This is the first in my blogs about Why we need to change the food system. The signs are many that there is a growing change in attitudes to the food system. Research just published for the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance undertaken by the Australia Institute backs that up with 53% of the community surveyed growing or raising some of their own food. Of those around 60% have begun doing so in the past 5 years and 20% in the past year. To read the full report Awareness of Food Security Amongst the Australian Adult Population go to http://australian.foodsovereigntyalliance.org/blog/2012/07/02/australia-needs-a-food-literacy-campaign/

The reasons for this new food growing movement and interest in Local Community Food Initiatives, sometimes described as Urban Agriculture, are numerous and underline the need for food literacy to explain its importance and to demystify food security and access issues in Australia. This will be the subject of future blogs. Watch this space.