The content and proposal for the report and the existing scope and rationale, are comprehensive and intersectional. Engaging citizens in localised food movements and markets, creating equitable, circular economies and establishing policies that support small-scale peri-urban and agroecological farmers to innovate and become the conventional suppliers of food systems is essential to food security and nutrition, as is secure land tenure and #landback movements. The scope of the report addresses this attentively and effectively.
Australia faced severe flooding during the first months of 2022. Below is a case study of Food Connect, a small business that have been strengthening urban food systems for the last decade through equitable relationships with farmers and community education. They were able to respond to a climate crisis which disrupted other actors and supply chains drastically, with resilience and adaptability.
Food Connect Australia Case Study
https://www.sustainabletable.org.au/journal/local-food-systems-win-out-during-flood-crisis
Ms. Sari Komlos