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Grow your own: making Australian cities more food-secure

July 9, 2012

Food security has typically been framed as an issue of global concern, concentrated within developing countries. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation defines food security in terms of the availability of food sufficient to meet the needs of all people at all times, and while this conception acknowledges that people must have the wherewithal to meet their own needs, it can lead to a preoccupation with the gross volume of food produced, at the expense of questions of distribution and adequacy. More..

access to fresh foodCommunity Supported Agriculturefood insecurityFood SecurityHealth LiteracyUrban Agriculture
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