Building Food Utopias: Voice, Power and Agency

In response to the social inequities and ecological damage wrought by an industrial and globalised food system, a growing food movement that champions food and farm justice, sovereignty and democracy is driving social, economic and political change across the globe. What structures and mechanisms are needed to ensure that those most affected by food and farm insecurity in Australia are heard? How do we strengthen social and political networks to sustain transformative public policymaking in food and agriculture? In this Sydney Ideas lecture, International expert Eric Holt-Giménez explains how social movements are addressing the economic and political structures that currently work against sustainability, with responses from local food systems experts Eva Perroni and Joel Orchard. For more information about this event click here. Timestamps 00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country – Dr Alana Mann 09:44 Sustainability in Food Systems (Keynote) – Dr Eric Holt-Giménez 38:08 Amplifying Voices and Dismantling Power – Eva Perroni 52:00 Food Activism – Joel Orchard 1:11:13 Sydney Food Campaigns to Join 1:12:30 Australia’s Diversity in Food Distribution 1:18:10 Alternatives to Private Property for Production 1:27:35 Implementing Indigenous Practices into Farming 1:34:20 Closing Statement – Dr Eric Holt-Giménez Speakers Dr Eric Holt-Giménez (Keynote), Author and Executive Director of Food First Eva Perroni, Independent Researcher and Writer Joel Orchard, Farmer and Food Systems Activist Dr Alana Mann (Chair), University of Sydney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.