Food Forever

Engaging our community to support local farming

Join us at Food Forever a gathering of local food enthusiasts who want to work together to:

• improve our access to local food and
• support local farmers.

Time: 6-8:30pm
When: Monday 9 February 2026
Where: Byron Services Club, 132 Jonson St, Byron Bay
Entry: FREE! or by donation

Food Forever on 9 February will feature:

• Helena Norberg-Hodge, Pioneer of the localisation movement (including helping start the farmers' markets in this region) and Founder of Local Futures
• Economics of Happiness (abridged version), award winning film by Local Futures
• Local farmers and community supporters of local farming
• Solutions focused Q & A session for setting up next steps

With our food sources becoming increasingly globalised and centralised, we're losing access to healthy, fresh food that's grown locally. We're all too familiar with the impacts of bush fires, floods and the pandemic on accessing food that's from the local region. Once roads become blocked or borders closed, the impacts on the supply chains are visible within a couple of days on our supermarket shelves.

Empty shops is a strong indication that most of the food consumed here is trucked in from outside our region. We shouldn't be this vulnerable to economic, environmental or political challenges that will keep coming - especially as we live in such a fertile region.

We're eternally grateful to our farmers' markets that have been the one reliable source of food for our region, but they only supply a small fraction of our population.

Let's come together to explore the many options available to us to support the growth and production of food in this region. Together we can make our local food system resilient and abundant!