Sydney Food Fairness Alliance http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au working towards food securtiy and sustainable food systems Wed, 09 May 2012 07:46:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bump up Newstart or risk abject poverty http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/04/19/bump-up-newstart-or-risk-abject-poverty/ http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/04/19/bump-up-newstart-or-risk-abject-poverty/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:54:35 +0000 PatR http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/?p=2756  

Opinion Piece published in the Newcastle Herald | Tuesday April 10, 2012

People on benefits are battling serious poverty,writes Cassandra Goldie.

READ…  Bump up Newstart or risk adject poverty (870KB pdf)

Cassandra Goldie is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Social Services

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DOWNLOAD…   Not just another policy sitting on the shelf collecting dust…  (1.27MB pdf.)

Sophia Malié, Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation

]]> http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/04/19/not-just-another-policy/feed/ 0 More on CSG – Rosemary Nankivell’s letter to The Financial Review http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/16/more-on-csg-rosemary-nankivels-letter-to-the-financial-review/ http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/16/more-on-csg-rosemary-nankivels-letter-to-the-financial-review/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:57:44 +0000 PatR http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/?p=2609 Below are further current documents on CSG.

READ… Rosemary Nankivell’s letter to The Financial Review 15 February 2012

READ… CSG Economic Modelling   On the alleged benefits of the Santos coal seam gas project in North West NSW.   Australian Institute Feb 2012.

READ…  Media Release  Local communities should question the alleged benefits of Santos NSW CSG projects. Australian Institute Feb 2012

LISTEN… Alan Jones speaks to activist Drew Hutton

]]> http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/16/more-on-csg-rosemary-nankivels-letter-to-the-financial-review/feed/ 0 Annual Report 2010-2011 http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/14/annual-report-2010-2011/ http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/14/annual-report-2010-2011/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:19:06 +0000 PatR http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/?p=2691 Find out wht SFFA has been doing.

DOWNLOAD… SFFA Annual Report 2010-2011

]]> http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/14/annual-report-2010-2011/feed/ 0 Undermining our food bowls – how CSG & mining are threatening future food: FORUM 6 FEB 2012 http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/08/undermining-our-food-bowls%e2%80%93-how-csg-and-mining-industries-are-threatening-future-food-forum-6-february-2012/ http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/blog/2012/02/08/undermining-our-food-bowls%e2%80%93-how-csg-and-mining-industries-are-threatening-future-food-forum-6-february-2012/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:12:56 +0000 VivienneR http://sydneyfoodfairness.org.au/?p=2382 SFFA held a very successful forum  Undermining our Food Bowl  in February in Sydney with speakers – Tim Duddy Caroona Coal Action Group, Rosemary Nankivell,  CSG Committee Chairperson and organiser of the successful blockage against Santos, and Helen Redmond from Doctors for the Environment

The debate about mining and coal seam gas on prime agricultural land in NSW  is heating up, at a time when food security is becoming an increasing global concern.  More than half of NSW is covered by titles for coal, mineral or CSG exploration or production but  the question of what this means for food production is yet to be answered.

The absence of real commitment to identifying, protecting and preserving agricultural land has led to continued uncertainty for farmers. It also  undermines  our ability to control quality, price and availability in an increasingly resource-scarce and climate-change affected environment.

Read the presentations and watch the video clips.

 

Utter Madness – the video of land on the Liverpool Plains shown at the forum. (7.22 min)

A concise overview of the forum (6.52 min)

Tim Duddy (11.54 min)


Rosemary Nankivel (19.37 min)

Presentation from Rosemary Nankivell  (pdf 1.61MB )

Helen Redmond (15.22 min)

Presentation from Helen Redmond, Doctors for the Environment. (pdf 440KB)

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS:

Alfalfa House
Tradewinds
Foodconnect Sydney
Rosnay
Erland Howden
3Dots Studio
The Wilderness Society

 

 

 

 

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