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Presentation to Australian Women in Agriculture by Kirsten Larsen



The attached presentation was prepared as a 'perspective' on climate change for young leaders in Australian agriculture. Adapting to climate change is already a reality for many Australian farmers, but rapid emissions reductions are also urgently needed - both on-farm and throughout food supply chains. As the cost of emissions throughout food supply chains increases, these costs will either be borne by consumers or perhaps pushed back down as price pressure on farmers. Coupled with inevitable ongoing fluctuation in oil prices (and the possibility of shocks or shortages), there may be opportunities for those who take a greater interest in how their produce gets to its final destination, with both a market premium and cost saving for low emissions food on the plate.

About the presenter

Kirsten Larsen manages policy research at the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this Kirsten worked in sustainability policy for the Victorian Government for 5 years. Kirsten uses futures thinking and research in her current work on opportunities for secure and sustainable food systems. This work has included the release of Sustainable and Secure Food Systems for Victoria: What do we know? What do we need to know? in early 2008, which led to involvement in a wide range of sustainable food projects across Victoria including the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Future Food and Farming project Steering Committee and the VicHealth Healthy Eating Advisory Panel. Kirsten’s current work includes: developing the concept of Food Sensitive Urban Design; research into greenhouse emissions and vulnerabilities in food freight systems; and a Food Supply Scenarios project exploring the implications of multiple scenarios on food supply in Victoria.

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Sustainable and Secure Food Systems - Summary Presentation

This presentation summarises the key findings of the VEIL policy challenges report Sustainable and Secure Food Systems for Victoria: What do we know? What do we need to know?

A video recording of the first half of this presentation can be accessed here.

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'Food Matters', Kirsten Larsen at Melbourne Social Forum Hot-House Festival

Kirsten highlights that to avoid irreversible climate change we need to fundamentally and immediately transform what and how we eat.

Food production accounts more greenhouse emissions than direct electricity use in our houses, and accounts for most of our water use too. Food prices are going up causing food security problems and the warming climate combined with less rainfall will pose new barriers to food production.

So what can or should we do? Do we understand the problem? Do we understand the solutions and how important are the actions individuals and communities are taking now?

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Melbourne Social Forum Hot-House Festival: Food Matters: Challenges and responses - link to audio recording of the presentation on the Melbourne Social Forum site.

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Food Sensitive Urban Design at Agri-Food 2008

VEIL's policy research manager Kirsten Larsen presented to the Sydney Agri-food conference on the concept of 'Food Sensitive Urban Design' - a term coined by VEIL to explore opportunities for integrated food production and consumption in urban and peri-urban planning and development. This presentation outlines the need and opportunities for integrating food into sustainable urban developments, as well as outlining some preliminary definitions and principles to shape the idea of Food Sensitive Urban Design.
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