Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

congratulates the organisers of ‘A Taste of Slow—Australia 2006’, a ‘Slow Food’ festival culminating in the Abbotsford Convent Weekend in Victoria on the weekend of 9 and 10 September 2006 at the Collingwood Children’s Farm and Collingwood Farmers Market;

(b)

notes:

(i)

the fast growing international Slow Food Movement, which was founded not only as a response to the culture of fast food, but to encourage the use of local seasonal produce, to restore time-honoured methods of food production and preparation and to highlight the importance of sharing food at communal tables, and

(ii)

that the Slow Food Movement encourages environmentally sustainable production, the ethical treatment of animals and social justice;

(c)

recognises:

(i)

the importance of family meal times for the emotional, cultural and physical health of our communities, and

(ii)

the importance of promoting healthy food options in light of increasing community health concerns such as obesity, diabetes and related nutritionally linked disease;

(d)

calls on the Government to take action to promote healthy food options; and

(e)

notes, with concern, the pressures placed on family time due to the rapid rise in non-standard work hours.

Question negatived.