Tag: GROW

Seeds are the first link in the food chain. Yet women seed breeders are invisible in the industrial model of food production and in intellectual property regimes. The roots of food and gender justice lie in keeping seeds in women’s hands and recognizing women’s knowledge of biodiversity. Health and nutrition begin with food, and food […] Read more »

A sunny Brisbane Sunday saw about 100 supporters turn out for Brisbane’s Eat Local Feed Global event at Northey Street City Farm. Senator Larissa Waters attended as guest speaker and was joined by supporters for a tree planting to help mark World Food Day, alongside speakers from Northey Street Cityfarm and Oxfam. In a brief […] Read more »

“Because they called me crazy, I wanted to prove their words were wrong.” In part one of a two-part interview, Maria Loretha talks about the challenges of going from being a big-city lawyer in Java to a small-scale sorghum farmer in Flores. Read more »

What’s for dinner tonight? Tidak ada, nada, niente, Không có, nothing! Well, maybe not literally nothing, but certainly very little and probably not that nutritious. That’s what 1 in 7 people around the world can expect each day – very little. So they go to bed hungry. In anyone’s language that’s not right! Join us […] Read more »

When Julie Goodwin from Masterchef gets involved in food, she does it on a big scale – a global scale. In the latest installment of the popular cooking show,  she is raising awareness and funds for Oxfam’s GROW campaign, to create a world without hunger. “My charity is Oxfam Australia. I am involved in their […] Read more »

Every decision you make in the supermarket and in the kitchen, from which bananas to buy, to where to store apples at home, has a big impact. Your choices when it comes to food may seem small and inconsequential, but they make you a part of the ‘global food system’. We talk a lot about […] Read more »

‘The human race is living beyond its means, and the people in my photographs are bearing the brunt of the impact,’ says Oxfam Ambassador Helena Christensen. Read more about Helena’s new photo-booklet ‘Meltdown’, released in time for the Rio+20 conference. Read more »

Join Oxfam on Thursday 14 June for the GROW Africa Night. Hear the stories from two exceptional women from the ‘Women on Farms Project’, South Africa. Read more »

We can address this hunger if we support small-scale food producers, tackle climate change, and reduce food waste. This great infographic provides some suggestions. Read more »

2011 is coming to a close, and we just wanted to take the time to thank you for all your work throughout the year. Through your tireless efforts, we’ve achieved amazing things on a number of fronts. Here’s just a few highlights from 2011: Oxfam Summer Our Victorian Campaigner Clancy and his volunteers started the […] Read more »