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Localizing SDG2 Zero Hunger through “Fair Food” in Australia

Kiah Smith

Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland)

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This paper presents a sociological analysis of community "fair food" initiatives in Brisbane, Australia. These initiatives pursue more equitable food access through activities that connect values of food justice, sovereignty, and citizenship with solving practical problems in local ecological food production, food waste reduction, providing low-cost food to vulnerable groups, and restructuring finance. Scaling up to influence policy and financing remains a key challenge.