Tag: food

This week we meet Maria Mahamade Sirangue, from Mabawane in Gaza Province. Oxfam News editor Maureen Bathgate visited Maria to hear more about the gardening techniques she’s been learning from our local partner, and the difference it’s made for her family. Read more »

Our global food survey results are in, and it’s clear that food prices are indeed on the rise. Read more »

Continuing our series of stories from Mozambique, today we introduce you to Rosa and Marta, who are learning food processing techniques from one of our local partners to make their harvests last longer. Read more »

For the past few weeks we’ve brought you the stories of real people in Mozambique, who we’ve been working with to help stop hunger in their communities. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, we’re hoping this brief video will speak volumes. Here’s a glimpse into the fields, homes and daily lives of the people you’re helping when you support our work. Read more »

Clouds loomed but rain held off and the weekly Wednesday Brisbane CBD Farmers Market were humming as always – even more so with the presence of Oxfam’s Grow campaigners who had the crowds flocking to their stall with giveaways of herb and vegetable seedlings to encourage shoppers to go home and grow the movement for food justice. Read more »

Oxfam volunteers in Perth got active (and wet) for the GROW campaign which was launched on June 1st in countries around the world. Read more »

The new Oxfam campaign GROW was launched on June the 1st in Sydney. The Oxfam team headed down to Prince Alfred Park to give away some free fruit and vegies and chat to the public about our new campaign. Read more »

Our new GROW campaign is now well underway, and our launch event at the Future of Food forum in Melbourne was a great success. If you missed it, you can read over some of the commentary here! Read more »

Join the campaign for a future where everyone on the planet always has enough to eat. GROW is a vision for a brighter future. It starts here, and it starts with all of us. So be part of it. Read more »

Justino Simon is a project coordinator with one of our partner organisations, the Christian Council of Mozambique Inhambane. We travelled to Mozambique to learn more about how Justino is helping communities in Inhambane province increase crop yields, improve nutrition and work toward a brighter future. Read more »