Why local food doesn't need government funding
Submitted by Alistair Martin on 2nd March 2014
A lot can happen in a week. For our friends around the world, there have been some very interesting developments in Australia regarding local food of late.
Funding community food
Just last week the Australian Federal Government scrapped the Community Food Grants program, taking back $1.5m earmarked for investment in community gardens, city farms, farmers markets, and food co-operatives and hubs around Australia. Needless to say, this didn’t go down well.