Abstract
![CDATA[Hawkesbury Harvest formed in 2000 in response to the pressures of urbanisation and globalisation on the farming and health constituencies of the Hawkesbury. Its initial response to these pressures was a Farm Gate Trail to support small-holding farmers, and a growers directory to enhance local access to fresh food and “reorient the food system” to increase food quality, safety and security. In the six years since its creation, Hawkesbury Harvest has evolved into an organisation with wider community and land use interests. It is working to build a future for agriculture in the Sydney basin based on a resilience founded in economic diversity and interconnectedness with other industries in the basin, as a provider of ecological and cultural services for its host communities in the peri-urban fringe of Sydney, and as a catalyst for rethinking the role of agriculture in land use governance in an urbanising environment.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustaining our Social and Natural Capital: Proceedings of the 12th ANZSYS Conference |
| Publisher | ISCE Publishing |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 0979168880 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780979168888 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | ANZSYS Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2007 → … |
Conference
| Conference | ANZSYS Conference |
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| Period | 1/01/07 → … |
Keywords
- land use
- urbanization
- Hawkesbury Harvest
- infrastructure (economics)
- Hawkesbury (N.S.W.)
- agriculture
- environment and sustainability
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Sydney (N.S.W.)
- Centre for Western Sydney
