political. Marion Nestle, author and scholar, Melbourne, February 2016 Marion Nestle is an eminent and widely respected scholar in the fields of nutrition, food studies, public health and sociology, at New York University…
In a time when Australian governments are closing sustainably managed commercial fisheries, expanding cities and reducing peri-urban agriculture, and at least 5% of the population or ~1.2 million are experiencing personal food insecurity (some estimates range up to 10% of the population), Australia has a lot to learn from other nations.…
