A discussion with those on the forefront of transforming our urban food system in response to an unfolding crisis.
About this Event
The Ecological Justice Hub's Our Waste series launched earlier this year with a panel exploring our relationship to stuff and the things we throw 'away'. As part of the series, we are looking at how COVID-19 has upended food supply chains, changing the way we eat and what we waste.
COVID-19 has brought the world to a halt wreaking havoc on our global health systems, trade and economies. In the midst of this unfolding crisis, small-scale farmers, communities, local government and social enterprises have risen to the challenge by offering new ways to transform the production and distribution of food.
This online forum will gather some of our community’s quiet heroes, thinkers and doers on the forefront in adapting and responding to the crisis, to offer insights as to how we might reimagine and build together a more equitable and sustainable food system.
Panelists include:
Maree Grenfell, Creative Resilience Lab
Dr Jen Rae - Fair Share Fare and Fawkner Commons
Kate Archdeacon - Executive Officer, Victorian Farmers Market Association
Dr Rachel Carey - Lecturer in Food Systems in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne
Tammi Jonas, farmer Jonai Farms and President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance