WHAT IS FAIR FOOD WEEK?
Coordinated by the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), Australia’s Fair Food Week shines a light on our new story of food.
Fair Food Week 2023 will see individuals and food organisations across Australia come together - virtually or otherwise! - to explore, celebrate, and share how they do fair food. Whether you want to host an event to celebrate fair food in your area, start a Fair Food conversation with others, or join a local or online event to learn more about good food, Fair Food Week is for you.
Events are organised and run by individuals and organisations to celebrate and promote Fair Food, the people who grow it, those who support, and how we enjoy it. Whether online or in person, events can include:
forums, workshops & speakers
farmers’ fairs & farm tours
Fair Food film screenings & book clubs
produce swaps, cook clubs & shared meals
In addition, AFSA invites anyone keen to get involved in Fair Food Week to join us for a flagship event as we launch our new book, Eating Democracy: The True Cost of the Food We Eat with Costa Georgiadis on Saturday 21 October at SAGE (Brinja-Yuin Country, Moruya NSW).
Eating Democracy tells the story of eleven eaters doing things differently, navigating their paths to grow, provision and cook in ways that are fair to soil, water, plants, animals, and people. These eaters are helping to build a new food system based on culture, community, and personal, public, and ecosystem health without blowing the household or the planetary budget. From now until 19 September, you can pre-order your copy of Eating Democracy - click here to be one of the first to read it!
If you’d like to focus your Fair Food Week efforts more locally, we’re calling on all groups, from farmers to food hubs, schools to universities, to host their own event as part of Fair Food Week. If you’re interested, click the link below to host an event near you.
Let’s continue to put food sovereignty on the Australian table so farmers can keep farming… so that young people will feel encouraged to go into farming, so that family farmers around the world know that we are acting for their sovereignty… and so that all eaters can continue to input democratically into improving our food system.
It’s time to shine the light on the new story of fair food flourishing across Australia. Viva!
Become a supporter or sponsor of Fair Food Week 2023!
Established in 2013, Fair Food Week provides an opportunity for organisations and community groups in every state and territory to showcase how farmers, gardeners, chefs and community-based food enterprises are working hard to ensure access to fresh, local and affordable produce to all Australians.