Agriculture and Diet

DEA marks World Food Day

• 15 Oct 2019
• Agriculture And Diet
• Carmela Ferraro

Public Health Nutritionist, Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM, says there should be enough food for everyone on World Food Day.  Yet hunger is a real problem throughout many parts of the world, with over 820 million people going hungry every day, impairing the growth and development of millions of children. We need to pause and consider how we use the earth's finite resources to produce food for all. 

Food For Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Fact Sheet

• 4 Oct 2019
• Agriculture And Diet Fact Sheets
• Carmela Ferraro

Our new fact sheet highlights that the foundation of good health is a healthy diet, and  that climate change, biodiversity loss, water pollution and soil loss are major and imminent threats to human and planetary health. Changing the type of foods that we eat, and the way that foods are produced, distributed, and marketed, is one of the most effective actions we can take to improve the health of individuals, and stave off environmental disaster. 

Food Security in a Changing Climate

• 9 May 2019
• Agriculture And Diet Climate Change Presentations Unconventional Gas
• Admin 

Food Security in a Changing Climate: This video is a reminder of the threat posed to our climate, our water, our oceans and our agriculture by oil and gas exploration and production. In the video Anne Daw, agricultural advocate and member of the Round Table on Oil and Gas SA, Anne Poelina, Nyikina Traditional Custodian and Master of Tropical Medicine Notre Dame University, DEA's Graeme McLeay, and Peter Owen, Wilderness Society SA Director point to the impacts of fossil fuels on food security in our region.

Doctors need to get behind the great food transformation

• 12 Mar 2019
• Agriculture And Diet
• Dr Michael Schien

How do we reduce diet related disease, improve health and feed a global population of 10 billion by 2050 without damaging our planet? The Lancet-EAT commission’s recent launch of “Food in the Anthropocene” sets scientific targets to address this challenging question. It concludes that food could be “the single strongest lever to optimise human health and environmental sustainability on Earth”. However, to achieve this, “a radical transformation of the global food system is urgently required”. 

ABC Opinion: Why the Western diet needs to shift to a 'planetary health diet' in the age of climate change

• 27 Jan 2019
• Agriculture And Diet Climate Change Opinion Pieces
• Dr Rosemary Stanton and Dr Kris Barnden

Nutritionist and dietitian Dr Rosemary Stanton, who is part of DEA's Scientific Advisory Committee, and DEA member Dr Kris Barnden, examine the results of a recent major scientific report by The Lancet-EAT commission. The three-year study calls for transformative change in how we grow our food and what we eat to improve health, save the planet from further damage to our environment and feed an anticipated 10 billion people by 2050. 

Newcastle Herald: Climate change will make droughts more frequent, making David Littleproud's comments even more extraordinary

• 31 Aug 2018
• Agriculture And Diet Climate Change Opinion Pieces
• Dr John VanDerKallen

Agriculture is on the frontline of a climate emergency. Farmers’ livelihoods depend on their capacity to survive changes such as drought; and everyone’s survival depends on their ability to continue growing our food. So why does Australia not have a plan to cope with climate change events? asks DEA's NSW Chair Dr John Van Der Kallen. Read more-->

Briefing Paper: Agriculture and climate change

• 27 Aug 2018
• Agriculture And Diet Briefing Papers For Politicians
• Admin

Exploring ways to improve farmers' interaction with the EPBC Act 1999 

• 16 Jun 2018
• Agriculture And Diet Submissions
• Admin

DEA has made a submission to this review. The government notice says “Independent Reviewer, Dr Wendy Craik, is undertaking a short-term targeted review to reduce red-tape and find practical ways to help farmers meet the requirements of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act). The review will help unpack the issues faced by farmers to find real solutions while maintaining the high environmental standards Australia is renowned for." The use of the words “red tape” is likely to indicate the real intent but DEA has risen above these political aims.

Download DEA's Submission on Exploring ways to improve farmers' interaction with the EPBC Act 1999

Health, sustainable diet and agriculture - DEA Position Statement

• 13 Apr 2018
• Agriculture And Diet Climate Change Policies
• Admin 

Unhealthy environments, climate change, and poor diet are major contributors to both chronic and acute illnesses. Changes to the way we produce our food, and the type of food we eat, are urgently required for both human and planetary health.
Health, sustainable diet and agriculture Position Statement