Innovators

On August 24, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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GUNTER Pauli, economist, innovator and entrepreneur was interviewed on ABC Big Ideas last week about the philosophy of his Blue Economy. As he introduced the Blue Economy, he paid tribute to the people who have influenced him over the past 40 years. People such as environmentalist Lester Brown, Hazel Henderson of Ethical Markets, Carlo Petrini founder of Slow Food. Gunther highlights that we have accepted over the years that what is good for you costs money but as he says, so many cannot afford it. But his philosophy is that whatever is necessary for life should be cheap and whatever is indispensable for life should be free and part of the commons.
Gunter has also written an article “Future Biotechnologies” where he discusses food and GMO issues.

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Madge

On July 1, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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MOTHERS are demsytifying GM is a network of individuals interested in how our food is grown and are concerned about the lack of adequate labelling and testing of GM foods. Their digest No. 119 of the 30th June this year has some important information about the current situation of GM in Australia.

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Food rebel argues ‘local’ revolution

On April 25, 2011, in the nose, by jamie
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A VOCAL American advocate of ‘local food’, Mark Winne, argues in his latest book, Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners and Smart Cookin’ Mamas, that the clash between the industrial-food system and the alternative-food system is undermining health, environment and democracy . He told Culinate’s Amy Halloran that ‘we need to get our hands in the soil, our vegetables on the chopping block and our voices down at city hall’. Winne, who for 25 years was the director of an emergency food programme in Hartford, Connecticut, says that moves by local communities to reject the dominant ‘industrial-food’ system by turning urban wastelands into farms, creating local dairy collectives, preserving farmland, and refusing to use genetically-modified seed offer hope for enduring change.

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Food labelling

On April 19, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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STEPHEN Crittenden of ABC’s Background Briefing on Sunday 18th April, reports on the complex issues surrounding food labelling. At present there is a public inquiry into food labelling which opens, as he reports, a Pandora’s box of problems. Earlier this year From Plains to Plate, a South Australian initative of farmers, community, government workers, gardeners, students, environmentalist, educators and citizens came together to discuss the issue of strenthening South Australia’s food systems, amongst which was the important item of food labelling. Among some of the partners in this initiative were Slow Food Conivia in South Australia, Friends of the Earth, the Government of South Australia, Community Gardens Network, the University of South Australia, South Australian Farmers Network. Their web site has been developed as an online meeting point to further strengthen a just and sustainable food system for South Australia and beyond.

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Can GM save the world?

On July 17, 2009, in the nose, by pauline
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GREG Revell, director of sustainable food policy at Gene Ethics, reviews the BBC documentary that was shown on SBS Television on 07 Jul 2009.

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