Sydney Food Fairness Alliance - Food Forums
Blue Mountains Regional Food Forum July 2009
In the lead-up to the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance's Food Summit in October 2009, regional food forums have been held. The objectives of the regional food forums is to produce a set of recommendations to feed into the October Food Summit and to also lay the ground work for future Bio-Regional Food Policy.
The Blue Mountains Regional Forum was held on 18 July 2009 with 60 participants. The Forum was supported by Blue Mountains City Council, Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre, Blue Mountains Food Coop and Two Front Doors Cafe. Four issues were discussed at the Blue Mountains Forum in facilitated groups:
- Access to healthy food - cost, distribution, local outlets
- Planning for healthy food supplies - land use, transport / distribution
- Sustainable agriculture - practices, carbon footprint, organics, soil quality
- Food safety and health - synthetic inputs, new technologies, healthy diet
The outcomes of the Forum are summarised in the documents below:
- Blue Mountains Food Forum Discussion Summary - Food Access and Welfare, Health and Safety
- Blue Mountains Food Forum Discussion Summary - Food Distribution and Planning
- Blue Mountains Food Forum Discussion Summary - Food Production
There were also a number of discussion papers contributed by the Blue Mountains community in the lead-up to Blue Mountains Regional Food Forum. These discussion papers can be downloaded below:
- Cittaslow Katoomba Blue Mountains
- Community Harvest Blue Mountains
- Culturealab Organics
- Culturelab Organics
- Food at Work Showcase
- Local Garden Exchanges
- Mid Blue Mountains Seed Savers
- Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre
- Schools
- Slow Food Blue Mountains
- Sustainable Work Food Options
- Tom Colless
- Transition Blue Mountains
- Vegetable Gardens for After School Care
For more information on the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance Food Summit in October 2009 visit the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance website at www.sydneyfoodfairness.org.au.
Note: The information in this article has been used with the permission of Loret Runagall. Refer to the Temporary Workspace of the Blue Mountains Forum at https://sites.google.com/site/sffabmforum/Home .
This item was posted in August 2009.
