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Articles
Nov
15
2024
Inquiry into Food Security in Victoria
Oct
1
2024
SV Unboxed - Final Report
Aug
17
2024
Urgent Action To Tackle Food Poverty In Victoria
Jul
23
2024
Sustain Submission Inquiry on Food Security in Victoria
Jun
19
2024
Sustain Guidance for Submissions to the Legal & Social Issues Committee Food Security Inquiry
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
May
12
2024
Sustain submission to the Environment & Planning Committee Inquiry
Nick Rose,
Executive Director
Apr
29
2024
Local Community Food Production in Gaza
Nick Rose,
Executive Director
Apr
23
2024
Voices in Gaza
Nick Rose,
Executive Director
Apr
16
2024
Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Security - Sustain Briefing Note
Nick Rose,
Executive Director
Apr
14
2024
Sustain Annual Report 2023
Apr
14
2024
Local government food system survey 2024
Mar
24
2024
Wrap-Up: Sustain Urban Agriculture Forum Sydney 2023
Mar
5
2024
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Supermarket Prices
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Jan
29
2024
Why we're calling for a $500 million edible garden fund
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Jan
8
2024
Walking Story with Dominique Chen
Dominique Chen,
Co-founder,
Yuruwan
Dec
11
2023
Ballarat Local Food Coalition: A unique opportunity to analyse and future-plan food systems
Dec
8
2023
Cultivating a sustainable food future for the Northern Rivers
Lizzie Mettam,
Partnerships,
Sustain
Sep
22
2023
Tackling waste at the roots of the food system through the Victoria Unboxed Project
Angus Howlett,
Victoria Unboxed Coordinator,
Sustain
May
30
2023
Support Oakhill Food Justice Farm this EOFY
May
22
2023
Common Ground Project
Amy Tacey,
Common Ground Project
Apr
3
2023
We've created a NSW election scorecard to highlight what the major parties are doing to create a sustainble, equitable and healthy food system
Feb
27
2023
An undergraduate in Food Studies taught me the theory, but my mentors at Sustain showed me how to make change happen
Savannah Supski,
Just Food Collective
Dec
20
2022
Sustain's submission to the Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Security in Australia
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Dec
19
2022
Canberra Urban Agriculture Forum 2022 Wrap Up
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Nov
18
2022
Government inquiry into food security in Australia
Dr Amy Carrad,
Research Officer,
School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
Nov
15
2022
First Sydney Urban Agriculture Forum - a wrap!
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Nov
11
2022
Together towards a fairer food system in the Illawarra
Berbel Franse,
Food Fairness Illawara
Sep
28
2022
Victorian Independent Food Systems Dialogue - Report
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Aug
26
2022
How does ‘closing the loop’ look for cafes now and into the future?
Sam Quirk,
Market Gardener, Researcher, and Sustainability Consultant
Jun
29
2022
Facilitating food security system change in regional Western Australia
Dr Stephanie Godrich,
Edith Cowan University
Jun
28
2022
Protecting our Sustainably Managed Farmland
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain: the Australian Food Network
May
31
2022
Towards a Healthy, Regenerative and Equitable Food System in Victoria: A Consensus Statement
Dr. Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
May
2
2022
2022 Federal Election Scorecard
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Apr
27
2022
'Humble Sampler' is supporting small-scale food makers to thrive
Dr Gloria Martinez,
Head of Policy and Development,
Humble Sampler
Apr
1
2022
2022 Federal election - major parties policy positions on urban agriculture
Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Dec
23
2021
Urban agriculture and healing
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director
Nov
21
2021
Our Sunburnt Country
Dr Anika Molesworth,
Farmer, scientist and storyteller
Nov
8
2021
Stories of Success and Resilience from Women Farmers in Gaza
Nov
8
2021
Zeno Food, an Inclusive Food Business
Nov
8
2021
Nashwa the Cheesemonger & Scientist
Oct
16
2021
Hanady's Solar Powered Store in Beit Hanoun
Oct
16
2021
Samar Al-Baa the Beekeeper
Oct
16
2021
Olive and Date on Al-Babedi Street
Savannah Supski,
Co-founder,
Just Food Collective
Oct
16
2021
Reem's Rabbit Farm
Savannah Supski,
Co-founder,
Just Food Collective
Aug
11
2021
Transformations of Nature and People
Dr. Nicole Chalmer
Aug
6
2021
Apply Now for Food Business Boost
Jul
14
2021
Why I wrote ‘Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future.’
Dr. Nicole Chalmer
Jul
12
2021
Growing New Roots
Sophia Bagatsing
Jun
23
2021
We want to hear from the orgs creating a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system in Australia
Amy Carrad,
Research Assistant,
University of Wollongong
Jun
21
2021
Supporting Women Agripreneurs in Gaza
Jun
1
2021
The Pandemic Gardening Survey in Permaculture News
Maria Teresa Diaz,
Permaculture News
May
28
2021
Mark Bittman on the true cost of cheap ‘junk’ food
Apr
30
2021
Live at the Calyx: First Nation’s Enterprise in Conversation and Action
Sustain
Apr
30
2021
Why are India’s farmers protesting?
Malaika Mathew Chawla,
Produce Packer,
Melbourne Food Hub
Apr
16
2021
Sustain’s submission to the draft version of the National Preventive Health Strategy
Mar
22
2021
The urban farmers taking over someone else's backyard as a reprieve from the pandemic
Lisa Clausen,
ABC
Mar
15
2021
Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs
Feb
23
2021
2020 Annual Report
Feb
23
2021
Supporting Melbourne's Food Bowl
Sustain
Feb
11
2021
Job Opportunities in Cardinia & Melbourne
Feb
10
2021
New Membership Benefits for Local Government Staff
Feb
2
2021
Melbourne's Green Wedges and Agricultural Land: Submission in Response to the 2020 Consultation
Sustain, Plan-It Rural and the McLeod Family Foundation
Dec
14
2020
Local Food Procurement: The Opportunity Whose Time Has Come
Leah Galvin,
Freelance Consultant & Churchill Fellow
Dec
7
2020
Building Local Food Into Our Schools: Lessons From The USA
Dahlia Zail
Dec
7
2020
Victorian Strategic Agricultural Land consultation: Sustain's Response
Dec
5
2020
Vermont Farm to Plate - Planning for Sustainable and Secure Food and Farming Systems
Nov
24
2020
Re-Greening and De-Paving Sydney
Jess Miller,
Councillor,
City of Sydney
Oct
20
2020
'Flaneuring' regional Victoria during COVID-19
Savannah Supski
Oct
20
2020
Cardinia Food Circles: Reflections as the Community Engagement Coordinator
Max Godber,
Community Engagement Coordinator,
Cardinia Food Circles
Sep
18
2020
We've been awarded the Australian Ethical Super Community Grant!
Sep
2
2020
"Locked In" to your local food swamp
Izo Lourival,
Director,
Sustain
Aug
24
2020
Gardening: A micro-universe of meaning and joy
Ana Spataru & Pooja Mallya
Jul
16
2020
With Love, From Lily
Kelly Donati,
Co-Chair,
Sustain
/
Lecturer,
William Angliss Institute
Jul
16
2020
Urban Agriculture: The Edible City
Katie Pucket,
The Possible
Jul
16
2020
Supporting Indigenous Peoples through food movement work
Michaela Bohunicky,
Lakehead University
Jun
16
2020
Food is at the heart of our future
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Jun
16
2020
Crisis Gardening: Addressing Barriers to Home Gardening during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hannah Katz,
Environmental Studies,
Hamilton College
May
19
2020
Peri-Urban Futures: The Crisis in Planning
Michael Buxton & Andrew Butt
May
1
2020
COVID-19 Food Justice & Membership Drive
Apr
21
2020
COVID-19 and the Crisis of the Commodified Food System
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Mar
31
2020
Brain food to inspire you during COVID-19
Georgia Karavis,
Communications & Events Coordinator,
Sustain & Melbourne Food Hub
Mar
17
2020
COVID-19 - The need for a local food system has never been more evident
Georgia Karavis,
Communications & Events Coordinator,
Sustain & Melbourne Food Hub
Mar
17
2020
Transitioning to our future food economy
Anika Molesworth,
Co-Founder,
Farmers for Climate Action
Mar
16
2020
Jake Claro Farm to Plate Australian Tour Postponed
Feb
20
2020
Together - we can move mountains!
Annemaree Docking,
Director,
Sustain
Feb
19
2020
Young Farmers Connect – Working Towards Bright and Prosperous Futures for Next Generation Farmers
Joel Orchard,
Young Farmers Connect
Feb
17
2020
Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Food Security & Nutrition
Tracy Hardy,
Wattleseed Nutrition & Dietetics
Jan
21
2020
In Conversation with Chris Blythe of Social Farms & Gardens UK
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
Jan
17
2020
Caring for Country and Ourselves: Bushfires and what the "new normal" means for our food system
Kelly Donati,
Chair,
Sustain
Dec
17
2019
Vermont Farm to Plate Plan Highlights
Dr Nick Rose,
Executive Director,
Sustain
May
23
2019
United African Farm Collective Updates
Kate Sutton,
Communications & Events Coordinator,
Sustain & Melbourne Food Hub
Apr
22
2019
Bendigo Food Systems Strategy Stakeholder Workshop
Feb
15
2019
Devita Davison and Detroit - A Story of Hope and Renaissance
Dec
3
2018
Charles Massy: How Regenerative Agriculture Will Save Us
Nov
14
2018
Dr Charles Z. Levkoe on his first visit to Australia
Dr Charles Z. Levkoe,
Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems,
Lakehead University Canada
Nov
12
2018
Connecting & Inspiring a Movement: New Economy Conference 2018
Kate Sutton,
Communications & Events Coordinator,
Sustain & Melbourne Food Hub
Nov
5
2018
Food System Transformation in Action
Oct
29
2018
Food For Thought Festival WA 2018
Sep
24
2018
Melbourne Food Hub Open Day Launch
Jul
27
2018
Role of Local Government in Food Policy & Governance
Nov
27
2017
Launch of Healthy & Active By Design by the Heart Foundation
Nov
12
2017
Sustainable Animal Industries Proposed Changes - Submission of Sustain
Jul
25
2017
Eco City World Summit