USU x SEI Panel: Changing Our Food System Within

Join us for a panel discussion followed by a unique Indigenous, locally sourced canapes provide by the USU & Colombo Social chefs. Enjoy wines provided by The Hidden Sea Wine

Eating ties us to the social and environmental challenges inherent in our food system. It is a system that is currently unsustainable and rife with injustices: from exploitative labour practices to the pressures of climate change, loss of farmland and food traditions to the disempowerment of communities. And paradoxically, people struggle to put food on the table, whilst so much food goes to waste. COVID-19 has not only made visible these challenges but also spurred visionary local food actors to innovate, cooperate and diversify.

We invite you to join the local food revolution that is taking place in our neighbourhoods and on campus, and to hear from some of these local change-makers.

This event showcases three projects that offer robust action and generate alternative pathways to sustainable local food systems. We hear from USU operations manager, Ben Pinney, about his work transforming the University’s ‘food system’. He will offer insights into some of the biggest food challenges on campus and present an exciting and important new proposal – the Community Kitchen Project. Shaun Christie-David, co-founder of Colombo Social, will talk about his Sri Lankan restaurant that employs, educates and feeds some of our most vulnerable in the community. And we hear from Program Facilitator Jamie Loveday and Post-doctoral researcher Kate Johnston about their work with The University of Sydney led food business incubator, FoodLab Sydney, and the intersection of research and community action.

Chair:

Associate Professor Alana Mann (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

Panel:

Ben Pinney, Operations Manager - University of Sydney Union

Shaun Christie-David, Founder - Colombo Social

Jamie Loveday, FoodLab Sydney

Dr Kate Johnston, Sydney Environment Institute

Followed by complimentary drinks and canapes at Courtyard Restaurant & Bar provided by the USU, Plate It Forward and Hidden Seas Wine

https://sei.sydney.edu.au/

https://foodlabsydney.com/

https://colombosocial.com.au

https://thehiddensea.com

FREE for all.

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The USU acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, upon whose stolen land which we operate, gather as employees and live. We recognise this land was never terra nullius — the land belonging to these peoples was never ceded, given up, bought or sold. We pay our respects to Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging, and we extend this acknowledgement to any other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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