Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) Initial Questionnaire

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Completion of the survey is optional and answers will be treated confidentially. Depending on your responses, the survey should take 10-20 minutes to complete. Please direct any questions to nick@foodsovereigntyalliance.org. We thank you for your collaboration.

What do you think the purpose and goals of the AFSA should be? *

What do you think the role(s) of the AFSA should be? *

To campaign for the inclusion of the sustainable & local food movement (e.g. community gardens, CSAs, small-scale biodiverse farms, etc.) in the process of formulating any National Food Policy

To educate the wider public about the existence and activities of the sustainable and local food movement

To educate the wider public about the global movement for Food Sovereignty

To seek to build networks and alliances and influence the development of policies on food and agriculture at the national level

All of above

Other - please state below

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If you believe that the AFSA should carry out a role or roles other than those listed above, please state it or them in the space below

What are your & / or your organisation's aspirations for food and / or farming in your local / regional area? *

What are the most pressing food and / or farming-related concerns for you & / or your organisation? *

What issue(s) do you believe are of the highest priority in terms of campaigning and education around food and agriculture? *

Please select one or more choices from the list below

Public health

Environmental and ecosystem health

Non-renewable resource depletion

Impact of agricultural and food systems on climate change

Food insecurity for low-income and disadvantaged groups

Farmland conversions

Farmer livelihoods

Excessive supermarket power

Popular and democratic control over our food and agricultural systems

GE crops

Other

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If you answered 'other' to the previous question, please state below which issue(s) should be of the highest priority for the AFSA

The AFSA and affiliated organisations and individuals have an excellent opportunity over the next few months to make representations to the Independents and the Greens about food and agriculture in Australia. What do you think we should be saying to them?

Would you be interested in contributing to and /or reviewing any written submission we make to political representatives on food and agricultural policy in Australia?

Yes - please leave contact details at the end of the questionnaire

Clear selection

What do you think are the areas where groups and individuals involved in sustainable, local and fair food and farming systems around Australia have the greatest common ground?

Do you think that the AFSA should retain its current name? *

What is distinctive about the AFSA is the use of the term 'Food Sovereignty', rather than the more usual term 'Food Security'. For more information on the principles and the politics behind Food Sovereignty, please refer to the AFSA website: http://foodsovereigntyalliance.org

Yes

Undecided - more information required

If you answered 'no' to the previous question, please briefly state your reasons and your suggestion / preference for an alternative name

Do you think that the AFSA should become a membership-based entity? *

This does not necessarily imply that the AFSA should adopt a legal structure. It does imply that some criteria be developed in terms of eligibility for membership

Yes

Undecided

If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, what criteria should be the AFSA apply in terms of assessing elegibility for membership?

Please select from the list below

Adherence to a commonly-crafted statement of aims and principles

Not be linked, financially or otherwise, to large agribusiness / supermarket interests

Other

If you answered 'other' to the previous question, please state what other / additional criteria for membership of the AFSA you believe should apply

Time and resources permitting, would you be interested in attending a convergence called by the AFSA for the development of a Citizens' National Food Policy?

If the AFSA or a similar body continues to exist, it has been suggested that it should convene a national convergence of all those interested in belonging to the AFSA and building its work. The purpose of such a convergence would, amongst other things, be to create an opportunity for the democratic development of a Citizens' National Food Policy.

Yes

Yes - subject to funding available for travel & accommodation costs

Undecided - more information required

Clear selection

Please use the space below to provide any other comments or suggestions about the AFSA and what it might be able to do to promote the cause of all Australians working to create and expand sustainable, resilient and socially just food and agricultural systems

Please leave your name & contact details here if you wish to contribute to / review the policy briefing that the AFSA is preparing

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