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Community Food Events
“Food for Thought”
Building Community Spirit
and Resilience from
the Ground Up
Director Evelyn Collin
SEGRA CONFERENCE 2016SPOTLIGHT 9 – FOOD INDUSTRY INNOVATION
GROWER GROUPS IN WA
From agricultural R&D to social and
regional development
Sarah Houston | Project Officer | Grower Group Alliance
Community Food Events
Who we are
Why we exist
Stakeholders and Supporters
What we have achieved
The Challenges
The Benefits
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EST 2014
BASED IN THE
GREAT SOUTHERN, WA
PASSIONATE VOLUNTEERS
EVENTS AND WORSHOPS
RAISING AWARENESS
SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY
FOOD SYSTEMS
Whats working in our
community, lets build on it
COMMUNITY FOOD EVENTS
WHY?
Increase Community Awareness
• food security
• the impact of food systems on individual
and community health
• soil health, from commercial to urban
production
• the impact of well grown food on the
nutritional content
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Increase participation in local food initiatives
Increase regional food tourism - supporting
cultural and biodiversity tourism
Celebrate Local Food Culture - the diverse range
of local farms and food producers
Raise the regional profile of local food producers
and manufacturers
WHY?
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Over 20 Events
Since March 2015
Film Q&A panel
Networking Dinners
Seminars
Workshops
Festivals
COMMUNITY FOOD EVENTS
Participation reaching through 7 of the 11
Shires of the Great Southern Region
(Albany, Plantagenet, Denmark,
Cranbrook, Kojonup, Katanning, Broome
Hill - Tambellup)
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Great Southern Wine Producers Association - Albany Regional Volunteer
Service - Food Bank - Rainbow Coast Neighbourhood Centre and
Community Garden - Permaculture Albany - Jude Blereau - Regen AG - CB
Farming Systems - Denmark Butchers - South Coast Security - Karibu B & B
- Strike Point - Real Healthy Kids Sally Gray - Albany Signs - Donovan
Advertising - Paper Bark - Red Molly - Torbay Catchment Group -
Gourmandise - Mt Melville Fresh - Albany Farmers Market - Bunn Wine -
Green Man Media - Donna Cameron - Jims Tag & Test - Coates Hire - Yard
86 - The Great Southern has the Greatest Food Networking Group Ever -
Royale Patisserie - Travellers Rest - Cranbrook Primary School -
Scrupuliscous Farming - The Shipleys - Fervor - Australian Mineral Fertilisers
- Jon Doust - Albany Business Centre - The Gillamii Centre - Albany
Community Radio - ABC Great Southern - Solomon Merchants - Travel with
Purpose - Windi Windi Pastoral - Rick Wilson - Peter Watson - The Earthen
Path - Freehand Wine - Oranje Tractor - The Vibe Sound Collective -
Dowrene Farm Maud Bonshore - Payneham Vale Organics - Solomon
Merchants - and so many more…
Stakeholders and Supporters
Great Southern Development Commission -
Lottery West - City of Albany - Shire of Denmark -
Shire of Cranbrook - Department of Agriculture
and Food - Regional Development Australia Great
Southern - Great Southern Science Council -
Inspiring Australia - South Coast Natural Resource
Management -
Green Skills - IGA York St and Spencer Park -
Hi Tech AG - Sustain: The Australian Food
Network - Healthways
Stakeholders and Supporters
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GREEN SKILLS SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL
MARCH 2015 WA PREMIERE
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SEPTEMBER 2015 WALTER JEHNE TOUR
Healthy Soils Australia
Extensive field and research
experience at a national (CSIRO)
and international (UN) level
Management of soil biology
Regenerating soil health to improve
productivity and resilience in
agricultural systems
4 Events across 2 days - All Day Soil Health workshop - Cranbrook
Albany Networking Dinner
AM Soil Health for Blue Gum Conversion SCNRM Albany
PM Food Networking Group Bornholm
Phil Lee
Soil analyst and
Consultant
Micorrhyzal fungi
Celebrate the existing local food
economy! In an educational and
fun environment
Showcase Great Southern food
- The people, products and
possibilities
Develop, strengthen and support
food networks
FOOD FOR THOUGHT FESTIVAL OF EVENTS
8 Events over 4 Days
October 2015 Regional Food System Sessions
Dr Nick Rose and Dr Jennifer Alden
Topic:
Multifunctional Food Hubs
Food Systems Impact
on Community &
Individual Health
Sessions:
•Discussed national and international best practise food hub models
•Coordinated multi stakeholders, to create a shared vision for the
Great Southern Food Hub Committee and pathways forward
Nicole Hodgson
Dr Nick Rose
Inaugrual Food for Thought Festival
October 2015 Albany Town Square
April 2016 Food Systems, Security and Policy with Professor Martin Caraher and Dr Nick Rose
Challenges at the regional, national and global levels:
• climate change, water security issues, loss of agricultural lands through
urban sprawl, soil erosion, salinisation and acidification
• concentration of power within the food system
• highly centralised and long distance food distribution systems = serious
risks and vulnerabilities
• food access and food deserts
• food waste - nearly 40% of the food we produce goes to waste!
• food literacy e.g. blurring of the notion of seasonality
• the global food conspiracy
• cheap imports and
• the industrialisation of the food system.
Major inequities of the global food system that have led to a steep rise food
insecurity and food poverty.
Circles of Social Life
Mapping Food System Issues
#peopleandcommunitiesmatter
“Food is more than just a commodity,
it brings people together and
defines our culture
whilst nourishing our body and soul.”
Nilla Spark at the Food Systems, Security and Policy Workshop April 2016
2016 Theme
Connectedness5 Events over 5 Days
“We need to close the
gap between the
producer and
consumer. Consumers
need to understand the
origins of their food
(traceability)”.
Col Bowey - CB
Farming Systems
Regen AG 3 day Bio Fertiliser Course
AMF Tenterden (SOLD OUT)
Education, mentoring and
networking around successful
innovative farming practices for
premium food production
Training landholders in sustainable innovative farming methods, using low
cost inputs. Supporting the region to manage its natural resources
sustainably through community based management.
Best practice agricultural methods for premium food production.
Teaching landholders how to build organic matter in soils leading to
carbon sequestration.
Long Table Lunch hosted by Cranbrook Primary School Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program
Celebrating Australian Women in Agriculture
Fervor Long Table Dinner
Maud Bonshore
Wendy Bradshaw Suzanne WatkinsGeorgie Kruse
Helen Parsons
“You are What you Eat Eats”
In celebration of the United
Nations International Year of
the Soil 2015 (IYS2015)
Community awareness of the
link between food integrity and
soil health is growing.
Healthy ecosystems equal
healthy food and communities.
Formidable Vegetable Sound System
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The Challanges:
Small Team
Reliance on Volunteers
Capacity
Distance
Compliance Work
Organically Growing
Finding Solutions
Building Food System Stakeholder
Networks and supporting supply chain
relationships - local, national and
international
Fostering community spirit and social
inclusion
Increased participation in local food
initiatives
Benefits and Demonstrated Outcomes
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Benefits and Demonstrated Outcomes
Promotion of healthy eating culture, Improving
individual and community health outcomes
Promotion of programs that encourage food
literacy
Food for Thought Festival was the Great
Southern’s first ‘Soft Drink Free’ Event - Basic
Food Policy
Benefits and Demonstrated Outcomes
Increased community understanding of health
benefits of locally sourced and low input foods
Increased awareness of local and regional
produce availability
Brand recognition - Exposure
Benefits and Demonstrated Outcomes
Promotion of sustainable food and
agricultural industry development
Promotion of low input farming systems lead
to improving environmental health outcomes
Supports the tourism destination branding
‘clean green natural choice’
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“Community Food Events” is helping to galvanise the communities vision for a
sustainable, resilient, healthy and fair food system for the Great Southern – a food
system that supports the local food industry, improves market opportunities and regional food security and increases the availability
and accessibility of healthy, sustainably produced food.
Without our Sponsors and
Supporters we could not
operate our events with the
high level of success we
have so far achieved.
Thank you!
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Evelyn Collin 0428 373 850