I fell in love with my family’s farm, a sheep station near Broken Hill in far western NSW, at an early age. I formed a bond with the land as though it were a member of my family. When the Millennium Drought hit, though, bringing with it heatwaves and duststorms, the future I’d always imagined…
In her recently released book, Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future, Dr. Nicole Chalmer, “explores the damage that has arisen from farming systems unsuited to their environment, and presents compelling evidence that producing food is an ecological process that needs to be rethought in order to ensure resilient food production into the future.” In a…
Achieving global food security relies on producing food in ways that are ecologically viable and sustainable. However, today’s prevailing agricultural practices are damaging the very resources upon which our food system and food security depend. Resolving this issue is a mammoth task, but there is much that we can learn from the traditional food production…
Well-known food journalist and best-selling food and cookbook author, Mark Bittman offers some thought-provoking insights with his new book: Animal, Vegetable, Junk. In this new book, Mark reveals how food has shaped our past and how we can transform food systems to reclaim our future. Read his latest interview with The Guardian, as Mark unpacks…
How can First Nation’s enterprises build greater resilience for people, culture and place? As part of the nationwide Urban Agriculture Month in April, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney held the panel discussion, “Live at The Calyx: First Nation’s Enterprise in Conversation & Action.” The panel was comprised of Sharon Winsor (Indigiearth), Chris Andrews (Black…
Lily, aged 5, had a message for the residents of public housing estates placed under hard lockdown in Melbourne on 7 July. In her drawing submitted to The Age, a tower block and its windows were represented in the form of love hearts because, she explains, ‘we are sending you love. Hope for sunny days…
I live in a starkly beautiful part of Australia. The far west of NSW, has a wild, untamed beauty to it. This is where I grew up with my brothers. This is where family has been laid to rest. This is where I will get married. I have a deep sense of belonging to this…
Sustain and its partners announced today that the first-ever tour of Australia by Jake Claro, Director of the Vermont Farm to Plate Plan, scheduled for 19-30 March 2020, will be postponed due to the restrictive travel and other containment measures resulting from the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). “We take this decision with great regret, in…
“Care farming is the therapeutic use of farming practices for people with a defined need to solve issues or improve life chances.” London, 14th December 2019 Before Christmas, Sustain’s Executive Director Nick Rose travelled to London to meet with Chris Blythe, our keynote international speaker for the 3rd national Urban Agriculture Forum, “Care Farming and…
Devita Davison returned to Australia for the second time in 18 months in late January and early February 2019. She was here for the launch of Foodlab Sydney, an Australian Research Council-funded project led by Sydney University and the University of New South Wales (Canberra), in partnership with the City of Sydney, TAFE NSW and…