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 | 22 Support older adults (and other communities) to share their food growing and cooking knowledge with cross generational groups in a setting that may include a variety of food growing and cooking opportunities, such as a community garden/hub | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | 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 | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.15 Seek funding to support community kitchens and cooking clubs to be implemented across the region • Develop and disseminate a ‘manual’ on how to set up local cooking clubs | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.15 Seek funding to support community kitchens and cooking clubs to be implemented across the region • Develop and disseminate a ‘manual’ on how to set up local cooking clubs 3 | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.21 Support diverse cultures to share their food growing and cooking knowledge and expertise | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | 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 | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | 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 | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | 3.4 Develop and maintain an ‘information hub’ that provides a platform for sharing resources to support existing and new community gardens including policies, guidelines, relevant resources, grant opportunities and promote opportunities for people to participate | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | A Healthy Catering Guide for the Greater Bendigo region has been developed and disseminated amongst key stakeholders as well as uploaded to the City’s website | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | A sustainable food festival is held as an expansion of the Bendigo Sustainability Living Festival annually • New categories have been added to the Sustainability Awards to recognise food systems | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Activate the community food information portal | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Advocate and apply for food systems funding (for labour to develop / implement key projects i.e. funding to implement next phase of Grow, Cook, Share project) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | 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. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Better utilise the knowledge and skill base of community gardens and schools for example, as demonstration sites for organic waste | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | City of Greater Bendigo also has a range of free educational resources such as Home Grown, Smart Gardens for a dry climate (joint resource with Coliban Water) and Indigenous plants of Bendigo: a gardener’s guide to growing and protecting local plants. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Community Food Information Portal (Bendigo Regional Food Alliance Website) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Continue to update the City’s Home Grown Booklet as required | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | cooking clubs | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Currently, three primary schools within the municipality have registered SAKGP, | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | 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 | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Develop a calendar, using Indigenous language, detailing the six seasons of food and fibre plants, weather and animals that guide Traditional Owners in their reading of the landscape | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Develop community campaigns about the benefits of a healthy diet, affordability of healthy food, where to go for resources etc. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Expand the Bendigo Sustainability Awards and Sustainable Living Festival that may: • incorporate a sustainable food festival • showcase (i.e. develop vignettes) on the nominees from the Sustainability Awards categories related to the food system | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Expanding the growing capacity of gardens to produce fresh food to feed those in need (providing for the Grow, Cook, Share cooking clubs) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Grow, Cook, Share Project The Bendigo Regional Food Alliance, in partnership with The Salvation Army, Bendigo Foodshare, Bendigo Kangan TAFE, Loddon Prison and Coliban Water, received funding from the Victorian Government’s Pick My Project community grants to implement the Grow Cook Share Project. The project aims to establish and support local Cooking Clubs at food relief and community meal sites throughout the Greater Bendigo region. The clubs will utilise fresh produce from the Gravel Hill Community Garden and Bendigo Foodshare (community and school gardens have started donating fresh produce to Bendigo Foodshare through the ‘Grow a Row, Pick a Branch’ campaign) and provide an opportunity for people accessing food relief to develop the confidence and skills to prepare healthy meals for themselves and their families. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Hold sustainable food festivals and events | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Investigate platforms to share successful strategies to reduce food poverty locally | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Karen Healthy Eating Guide Diabetes Victoria and Bendigo Community Health Services developed a pictorial guide to healthy eating targeting members of the Karen community. The pictorial guide profiles healthy eating information in a simple and easy to understand format. The resource is in both English and Karen and is suitable for service providers working with and supporting the Karen Community. The pictorial guide includes information on food groups and recommendations, the concept of portion sizes, healthy snacks, healthy cooking methods, buying healthy foods on a budget and sample meal plans. The pictorial guide is available on the Diabetes Victoria website. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Local chefs, volunteers and organisations are establishing and support cooking clubs using food harvested from community gardens. The clubs will provide low income and vulnerable people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to cook and choose healthy food for themselves and their families. Gravel Hill Community Garden will be expanded to grow more food for the program and at least 6 cooking clubs will be established | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| GREATER BENDIGO’S FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY 2020-2030 | Multiple other settings offer variations of the kitchen garden program to their students, parents and carers | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |