Tag: GROW

What’s for dinner tonight? Tidak ada, nada, niente, Không có, nothing! Well, maybe not literally nothing, but certainly very little and probably not that nutritious. That’s what 1 in 7 people around the world can expect each day – very little. So they go to bed hungry. In anyone’s language that’s not right! Join us […] Read more »

With greenhouse gas emissions at an all time high, and the world lurching towards a third food price spike in four years following the worst US drought since the 1950s, there is an alarming gap in our knowledge – how will an increase in extreme weather caused by climate change affect future food prices? To date, research on food […] Read more »

Oxfam ambassador and MasterChef extraordinaire Julie Goodwin bowed out of Masterchef All Stars last night, after raising $15,000 for Oxfam. And she sure went out in style! Read more »

Millions of the world’s poorest people will face devastation from today’s rocketing food prices because the global food system is fatally flawed and policy-makers can’t find the courage to fix it. Policy-makers have taken cheap food for granted for nearly 30 years. Those days are gone. Developing countries are bracing themselves for the worst effects […] Read more »

When Julie Goodwin from Masterchef gets involved in food, she does it on a big scale – a global scale. In the latest installment of the popular cooking show,  she is raising awareness and funds for Oxfam’s GROW campaign, to create a world without hunger. “My charity is Oxfam Australia. I am involved in their […] Read more »

Every decision you make in the supermarket and in the kitchen, from which bananas to buy, to where to store apples at home, has a big impact. Your choices when it comes to food may seem small and inconsequential, but they make you a part of the ‘global food system’. We talk a lot about […] Read more »

For two stormy  winter days in Perth we were visited by two extraordinary women from South Africa on a whirlwind tour of the country visiting politicians, speaking to the media and being at the centre of public events for the both the GROW and Make Poverty History campaigns. Roseline Presence and Gertruida Barman’s inspiring stories […] Read more »

‘The human race is living beyond its means, and the people in my photographs are bearing the brunt of the impact,’ says Oxfam Ambassador Helena Christensen. Read more about Helena’s new photo-booklet ‘Meltdown’, released in time for the Rio+20 conference. Read more »

Our South African guests, Colette, Roseline and Gertruida, continue their Australian speaking tour in Sydney, where they meet local food producers and chefs, while spreading the word about tackling hunger the sustainable way. Read more »

Currently in Australia are three women from Oxfam partner organisation ‘Women on Farms Project’, based in South Africa. The women, Colette, Roseline and Gertruida, are here for two weeks to speak at a series of public events. Here are some highlights of their first week. Read more »