Bees, bureaucracy and biosecurity

Bees, bureaucracy and biosecurity - Australia's food future on a knife's edge, is an event about the silent crisis threatening two thirds of Australia's food supply to which the wider food industry is largely oblivious.

Of Australia's food supply, 65% relies to varying degrees on managed European honeybees for their pollination: fruit, vegetable, nuts and seeds. Even beef and dairy rely on lucerne and clover pollinated by honey bees.

Presented by the Australian Association of Food Professionals (AAFP), this "Q&A" style event will see an expert panel highlight and discuss the problems being faced. What are the issues, what is being done, what isn't being done...where, why and who?

In a separate element for the day (not part of the cost) Restaurant Associates' Australian Museum Café will develop a special menu reflecting the issues.

When: 23rd October 2011 11am-1pm
Where: Australian Museum 6 College St, Sydney (Theatre)
Who: Australian Association of Food Professionals
Phone No: 0448 488 080
Email: secretariat@foodprofessionals.org.au