What is the Voice Of Warrawong (VOW)
The VOW statement was developed from the questionnaires and has become a ‘petition’ that has received over 200 signatures. Warrawong is one of the most disadvantaged areas in the NSW. With the rise of cost of living, the prevalence of food insecurity has increasingly become a pressing issue within the community. More than 66% of […]
Connecting Over Fair Food 2023
On the 18th of October, more than 110 dedicated food educators, advocates, producers, gardeners, and passionate food enthusiasts converged for the annual Connecting Over Fair Food event at the Shellharbour Civic Centre. Together, they explored how to build a food system that is more sustainable, fairer and resilient here in the Illawarra, especially in the […]
Fair Food Champion: Anna Jane Linke
Tell us a bit about yourself – what is your background and how are you involved in the local food system? It all started with flower growing a few years ago. I live in an off-grid tiny home and fortunately have the space to experiment with different varieties. Since then my beds are a mix […]
Join the Illawarra Edible Garden Trail!
We’ve got some exciting news! Food Fairness Illawarra will host the 2024 Illawarra Edible Garden Trail on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November 2024 from 10am-3pm. This event is sponsored by Gilly’s Kitchen Garden. Buy Tickets Register to be a host here by 30 June. What is an Edible Garden Trail? An edible garden […]
Fair Food Champion: Dean Mastroianni
Who are you? A local to the Illawarra region, I grew up in Balgownie where my family ran an Italian restaurant many years ago. I worked there for some time until I found myself gravitating to the field of nursing. Nearly a decade later it dawned on me that I could actually combine these two […]
‘Cook, Chill, Chat’ Needs Your Help!
We are calling on you, our community partners and supporters, to help Healthy Cities save the ‘Cook, Chill, Chat’ program. 12 months ago, after 8 years of bringing diverse communities together to learn about and share healthy food, the funding for ‘Cook Chill Chat’ was withdrawn. At the time, many of you wrote to our […]
Together: Feeding people, fighting waste
Did you know that 1 in 5 Australian households (21%)1 experienced severe food insecurity in 2021/2? This translates to 65,000 Illawarra households not being able to access food that meets their health and cultural needs. Meanwhile, tonnes of edible food ends up in landfill every week from the food industry. In the space between these […]
PhD scholarship: Creating a sustainable, healthy, and equitable food system
Professor Karen Charlton, from the School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences at the University of Wollongong is an internationally recognised nutrition scientist and research dietitian. She was awarded her ARC Future Fellowship and funding of $1,066,940 over four years for her project, “Creating a sustainable, healthy, and equitable food system”. Two PhD scholarships are […]
Stir it Up! Training Day
On the 22nd of July, Healthy Cities Illawarra facilitated a Stir it Up! training session to up-skill staff and volunteers with specific nutrition qualifications to educate their community on healthy cooking and eating. Stir It Up! is an exciting project that aims to promote good food and healthy eating in local communities. The program was […]
Inquiry into food production and supply in NSW
Healthy Cities Illawarra Program Manager & Food Fairness Illawarra (FFI) Coordinator, Berbel Franse, and FFI committee member, Belinda Gibbons, hung out at Parliament House in Sydney on the 9th May, to give evidence for the NSW inquiry into food production and supply. It was a thrilling experience to represent FFI’s recommendations on how to build […]