Accessing food for your whānau and helping others to access food during Covid-19.
New Zealand is in lockdown with Covid-19. Those hit the hardest need to access food at this time. Here’s a set of resources to help people find food distribution; information for those who want to donate or volunteer to help; and for organisations distributing food at the moment that need support.
Food resilience
This week I gave a key note at the Eat New Zealand Food hui, in Auckland. Below follows an outline of that address. I was fortunate to sit alongside four talented panelists who are great examples of what is happening on the ground in Aotearoa: Kelly Francis, the whenua warrior, digging gardens in backyards across the country; Jasmin Jackson, from Kai Rotorua getting good affordable kai into schools across Rotorua through Ka pai Kai; Sue Neureuter, guardian of the Noises islands working tirelessly for conservation in the Hauraki Gulf; and Gretta Carney, of Hapi foods.
What the IPCC Climate Change & Land report means for food business and policy
The release of the IPCC report on Climate Change and Land last week is the third big global report for our sector to come out this year. Far more factual than the EAT Lancet report, the IPCC doesn’t hold back on the state of land use around the world.
What does this mean for New Zealand food businesses? And policy makers? Read on.
Plastic free July - what does it really teach us?
Plastic Free July has wrapped up again this year and we unpack what going plastic free really means for food businesses and consumers. 72% of New Zealanders consider plastic waste their top environmental issue in 2019. Are you listening to them as a food business? Read on, for both consumers and businesses.
Take-away messages from the 2019 EAT Stockholm Food Forum
As we wrap things up in Stockholm from the EAT Food Forum, we reflect on what we learned and what we thought was missing from the forum. Our main take home message is that we must continue to work hard, think bigger and bolder, to continue on our mission to cultivate change in our food system. Are you with us?
Regenerative agriculture and agroecology for breakfast
We are at the EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019. Over 1000 delegates from around the world converge in Stockholm to act as change agents to transform the food system. From government ministers, to companies, chefs, NGOs, farmers, and city governments, there is a mix of health and sustainability tackling how food can fix our environmental and social issues. Day one began and ended with strong statements from one of the world’s biggest food companies talking to the heart of food systems change about regenerative agriculture and farming. At Spira we work on regenerative agriculture in New Zealand, so this was a key topic for us as we transform the food system.
Spira goes global! EAT Stockholm Food Forum 12/13 June 2019
Emily is heading to the EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019, the world’s biggest gathering of experts and topics on food systems and healthy, sustainable food. Safe to say, she’ll be in her element.
We want to take you along for the journey and so we will be doing updates here on the sessions and snapshots of key learnings. You can follow us at the sessions live on Twitter, see Stories and updates on Instagram.
Why councils in New Zealand need food policy
As a local council what can you do about food policy? For some it is a new and unfamiliar field, but there are plenty of examples around the world and New Zealand that are shooting up that you can learn from. We’re happy to help you if you need advice on your food policy.