S01 E10: Amy Lawton & Liz Millen, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition

One Bite

In this episode we hear from Amy Lawon and Liz Millen, founding members of Australia’s Right to Food Coalition. The Coalition started in 2014 and exists to advocate for the human right to nutritious food for all Australians. Amy is a social researcher who has focused on a number of food related issues and Liz worked for 20 years in a Sydney Health District team dedicated to improving food security through local projects.

We talk about the Coalitions work, the impact of COVID on their network, what we can learn from this 'natural experiment', the scale of food insecurity in Australia, the socioeconomic and political drivers, the implications of hunger for children, the problem with relying on food charity and some alternative approaches. You can find the Coalition on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and the food relief directory here.

You can find us at onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across social media.

For full list of links please see the website: Right to food; Aus charities and COVID-19; Food insecurity and socioeconomic disadvantage in Aus; ‘I Can Finally Eat Fresh Fruit And Vegetables’ ACOSS; Impact of COVID-19 on food insecurity in the Greater Sydney and Illawarra; Cost of Living; Casual workers; SDG2 Zero Hunger; Foodbank Hunger Report 2020; Understanding food insecurity in Aus CFCA; Foodbank Child Hunger in Aus; HILDA survey; Inequality in Aus ACOSS; Socioeconomic brackets and unemployment ABC; FoodLab Sydney.

Music: Night Owl by Broke for Free (CC)