In today's jam packed episode we look at the growing threat to Melbourne's capacity to produce fresh, locally grown food as well as our capacity to provide truly affordable housing.

We interview Rachel Carey from the University of Melbourne to discuss the growing threat to Melbourne's food bowl and the long term implications that this is having.

We also interview April Bragg from Housing For the Aged Action Group to discuss the privatisation of public housing stock and the continuing appropriation of the term 'affordable housing' by the neo-liberal machine.

We are also joined by two other special guests. Maurya Bourandanis is part of the organising committee for the Homeless Memorial and joins us to discuss her own experiences as a homeless person and why having a memorial to those people who died while they were homeless, is so important.

Ken Mooney also joins us to pay tribute to his late friend Barbara Sullivan who was a stalwart in the activist community and who will be sorely missed.