April Newsletter: We are in this together
Welcome to our April newsletter! We are excited to acknowledge the D’harawal Season we have now entered, The Time of Marraigang – Bana’marrai’yung. As the weather begins to cool and the days get shorter, we welcome this new season and all it brings. The last few months have been bustling with activity, from attending foodie tours, crop swaps, […]
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of bringing diverse communities together to learn about and share healthy food, the funding for ‘Cook Chill Chat’ was withdrawn.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 […]
Internship: Communications Support
Applications are now open for a six month internship at Food Fairness Illawarra! Contribute five hours per week to develop your communications and marketing skills, while helping to educate our community and encourage them to take action towards a fairer food system. JOB TYPE: 6-month internship position. 5 hours per week. LOCATION: Healthy Cities Illawarra […]
Let’s ‘Vote for Food’ this election
Now more than ever we need to improve our food system so that it is more healthy, equitable and sustainable. And with the NSW state election being held on 25 March it’s everyone’s opportunity to have their say on the issue. To assist, we have been working with Sustain, Professor Karen Charlton and Suzy Pickles […]
February Newsletter: Lettuce fight waste TOGETHER
Welcome to our February newsletter! We would like to start by acknowledging the D’harawal Season we have just entered, The Time of Burran – Gadalung Marool. With Summer slowly coming to an end, we are so grateful to look back on everything we’ve gotten up to over these last couple of months. We’ve advocated for resilient […]
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 […]
Make It Count: The Launch of the Household Food Security Data Consensus Statement
Australia is often seen as a country with strong levels of food security, yet there is no consistent, nation-level measurement in place. So how can we know that we are a food secure nation? In December the Australian Household Food Security Data Coalition (AHFSDC) launched the Food Security Data Consensus Statement to raise awareness of […]
Let’s talk about food and climate change with Wollongong City Council
Wollongong’s Climate Change Mitigation Plan (CCMP) is currently available for review, a document that will direct how Council sets out to achieve its target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. At Food Fairness Illawarra we see this as an vital opportunity to highlight the importance of a resilient local food system in achieving these targets, […]
Fair Food Champion: Lili Zlojutro
Who are you? I am a mother of four and child of the most amazing migrant folk, rest their souls. I was born and bred in the Gong, and spent my childhood in a backyard full of creatures and edible gardens, playing cricket while snacking on passionfruit and grapes, our beloved dog Mali, always wicket […]