This was the key message delivered at the inaugural Right to Food Coalition Conference attended by WSCF. This message resonates with newly released ACOSS Poverty in Australia 2014 report on which revealed that one in seven Australians are living below internationally accepted poverty line. Speakers at the Right to Food Coalition conference made for a call to action on tackling poverty in Australia. Poverty greatly impacts on the ability of individuals, families and communities to acquire appropriate and nutritious food on a regular basis. Food security is a large scale issue, which has traditionally been addressed by the food relief organisations in the not-for-profit sector. With the overall growth in poverty from 2010 and 2012 by nearly one per cent (from 13% to 13.9), increasing wealth inequality and cut backs in public service provision, household food security in Australia will...
