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Dec 15, 2011 • THANKS AND THOUGHTS FROM THE AGRI-FOOD RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE 2011 Dear Jane, Stewart and fellow conference attendees, The 18th annual Agri-food research network conference which was held at ANU from the 5th to the 8th of December 2011 was the first of many I hope to attend. The theme for the conference was ‘sustainabilities, justice...
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Jul 5, 2011 • The Open University in the UK and TEAGASC, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority are co-funding 2 postgraduate studentships, commencing in October 2011. The projects will involve participatory action research to improve knowledge exchange in agricultural extension. The studentships will support one year’s research training on an M.Res programme in the first instance. Satisfactory...
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Jul 4, 2011 • Opinion feature article written by Agri-Fooders, Michael Santhanam-Martin and Geoff Lawrence. Greens leader Bob Brown’s concern over acquisitions by China’s Shenhua Watermark Coal of farms on NSW’s Liverpool Plains is but the latest flurry in a gathering storm of controversy over mining developments on farmland. Whether it’s coal seam gas or coal, the question is whether...
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May 29, 2011 • The Department of Development Sociology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University is seeking applicants for a 9-month tenure-track position in Sociology of Food Systems. This position is part of an interdisciplinary cluster hire that also includes a position in Sustainable Cropping and Food Systems in the Department of Crop and...
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May 24, 2011 • Kim Zilliacus and Hanna-Maria Bärlund (University of Helsinki) Since the beginning of the 1990s the emphasis of participatory democracy has become stronger in Finnish policy- and decision-making. This development involves various stakeholders participating in negotiations, or more specifically deliberations, around current issues in order to reach consensus and enable a continuance in the policy process....
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May 24, 2011 • Bronwyn Isaacs (The Australian National University) Peter Malcolm (Department of Industry and Investment, NSW) Jane Dixon (The Australian National University) Australian consumers enjoy a cheap and diverse diet because of modern developments within the food supply chain. But the costs of our contemporary cuisine cultures include diet-related health problems, declining farming communities and a dislocation...
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May 24, 2011 • Ian Sinclair (Edge Land Planning and University of NSW) Food is a sustaining and enduring necessity. Yet among the basic essentials for life – air, water, shelter, and food – only food has been absent over the years as a focus of serious professional planning interest. (2007) ‘Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning’...
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May 24, 2011 • Peter Malcolm (Department of Industry and Investment, NSW) Riad Fahd (University of Western Sydney) For the establishment of good policy and effective planning, it is essential to have accurate data regarding the size and relative importance of agricultural industries. This is particularly so in peri- urban areas surrounding the major cities where there is competition...
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May 24, 2011 • Jane Roots (Charles Sturt University) The production of food and fibre in amenity landscapes is under transition, influenced by a myriad of local, state and international drivers. Farmers in amenity landscapes face challenges and opportunities from increasing land prices, subdivision of land, growing communities, competition for scarce water resources, changing commodity markets and changing community...
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May 24, 2011 • Christine Eriksen and Nicholas Gill (University of Wollongong) Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic priority for wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, recent tragic wildfires suggest that although agencies invest significant effort towards this objective, landholders in at-risk locations often remain under-prepared. One reason for the poor...
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May 24, 2011 • Sandra Grimes (Community Engagement Researcher) Can an unorthodox blend of participatory methodology, activism and social analysis co-exist as an effective research strategy to identify what constitutes a sustainable system in practice and to network for community engagement and social change to replicate these systems and extend their impact? This presentation examines the history and impact...
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May 24, 2011 • Rebecca Jones (Monash University) Commercial Australian organic farmers negotiate the interaction between productivity and ideology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the ideology which has underpinned organic farming from the early twentieth century until the present day. This paper argues that the key principle underpinning Australian organic farming is the belief that human...
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