IN 2006 Princeton University ran a forum on food, ethics and the environment. These stimulating forums were recorded live and can be seen at this link from Princeton University, scroll down to November 16th & 17th 2006. Slow Food Perth is intending to hold a forum on food issues at the end of August 2010.

KIRSTEN Larsen, an expert in sustainable food system at the University of Melbourne, reports in the latest Ecomagazine January 2010 that if we change our understanding of cities and see them as productive not consumptive spaces, cities will be able to feed themselves in the future. Read more from this issue which includes diverse information about what is successfully happening now.

MATTHEW Evans former restaurant critic and now farmer in Tasmania includes on his web site an article he wrote years ago about the milk from Billawara Dairy in Denmark, Western Australia. Matthew’s interesting and evocative journey from chef to restaurant critic to farmer can be followed in the SBS program “Gourmet Farmer”. His philosophy of savouring and appreciating good flavours in food and the sharing and sustainability of food makes his web site a delicious read.

INTERVIEWED on the 2nd March in Bush Telegraph Richard Stirzaker explains the scientists method of growing food especially in its relation to water. Richard is also interviewed on the CSIRO about food production for future populations and appears on ABC Canberra Stateline talking about how he and his family shaped his overgrown backyard into a suburban food bowl.