LibGuides: Food & Hospitality: Food Security

Social Equity: Food Access

'Food deserts': Grocery dead zones have serious health impacts for residents, experts say
Public health experts have begun mapping Australia's so-called 'food deserts' and are finding the consequences for the people who live in them are extremely serious. ABC News, 2015
Are these outer suburbs "food deserts"?
Michelle Obama popularised the idea that "food deserts" with too few healthy food stores (and too many fast food outlets) are a key cause of bad health, but it misses the underlying problem. Crickey, 2015
Maintaining Food Security
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources White Paper, 2016
Rural Australians are missing out on affordable fresh food
Outline of why rural Australians may not have access to fresh fruit and vegetables. The Conversation, 2013

The Coming Famine (ebook) by Julian Cribb
ISBN: 9780520947160
Publication Date: 2010-08-10
In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food prices and regional shortages are already sending shockwaves into the international community. But, far from outlining a doomsday scenario, The Coming Famine offers a strong and positive call to action, exploring the greatest issue of our age and providing practical suggestions for addressing each of the major challenges it raises.
Food: the new gold (ebook) by Kathlyn Gay
ISBN: 9781467701457
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
Starvation kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined? In some places, food has become a precious commodity--like gold. Food: the New Gold explores the complicated interaction between food, business, politics, and the environment.

Second Bite
This organisation diverts food from waste and aids in food access by all.
Australia's Risky Food Supply Chains
This article focusing on Australia's weather impact on food supply. Links to other sources. University of Melbourne, 2022
Challenges in the Australian Food Supply Chain
Blog explaining how food supply chains rely on other food supply chains.
How does the global pandemic affect our food supply chain?
Australian Academy of Science publication
Hunger: A Fact of Life for Too Many In Australia
Food Australia January-March 2022 edition p34. LH has a subscription to this. Access Student Passwords on the NCC site for offsite access.

Is Lab-Grown Meat Good for Us?
No saturated fat, no heme iron, no growth hormone—cultured meat seems to have many potential benefits. The Atlantic, 2013
One burger doesn't make a cultured meat industry
The article discusses the feasibility of commercializing laboratory-grown meat. Topics include a prototype hamburger made from lab-grown meat by Mark Post of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, the environmental benefits of cultured meat, the process Post used to culture the meat, and a taste testing held in London. New Scientist, 2013
Synthetic meat: how the world's costliest burger made it on to the plate
Overview of the creation of the synthetic burger. The Guardian, 2013
We don't need GMOs -- There are Other Ways to Save the World
The article refutes a claim that genetically modified organisms (GMO) are not necessary to reduce global hunger, with a comment from director of the Agriculture and Food Security Center at of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, Pedro Sanchez, on the role of GMOs in global food security. Popular Science, 2014
Future Food: The Menu of 2030
Video: As we struggle to feed our growing population, here is how the champions of technology are going to shape our food
Future Food Menu 2050
Video: Experts say your food could look very different by the year 2050 as the world’s population skyrockets.

Video and article by BTN High on whether we will accept eating lab grown meat.

Understanding Food Insecurity in Australia
This Australian Government website outlines the current situation and has links to further resources. Published September 2020
Food insecurity in Australia: What is it, who experiences it and how can child and family services support families experiencing it?
Australian Government: Australian Institute of Family Studies. August 2011

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Food insecurity and waste by Justin Healey
ISBN: 9781925339895
Publication Date: 2019
Australia is a prosperous country, yet there remains a sizeable portion of the population who lack a regular supply of nutritious and affordable food, either going hungry or relying on assistance from charities and food banks. In the past year alone, more than four million Australians have been in a situation where they have run out of food and have been unable to buy more. Conversely, we also waste a lot of food right through the supply chain; the cost of food waste to the national economy is a staggering 20 billion dollars each year. What are the many ways in which we could reduce our individual food waste? How can Australia address the needs of people who are food insecure, and by the same token minimise food waste, to encourage an equitable and sustainable approach to food? One thing is clear: we could do more to live by the old adages, 'you are what you eat' and 'waste not, want not'.

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