Update from the GAF group - July 2011

A couple of items that may be of interest:


1. Food for All - Resources for Local Government - VicHealth

Visit: http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Publications/Healthy-Eating/Healthy-Eating-Programs/Food-For-All---Resources-for-Local-Governments.aspx

2. GROW campaign in Hobart: The Future of Food Forum.

The GROW campaign is aiming for a future where everyone has enough to eat, always, and is focussing on key issues associated with food – climate change, production, food prices, trade, etc. The campaign is being run globally by Oxfam and seeks to build and assist the large amount of advocacy that has been done to date around food. You can read more about the GROW campaign at http://www.oxfam.org.au/grow/

Helping to launch our new campaign and discussing the sustainability of the global food system and how we (together) can fix it will be Andrew Hewett, Executive Director Oxfam Australia, and Matthew Evans, Author of "The Real Food Companion.

WHERE: Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart

WHEN: August 10th from 11am – 12:30pm

RSVP: rebeccal@oxfam.org.au or http://bit.ly/qlk95I