Welcome to the Australian Local Food System Policy Database. This is a collection of policies from New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments that relate to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
For further information about using the database and how it was created see How to use the database. You can search the database by using the fields below. Domain refers to eight broad categories under which various topics are situated. The domains and topics are based on a framework of recommendations for local government action on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system (also located on the ‘How to use the database’ page linked above).
To cite the database: Reeve B, Carrad A, Rose N, Charlton K & Aguirre-Bielschowsky I (2021) Australian Local Food System Policy Database. Available at: https://law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au/policy-database (access date).
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| Document title | Relevant text in the policy | Domain | Topic | State | Local Government name | Council type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Investigate feasibility of and subject to a successful funding application, deliver a program that includes food relief supermarket vans going to food deserts | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Objective 1: Enable communities to access safe, affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and drinks Key Health and Wellbeing Plan progress measures Healthy and well • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who consume sufficient fruit and vegetables • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who consume sugar-sweetened beverages daily • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who are overweight and obese • Proportion of adults, and adolescents with psychological distress Safe and Secure • Proportion of adults and children who ran out of food and could not afford to buy more Key One Planet Living progress measures Local and Sustainable Food Sustainable water Culture and Community Travel and Transport Health and Happiness • Access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who consume 6-8 glasses of water a day • Proportion of adults who feel valued by society • Proportion of households living within walking distance of an activity centre • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who rate their health as very good or excellent | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Indigenous Plants of Bendigo: a gardeners guide to growing and protecting local plants | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Investigate developing local planning policies that support food security | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Proportion of farms using sustainable farming practices | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Support farmers to learn and use regenerative farming practices and plan for climate change | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 2. Strengthen and support a sustainable local food economy that enables the growth, production and sale of healthy food locally | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.24 Coordinate an annual calendar of workshops to support food growing and cooking that may include preserving and seed saving | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | A fifty year vision has been prepared to transition Bendigo to a Water Sensitive City. The Vision and Transition Strategy for Water Sensitive Bendigo includes strategies and desired outcomes for a sustainable water future. A key desired outcome is ‘Bendigo is resilient to climate extremes and has integrated, efficient and adaptive regional water, energy and food systems’. Progressing this will require collaboration from the involved organisations, industries and the broader community to better integrate our local food production and water supply systems, whilst exploring alternative water supplies and innovative food production techniques | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Bendigo’s designation as a UNESCO Creative City in the category of Gastronomy – October 2019 Bendigo and the region’s core gastronomy themes are; a 40,000-year-old sustainable food system through the Dja Dja Wurrung people and the need to heal the landscape following colonization and gold mining, the creativity and innovation of the community and of our food producers, health and nutrition and the role of food in inclusion and community wellbeing, and the importance of developing a sustainable food system in an era of climate change. The City will support an ongoing community action plan comprising events and projects that will complement the Food System Strategy. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Conduct a rural and environmental study that looks at land type, quality and collects environmental data to inform future work such as protection of agricultural and horticultural land across the municipality | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Conduct a study into the effects of climate change on the existing food production in the area | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Deliver accessible community food growing workshops and programs specific to our local climate | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Develop a ‘risk map’ to determine areas affected by soil contamination to support and manage risk of urban agriculture and backyard food growing | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Develop a local planning policy that protects horticultural and agricultural land across the whole municipality | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Develop local planning controls to protect horticultural /agricultural land across the whole municipality | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Explore opportunities to support urban food growing at a commercial scale | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Guiding Principles • A healthy food system that promotes the health of people and enhances the natural environment • An equitable food system that makes nutritious and culturally appropriate food accessible and affordable to everyone across our communities • A sustainable food system that strengthens our local economy and builds the capacity and resilience of our communities | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Investigate feasibility of rate incentives, differentials, rebates or communications which support farmers in the use of sustainable farming practices. If feasible, implement accordingly | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Investigate how an increase in Biomix compost made from City of Greater Bendigo’s Organics Waste can be re-distributed back into the Greater Bendigo Community | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Objective 1: Enable communities to access safe, affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and drinks Key Health and Wellbeing Plan progress measures Healthy and well • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who consume sufficient fruit and vegetables • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who consume sugar-sweetened beverages daily • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who are overweight and obese • Proportion of adults, and adolescents with psychological distress Safe and Secure • Proportion of adults and children who ran out of food and could not afford to buy more Key One Planet Living progress measures Local and Sustainable Food Sustainable water Culture and Community Travel and Transport Health and Happiness • Access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who consume 6-8 glasses of water a day • Proportion of adults who feel valued by society • Proportion of households living within walking distance of an activity centre • Proportion of adults, adolescents and children who rate their health as very good or excellent | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Our Vision Greater Bendigo’s food system is healthy, equitable and sustainable and supports the local economy, culture and health and wellbeing of our communities. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Partner with Traditional Owners and relevant stakeholders to develop knowledge and understanding of sustainable land-use practices, language and the cultural life of the region through Indigenous food plants | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Partner with Traditional Owners, the Dja Dja Wurrung and relevant stakeholders to develop knowledge and understanding of sustainable land-use practices, language and the cultural life of the region through Indigenous food plants | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Partnership project to identify emerging technologies that support healthy food production | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Promoting sustainable humane farming and healthy diets high in local, seasonal organic food and vegetable protein | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Smart gardens for a dry climate | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Support and advocate for better management of fruit fly locally | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Support farmers to learn and use regenerative farming practices and plan for climate change | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 2 Investigate the need and interest in establishing and supporting a community gardens network that may share resources, knowledge, ideas etc. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |