I Love Wollongong Because…
Wollongong City Council is updating its Community Strategic Plan and invites YOU to be involved. We see this as a great opportunity to highlight the importance of fair food and the need for this to be included in the strategy. The more fair food is featured in the submissions received, the higher it will be […]
Australia’s Food Environment Dashboard
Launched last month by a coalition of Australia’s leading public health research institutions, Australia’s Food Environment Dashboard brings together the best available data to describe the healthiness of our food environments from research institutions and government. Designed to provide easy-to-digest information, it covers the key aspects of food environments including data on food composition, food […]
Guide to Food Donations – Case Study
Food Fairness Illawarra and Healthy Cities Illawarra, thanks to the NSW Government Waste Less Recycle More initiative, brought together food rescue relief stakeholders to develop an interactive web-based guide for food donations in the Illawarra with an objective to increase food donations and divert food waste from landfill. We have developed a case study surrounding […]
June Newsletter: Embracing Native and Indigenous Foods
Understanding the patterns of the landscape in which we live and grow our food is crucial. In the Illawarra, we are on D’harawal land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians, the Wodi-Wodi People, who have lived sustainably in this landscape for thousands of years and understand the complex and interconnected cycles of weather, plants and animals. The […]
We’re NOT lovin’ it!
Join us and local Illawarra residents to fight the proposal for a huge McDonalds outlet in the new Wongawilli Village Centre in West Dapto. This will have a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of the local community. The campaign is at a critical point – McDonalds has taken the matter to court despite […]
Healthy, Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems Survey
Survey of community-based organisations participating in food systems governance Are you part of an Australian community-based organisation or initiative working to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system? Does that work include engagement in food systems governance? Are you familiar with the operations of your organisation? If you answer ‘yes’ to all three questions, […]
Fair Food Champion: Aunty Fran Bodkin
Aunty Fran _ descendant of the D’harawal people of the Bidiagal Clan is this month’s Fair Food champion. Combining the knowledge passed down through my Aboriginal mother, my University education and unquenchable journey of lifelong learning, I bring a holistic understanding of the environment. Aunty Fran Bodkin Dr Frances Bodkin is an educator of D’harawal […]
D’harawal Seasons and Cycles
Understanding the patterns of the landscape in which we live and grow our food is crucial. In the Illawarra, we are on D’harawal land, bounded by Port Jackson to the north, the Southern Highlands to the west and to Jervis Bay to the south. The Wodi-Wodi people of the D’harawal Nation are Traditional Custodians of […]
The Time of Wiritjiribin – Tugarah Gunya’marri
The Time of Wiritjiribin – Tugarah Gunya’marri. Cold and windy (July / August) The annual cycle of the D’harawal landscape comprises six seasons, one of which is the season of Tugarah Gunya’marri. The Wiritjiribin (lyrebird) calls ring out through the bushland as he builds his dancing mounds to attract his potential mates. It is the […]
The Time of Ngoonungi – Murrai’yunggory
The Time of Ngoonungi – Murrai’yunggory.Cool, getting warmer (September / October) The annual cycle of the D’harawal landscape comprises six seasons, one of which is the season of Murrai’yunggory. The cold winds have now gone, and the days are starting to get warmer. The buds of the Waratah swell and redden, and the Ngoonungi (flying […]