Hello, Thursday readers
This week’s newsletter is a little different with a feature article on former Illawarra local, Amy Carrad. I first met Amy through the Healthy Cities program Stir It Up! which I have covered previously in an article about Manami Henderson [link to...
2023 is shaping up to be another challenging year on the food front, with continuing inflation, supply chain issues, difficult conditions for growers and rising food and grocery prices putting pressure on family budgets.
I asked a public health expert about the future of food, inequality and the need for reform – and how you can help at a local level by volunteering at food-related community initiatives.
Dr Amy Carrad is a researcher with a background in public health, health promotion and food system governance. Amy studied her undergraduate degree and her PhD at the University of Wollongong before moving to Canberra in mid-2022. She is currently employed at ANU, working on a project related to the structural drivers (e.g., power, privilege, wealth) of social and health inequities. She is a self-confessed parkrun addict, “everyday cycling” advocate, home cook extraordinaire and food waste warrior.
I first met Amy through the Healthy Cities program Stir It Up!, which I have covered previously. Amy was the group’s unofficial photographer, taking loads of snaps of everyone as well as the food at our regular meet-ups. Not content with just sharing the photos, she would compile a booklet telling the story of the meeting and captioning all the photos for a great record of what SIU gets up to.
Amy has chosen to share the recipe for her mum's one-pan chilli.
I hope you enjoy meeting Amy and the chilli,
Susan Luscombe
The Thursday Editor
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