Academy of Social Sciences in Australia – 2011 Annual Symposium
The 2011 Symposium will be held in the Academy’s 40th year. To mark this event, the 2011 Symposium provides an opportunity for the social sciences to showcase their role in addressing issues of national importance, and the role of collaboration and cooperation across and between disciplines. The Symposium will examine the issue of food production,...
Victorian Food Supply Scenarios: Impacts on Availability of a Nutritious Diet
The Victorian Food Supply Scenarios: Impacts on Availability of a Nutritious Diet report was released yesterday at the National Sustainable Food Summit. This VEIL-led research project was funded by VicHealth and undertaken in partnership with the CSIRO, Deakin University and the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development. The purpose of this project was to develop...
Working Group 19 for the XXIV ESRS Congress
Call for papers: Working group 19 the XXIV ESRS Congress in Chaina, Greece, 22-25 August 2011: http://esrs2011.maich.gr/ Diversity and growth of local food and local food specialities Convenors: Gunn-Turid Kvam/Egil Petter Stræte, Centre for Rural Research; Norway and Karin Hakelius, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. Local food and local food specialities have gained increased interest both...
“Farming Matters” Publication
Call for contributions to the a special issue on local and regional food issues for the Farming Matters publication. Farming Matters is the flagship magazine of ILEIA – Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture (http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/). The September issue of Farming Matters will focus on local and regional food systems and how they can be strengthened to increase...
Second Bite: “Food Rescue. A Fresh Approach”
‘Food Rescue. A Fresh Approach’ is  a research series that was launched by Premier Ted Baillieu yesterday morning. Please find Report 1 attached or click here for a link to the report. If you would like to see a short video of Ted Baillieu launching the report, click on either the Vimeo link or the YouTube link. ABC, Channel 7, Channel...
UNRISD – Call for Papers and Conference
This Call for Papers is for a conference being organised by UNRISD on ‘Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social Dimension.’ Please feel free to circulate to your networks or to any other individuals with expertise in this area that you think may be interested? This is the conference that I have been...
National Sustainable Food Summit
Over 190 people are now registered to take part in the landmark National Sustainable Food Summit in Melbourne on 5-6 April. A meeting of minds… Over 2 days, food and agriculture experts from the public and private sectors, science, academia and business, across a diverse range of professional disciplines will meet to explore ways of...
The Institute of Australian Geographers Annual Conference 2011
Call for Papers for a special session titled The Evolution of New Regional Economies in Australia to be held at: The Institute of Australian Geographers Annual Conference, University of Wollongong, 3rd-6th July 2011. Convenors Tom Measham and Neil Argent The forces of change affecting Australia’s regional economies and the communities they support include the changing...
