Food miles
October 2, 2011
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is warning that we need to act on global food security to avoid political chaos and environmental refugees. He notes that the Middle-East upheaval started with protests about the high cost of bread. He says we […]
April 5, 2011
Dr Daniel Bray, lecturer in international relations and teacher of security studies and environmental politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, gives the following explanation of the politics of the current polarised climate change/carbon tax ‘debate’: “Against the instincts of the […]
March 27, 2011
Landshare Australia – newly launched at Randwick Community Gardens, Sydney – is a matchmaking service for gardeners to help produce more homegrown veggies across Australia. It introduces people with spare land to others wanting to grow fruit and vegetables, but […]
March 25, 2011
EcoGeek reports how America’s tallest building – the Willis Tower in Chicago – is going green. EcoGeek writers believe there’s a safe balance between technology and nature and the articles on their website explore this symbiosis. Greening America’s Tallest Skyscraper […]
March 10, 2011
There will be an intensive three day sales training program for business owners and staff who sell to ‘major accounts’ in March and April 2011. Daryl Brooke of One Tree Hill Consulting, will run the sessions over three weeks to […]
March 9, 2011
Today the SMH reports on consumer power versus corporate power. The Berry Rural Co-operative Society, one of Australia’s smallest rural co-operatives producing fresh milk, is not suffering greatly from the supermarket milk price war. Why not? The coop’s South Coast […]
March 6, 2011
Village Futures Food newsletter this week quotes G Magazine saying: “the responsibility for quality produce and sustainable land care lies not only with the farmers, but with us as consumers as well”. We ARE Part Of Our Future Recently political/economic […]
February 5, 2011
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) says Coles’ Down, Down’ campaign, heavily discounting staple foods like bread and dairy products, is designed to increase traffic in Coles supermarkets without considering the long-term, flow-on effects to farmers, industry and consumers. […]
January 16, 2011
As we face higher food prices and food shortages after the devastating eastern Australian floods, Ella Linwood from Sustainable Maleny (Qld) has passed on the following worryingly informative article by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute and author […]
October 27, 2010
LoCo BC (British Columbia) is a Vancouver business organisation focused on creating a diverse and vibrant local economy by strengthening small and mid-sized businesses. The following article in their current e-newsletter will no doubt interest PWF readers, given the popularity […]
August 10, 2010
CERES, Melbourne’s award-winning Community Environment Park in Brunswick is running a new series of Sustainable Home Workshops Saturday afternoons 1.30pm-3.30pm. They will focus on reducing our environmental impact at home, for example: Insulation and Glazing Green Cleaning Buying Green Living […]
August 4, 2010
After 4 million hits to its ‘Name and Shame register’ the NSW Government says the public certainly does want safe food information. The NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Steve Whan, says “Name and Shame provides that information.. in an easy […]