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Let's Talk About Food - what do you know about our local food system?

Sat, 17 Sept

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La Trobe Arts Institute

Join a screening of short films about food from around the planet and stay on for a chat about what is happening in Bendigo with Will Dalgleish from the Bendigo Regional Food Alliance and Tania Rusbridge from the Old Church on The Hill Community Pantry.

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Let's Talk About Food - what do you know about our local food system?
Let's Talk About Food - what do you know about our local food system?

Time & Location

17 Sept 2022, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

La Trobe Arts Institute, 121 View St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia

About the event

The recent epidemic has highlighted our vulnerability when it comes to relying on essential supplies from out of town.  

The science is telling us we need to stop creating the massive carbon emissions created by exporting and importing the same food in and out of countries just so that companies can make a profit in the global market.

We know that food grown in the country is shipped off to Melbourne to be branded and packaged then returned to be sold in the supermarket down the road. 

We also know that a lot has been happening to stop the madness! Supporting local growers at the farm gate and  shopping at community farmers markets seems the sensible thing to do. 

Join Will Dalgleish, the new chair of the Bendigo Regional Food Alliance and Tania Rusbridge from The Old Church on the Hill Community Pantry in  a chat about what we…

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