REQUIRED VIEWING/LISTENING/READING
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- Short Article – https://sustain.org.au/articles/food-is-at-the-heart-of-our-future
- Nick Rose – A critique of industrial scale agriculture – (BELOW, 30 mins) – (Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtnIbbrkqrI)
- Joel Orchard –Community Supported Agriculture – Please watch from 3.03 mins to 3.26 mins
- Morag Gamble – What is permaculture? – (Watch below, or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MJuqDEO4rA)
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
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- Dani Valent, “Good Food” – June 2020, “After 200 years an ancient grain is back on the menu“
- Video – Pandemic Gardening with Dr Nick Rose and Morag Gamble (1 hour +) – (Watch below or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89zIsRz9OI
- CSA Australia and NZ website – http://www.csanetworkausnz.org/
- Video – Eric Holt-Giminez – Agroecology and Food Sovereignty: Tools for de-commodifying our food system, NENA Conference 2018 (29 minutes)
- Morag Gamble – Permaculture YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-bU0T-JKZ3kVpO77Nt1hMA
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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1. What are some of the social justice and environmental issues associated with industrial-scale agriculture?
2. What are the main features of Community Supported Agriculture, and why is this approach seen as more socially just than traditional food production in Australia?
3. If we were to ‘decolonise’ agriculture in Australia, how might our food production, diet choices and natural environment be affected?
4. What are the key principles of permaculture?