Foodprint Melbourne: Building the Resilience of Melbourne’s Food System
OnlineCompounding crises have revealed the cracks in Melbourne's food supply system, flaws that make our population vulnerable to scarcity.
Compounding crises have revealed the cracks in Melbourne's food supply system, flaws that make our population vulnerable to scarcity.
Join us for our ACCLIMATISE special panel conversation, streamed live from the Legislative Council Chamber at Parliament House with a small invited live audience of families.
Join Tom May, Principal Research Scientist (Mycology) in a discussion with writer and climate activist Sophie Cunningham (author of Melbourne and City of Trees) about the future of fungi. Fungi are megadiverse, estimated at several million species globally. Discover the role of fungi in ecosystems and how they will fare in future climates; and learn how fungi experts tackle the challenge of documenting the numerous "dark fungi". This event will be livestreamed – details…
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