Small changes make a difference

On January 19, 2012, in the nose, by pauline
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CAROLYN Steel, architect and author of Hungry City used to think about the city through its built environments, now she thinks about it through food. She wants us to to see cities that have food at their centre. For Steel this is one of the most urgent tasks facing the potential 5 billion or 61 percent of people that will be living in cities by 2030.
‘Because we don’t see food’s influence, we leave it up to Coles and Woolworths and Tesco,’ says Steel. ‘We no longer value food.’. “Steel believes that this invisibility leads to unrealistic expectations of cheap food – and allows us to ignore the land and water degradation that result.
“80 percent of global trade in food now is controlled by just five multinational corporations. And if we look to the future, it’s an unsustainable diet.
Further information from Carolyn Steel’s “Hungry City” web site
Journalist Alan Saunders from ABC’s “By Design” poses the question “How can we change things? “Small changes make a difference, ‘sharing food, knowing where your food comes from and cooking it seasonally and locally. Listen to interview

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‘Farmers paddock’

On November 21, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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THE “Farmers Paddock” is a new venture in Perth. The “Farmers Paddock” realises that the farmers have to be producers, drivers, public relations managers cashiers, stock managers and salespersons so the “Farmers Paddock was founded in 2011 to help local producers. They will pay producers upfront and assume the risk of selling their goods. Buying locally means eating with the seasons, so you will not necessarily get spring lamb all year round. We will not have unlimited supply of scotch or eye fillet so try something different. Read further about this new venture

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Some food waste facts

On November 18, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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TRISTRAM Stuart who wrote the informative book “Waste, Uncovering the Global Food Scandal” is the guest speaker and event organiser of the free meal for 5000 in London on the 18th November. Thousands of people will be fed a free lunch on food that is made entirely out of fresh ingredients that would otherwise go to waste: wonky carrots, misshapen potatoes and other fresh surplus produce. Read further from the dedicated web site of Feed 5000K

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ABC Radio interviews Slow Food CEO

On May 24, 2011, in the nose, by jamie
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SLOW Food’s international executive director, Paolo Di Croce, has been interviewed by ABC Perth 720 statewide gardening programme presenters James Lush and Sabrina Hahn about food labelling, food miles and reconnecting eaters with farmers. The broadcast on 21 May 2011 coincided with Paolo’s visit to Perth as part of a series of meetings with Slow Food branches in Australia. Listen to the ABC interview. (The interview with Paolo begins 21 minutes into the download.)

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Foraging for food

On April 8, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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WEEDS have been grown for centuries as food, and are an underrated source of vitamins. Nettles and dandelions are a nuisance on lawns but good to eat. Jeff Holman writes a fascinating story about weeds in the latest edition of the Ecologist, which leads him to discover the wild food foraging courses at The Wild Food School in England The Guardian, in a review of Michael Pollan’s book In Defence of Food also writes “two of the most nutritious plants in the world are weeds”

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The sustainable table

On March 23, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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ONE of Yaubula’s projects is “The Sustainable Table“, it is a collection of recipes and stories from notable chefs, farmers, producers, winemakers, gardeners and everyday people who are reducing their impact on the environment by altering their food choices. These inspiring people eat seasonally, shop locally, buy organic, reduce food waste, purchase ethically and make backyards and public spaces productive.
Yaubula is registered as an Australian not-for-profit organisation with the objective of supporting sustainable development projects locally and globally. Read Hayley and Cassie’s stories on Yaubula’s origins.

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Feeding cities

On November 19, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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FEED Milan or Nutrire Milano a partnership with Slow Food, Politecnico di Milano, and the University of Gastronomic Sciences was launched a year ago to restore a short food chain, develop more sustainable agriculture, and reinstate the relationship between the town and the countryside. Pascale Brevet, French freelance journalist writing in The Atlantic warns that “cities cannot go on being disconnected from food production, trapped in a globalized food system that is dependent on fuel, generating waste and not producing anything”. Read her report

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Food security in the news

On October 28, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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REPORTED in the ABC news this morning, alarm bells about Australia being a net importer of food. In five years, according the Grocery Council we have gone from a net exporter to a net importer. A similar story is reported in the Courier Mail by Dr James Findlay from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. Findlay confirmed in Senate Estimates hearings Australia had become a net importer of sea food. The Sydney Morning Herald today discusses some of the related issues.

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Future of food

On September 2, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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At Slow Food Perth’s recent forum on food security various authors were mentioned by the panellists. Australian author Julian Cribb, who has just released his book on “The coming famine” article can be read here and Jeremy Harding’s article in The London Review of Books refers to some of the topics that were discussed at the forum. In the Atlantic Wire article “Is this the end of cheap food, various authors and comments can be found that highlight the issue from different points of view.

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Eating for a better future

On August 29, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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IN her article Eating for a better future Avleen Masawan explores all the topics surrounding food choices from sustainable eating, waste, farmers markets, food miles and some of the solutions towards achieving a more sustainable food situation.

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