Attached is the program and registration form for the VicHealth Sowing the Seeds Forum on 28 August 2006. Please complete one registration form for each person...
Very, very good and quite shocking introduction to Peak Oil-I watched A Crude Awakening at the Film Festival today. It was a packed cinema at Greater Union....
Peak Oil and its effect on Food Security Re-localising our communities and food systems Richard Heinberg and David Holmgren Monday September 4th 2006 8.30am to...
Hello people. The moreland & darebin coops have been full to the brim (or very close to it) for a long while now, and talk of seeding off a new coop has been...
This report by the California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) has a great resource on the grocery business and examples of some projects intended to make food...
WE FEED THE WORLD (Austria, 2005, 95 min, dir: Erwin Wagenhofer) This wide-ranging documentary is an investigation of the international forces that shape the...
Take time to browse this generous site for a multitude of resources from agriculture to the food chain system to emergency food relief. The Council was created...
The contribution of agriculture to the Victorian economy is decreasing. Gross Farm Product (GFP) has decreased from 3.6% (2000-1) to 2.9% (2004-5). For more...
The cornerstone of sustainability is behaviour change. If we are to move toward a sustainable future we must encourage individuals and businesses to engage in...
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Project Coordinator "Maribyrnong Fruit and Veg For All" – Food Access and Nutrition Project Band 6: $50,419 – $54,627 p.a. pro rata (salary negotiable) ...
"The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values" NYU, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-09 Contact: VICKI BEEN New York University...
Announcing The 2007 Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Conference Cities Feeding People Grow it where you live Melbourne March 20-25th in a venue to...
7106.0 Australian Farming in Brief, 2006 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/7106.0?OpenDocument 8150.0 (Reissue PDF only) Use of Information Technology...
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil - must see doco
(53min) Plus: A History of Oil (10min excerpt) by comedian Robert Newman Tuesday 29th...
6416.0 House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, Jun 2006 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6416.0?OpenDocument ... Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2006...
At no other than HERONSWOOD, Dromana, home of Diggers Heritage Seeds. Focus On Food has arranged for Clive Blazey, founder/owner of Heronswood and St. Erth...
First announcement, please circulate. 3 courses in Ryerson University's Food Security Certificate program are being offered by Internet starting Sept. 11, 2006...
Secial pre-release screening of the acclaimed film AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. When/ where: 6th September, Westgarth Palace Cinema, 89 High St. Northcote Time: 6.15...
I am looking for organisations who could provide training for Outside School Hours Care that would like to have a garden on their premises. Particularly...
GM-free: A Resource Kit for Local Action is an information-packed kit which includes: Running successful public awareness campaigns using case studies; sample...
Catering for the hungry The Age, September 5, 2006 Errol and Margaret at St Mary's House of Welcome. Photo: Rodger Cummins Smart restaurants and foodstores...
fast food slow food no food ... food politics and the global community Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 October : RMIT University Melbourne Food is a universal issue...
This is an disturbing USA article about sustainable agriculture and prevention of avian flu. Cornucopia Institute Opposes Virginia Poultry Proposal Legislation...
Several summary reports food security projects (Maribyrnong-Victoria, Tasmania, Illawarra-NSW) and other public health nutrition interventions can be found in...
Thanks to VicHealth for the effort you all put in for the community! See the Vichealth Daily News Bulletin below for 11th September URBAN REALITY: NO BUSES BUT...
You're invited to the Opening of A comedy about the end of the world by car 'Of course I know what the greenhouse effect is! Denzel Washington was fabulous in...
