A government inquiry has made 35 recommendations to improve Australia’s food security, but there are some key gaps.
- Senior Lecturer, William Angliss Institute
Local food networks have an important role to play in the promised national food security strategy, which must resist the influence of corporate interests
Foodbanks were originally established as a temporary measure to alleviate food insecurity. But have they become an excuse for governments not to deal properly with the problem?
While Australia’s national food and agriculture debate centres on boosting production and increasing exports, our local food industry is being neglected. That’s a shame because countries such as the United…
The biotech industry has long sought legitimacy by claiming that its genetically modified crop technologies are “feeding the world”. However this relentless focus on increasing food production ignores…
The Federal Government released on Tuesday the green paper for Australia’s first-ever National Food Plan. According to Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig, this plan “will ensure Australia has a sustainable…
Recent reports of a “salt-tolerant” wheat claimed the plant would “help tackle food shortages due to soil salinity”. Saline soils, and other types of land degradation, are indubitably a problem across…
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