---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Open Food Network Australia <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 5:50 AM Subject: Regen Ag knowledge commons launched, collaborative logistics pilot project, Victorian producers - we need your produce! To: <[email protected]> Resources and activities to build a better food system. View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/ef2090724a48/regen-ag-knowledge-commons-launched-collaborative-logistics-pilot-project-victorian-producers-we-need-your-produce?e=dcef30293f> Open Food Network exists to power fair and transparent supply networks that reconnect communities and regenerate the earth. Sometimes it's easier to see the work we're doing in just one part of this system, but as you read through this month's newsletter we hope you get a sense of the many ways we're reimagining food systems, supporting people with the resources and guidance needed, and working hard to power new possibilities. Read on for the launch of Australia's first ever database of the evidence supporting regenerative agriculture, new collaborative logistics projects, and more. *New regenerative agriculture resources* *The solutions are at hand for agriculture to become a driving force in the regeneration of landscapes, waterways and biodiversity, while sequestering carbon and actively reversing climate change.* There are many good reasons to support regenerative agriculture but the most significant is as a response to the climate emergency. The food system contributes up to 37% of TOTAL greenhouse emissions. At Open Food Network we are actively working to support wide-scale uptake of regenerative agriculture including the major land-use levers to mitigate climate change. Open Food Network also works on a key enabler of regenerative agriculture: values-based supply networks. When farmers receive a fair price for food, they have more opportunity to shift practices and undertake regenerative methods. *New resource launched!* We have started creating a knowledge commons of resources that provide a mix of research about regenerative agriculture and the systems that enable it, stories from regenerative farmers, and more. This includes the first open database drawing together peer-reviewed evidence underpinning regenerative agriculture and its uptake. Access resources <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=4fe660e2fc&e=dcef30293f> *Open Road: a collaborative logistics project in Victoria* Open Food Network and a number of partners are currently scoping a pilot project for a short supply chain logistics service for Victorian producers called Open Road. We have some seed funding but the scope and location of the pilot will depend on securing further funds and also on active collaboration from regional hubs and producers in the Hume, Western/Central and Gippsland regions of Victoria. We are planning a webinar in each of these three regions in the coming months. If you'd like to attend the webinar to learn more about this project or to get involved as a producer, regional hub or partner, then please contact Georgia Savage. Email Georgia <[email protected]?subject=Open%20Road%20expression%20of%20interest> Make sure that you register for our next webinar with Hepburn Shire, looking at Collaborative Logistics: How to start working with other farmers to reach customers. Register here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=e8e5af41ae&e=dcef30293f> *Open Food Network Connect* We now have a dedicated brokering service that helps to connect producers with supply and community food enterprises with demand! *WE HAVE DEMAND!* This month, we have a community food enterprise in Melbourne looking for the following Victorian-grown produce to be delivered every day, Monday to Friday: Potatoes: 100 kgs Onions: 100 kgs Carrots: 100 kgs Apples: 140kgs Oranges: 160 kgs Green vegetables (bock-you, choysum, spinach): 150 bunches Tomatoes: 110 kg If you're a Victorian producer who could supply one or more produce lines please get in touch! Orders and delivery times are flexible and open to discussion. Contact us now! <[email protected]> *Learning about food systems* Listen to Open Food Network’s Kirsten Larsen and Serenity Hill talk systemic change on the *Futuresteading Podcast* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=c05243b186&e=dcef30293f> *Nutrition Society of Australia webinar: Fair and Resilient Food Systems*. Kirsten helped explore how Australia’s food systems have changed over time, what we can learn from history, and how nutritionists and consumers can support a fair and resilient food system. Watch the recording of Hepburn Shire's *Farmers and Foodies together webinar* hosted by Open Food Network's Jen Sheridan and Renata Cumming here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=10e02d677c&e=dcef30293f> and view the slides here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=7712a08717&e=dcef30293f> . Warrenbayne Farm Collective and Open Food Network featured in the Royal Society of Victoria and Soil Science Australia's webinar *Soil Carbon: Climate Solutions Right Under Our Feet*. View the slides here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=b5e2ed34f0&e=dcef30293f> . *Software Updates* *NEW LOOK SHOPFRONT!* We sent a special software release email last month to let account holders know changes were coming to improve the appearance of shopfronts and to make it easier for shoppers to add products to their cart. Click below to get all the detail on these exciting updates. Read Software Newsletter <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=902801fa1d&e=dcef30293f> *New team members!* Meet our new team member, Renata Cumming. Renata grew up in Melbourne and spent weekends and holidays on her uncle and aunt's farm in North East Victoria which led to her love of farming and influenced her decision to study Agriculture at the University of Melbourne, Dookie Campus, and a diverse career in Agriculture. She has always had a strong desire to help people understand how food is produced and encourage them to make better informed decisions that support Australian Agriculture, reduce food miles and make the most of regional and seasonal produce. Along with Shirley Saywell, she is a co-founder of Strathbogie Local; a volunteer run 'click and collect' online farmers market that was set up at the start of the Covid restrictions to support farmers who had lost their primary source of revenue with the closure of restaurants and farmers markets and link them to customers who wanted access to high quality local produce. *Open Food Network Global* One of the most rewarding things about our open source global model is that anyone can start a new Open Food Network instance where they are in the world, and shape it around their local needs. In this month's global meeting we met the founders of Open Food Network Guatemala, who are using the platform to support Indigenous food sovereignty. We also shared the excitement of Open Food Network Colombia as they started accepting their first sales through the platform. Their enthusiasm is infectious, and a reminder of how amazing it is to build a new community of eaters and farmers from the ground up. But the best part is the sense of an ever-growing community of people all contributing to the same shared infrastructure and vision of a better food system. All of the work done so far, and support from people like you as our community members, have kept building an awesome open source platform that new countries can pick up, start using, and start contributing to. Thank you for being part of the global Open Food Network community! *In other news* *Young Farmers Connect* There are three awesome Young Farmers Connect <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=8b229305d2&e=dcef30293f> events coming up. Monday 23 November: Australia wide - hosted by Young Farmers Connect (YFC) - Melbourne <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=e6d0469b56&e=dcef30293f> Virtual Hangout with Jason Cotter from Tuerong Farm about heritage grain varieties, the role of small-scale cereal production and local milling, and how to include grains on your farm. Saturday 29 November: YFC Young Farmer's Connect - Mid-Coast <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=dbab057687&e=dcef30293f> Field day at Old Road Inn Vinyard Saturday 5 December: Young Farmers Connect (YFC) - Northern Rivers <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=1fc904e221&e=dcef30293f> Field day at Hungry Earth Agroecology *Sustain and Vermont Farm to Plate* Learn from the Vermont Farm to Plate team about how their initiative has created change. Vermont Farm to Plate - Planning for Sustainable and Secure Food and Farming Systems <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=0692c5579d&e=dcef30293f> Three weekly webinars: 2, 9 & 16 December *Vote for Open Food Network* in the *People's Choice Awards*, part of the Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Awards. You can vote once every day until the poll closes. The winner will be announced at an awards presentation on Friday 4 December. Vote here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe3b69c4473&id=41c394c4a1&e=dcef30293f> Join our team for the *First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge*. Staff at Open Food Network have joined this challenge to support First Nations communities to document stories woven from their regenerative cultures and to share these stories with our communities.
From November 16-20, 2020 one film will be published on the dashboard of First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge website each day by 8am AEST. You and your family can watch the story at any time from that day onwards. You can also donate to support Common Ground, an Aboriginal-led not-for-profit, continue creating resources that celebrate First Nations people.
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