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 | Support the implementation of food waste educational opportunities for community members and professionals (i.e. composting workshops) | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | The City have coordinated edible planting displays at various locations throughout the municipality such as the edible planting display at the Conservatory Gardens in March 2019. Residents were encouraged to engage in the display by picking a handful of produce as they passed by. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | the Grow a Row, Pick a Branch campaign that encourages residents, community and school gardens to donate excess fresh produce to Bendigo Foodshare and local cooking clubs | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | There are over 10 community gardens at various locations throughout Greater Bendigo, including central Bendigo, Quarry Hill, Long Gully, Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat and Heathcote. Some of these are already at capacity or require (re)activation. Currently there is no coordination of the community or schools gardens as a collective. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Through the recent success of joining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (for Gastronomy) in 2019, (the City) will partner with the Traditional Owners of a large part of the region, the Dja Dja Wurrung, as well as government and non-government organisations, schools and the wider community to develop knowledge and understanding of sustainable land-use practices and the cultural life of the region through indigenous food plants. Central to this will be the Dhelkunya Dja Country Plan which includes projects to restore Indigenous food and fibre plants as part of a broader ambition to heal the country and connect with the cultural heritage of this region. This project will be led by the Dja Dja Wurrung with support from the City of Greater Bendigo (the City) and other partners. The project will also include the development of a calendar detailing the six seasons of food and fibre plants, weather and animals that guided Traditional Owners in their reading of the landscape. The calendar will be used to guide planting and storytelling around the edible plants of the region and growing more sustainable and resilient sources of food – knowledge that will be shared with community organisations and gardens, schools, local businesses and the general public. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Vocational training program in a community garden, including food swap | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | What we will do: • Support schools and early learning centres to implement the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (SAKGP) or equivalent | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Produce and services sourced within a 50, 100, 200, 500 km radius | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 1.26 Improve access to healthy food by supporting the community to access produce from local suppliers i.e. coordinate a regular Farmers Market | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | 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 | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3. Support local food growing and producing, sourcing, cooking and sharing knowledge, skills and culture | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.16 Facilitate partnerships between community gardens, local producers and growers, schools and emergency food relief agencies | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.29 Facilitate healthy cooking classes for community, with garden to plate approach, using produce grown onsite | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Develop and disseminate information about growing and selling food to the general community and to commercial enterprises i.e. cafés, restaurants and food outlets | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Increasing communities access to local produce twice per month (in Sidney Myer Place and Hargreaves Mall) Weekly market held every Sunday, various stalls including food and drinks | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Objective 3: Support local food growing and producing, sourcing, cooking and sharing knowledge, skills and culture | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Opportunities to obtain locally-grown produce within the region include: • bimonthly accredited farmers’ markets • non-accredited farmers markets • some grocery stores • butchers, cafes and speciality food stores that stock local produce • food swaps • community gardens | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Support emergency food relief agencies to access and rescue fresh, local produce to distribute to educational, organisational and community settings | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Support local food tendering and ordering through the promotion of relevant platforms such as Localised | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Support organisations to prioritise local food procurement through healthy food and catering policies | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Support the coordination of the creation of a network of linked food precincts across the region such as farm gates, community gardens, restaurants and cafes serving local produce | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | To coherently illustrate the current food industry supply chain for the Loddon Campaspe region including a gap analysis and identification of opportunities to capture and add value to the sector. This will include identification of points where increased efficiencies and/or the reduction of barriers along the supply chain can be made. It will also inform the type of investment in infrastructure required to grow the industry. | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | 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 | Food supply and food system resilience | 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 | Food supply and food system resilience | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | As this Strategy will guide the actions of the City and partner organisations and groups over the next 10 years, this Strategy will allow for exploration and the uptake of new opportunities to help achieve our vision of a healthy, equitable and sustainable food system that supports the local economy, culture and health and wellbeing of our communities. This approach is crucial for our community amidst and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic | Sustainability and Environment | Food supply and food system resilience | 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 | Food supply and food system resilience | 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 | Food supply and food system resilience | 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 | Food supply and food system resilience | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Excess produce is donated to Bendigo Foodshare and redistributed to locations of need • Number of partnerships established and kgs of donations received per annum | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | • Investigate the feasibility of expanding City of Greater Bendigo’s household Organics Collection to reach more townships within the municipality | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |