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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainability Plan | • Facilitate an increase in the demand for and consumption of locally produced, high quality fresh food (including through education) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Community kitchen and recipe book for Talbot | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Co-ordinate public/private/community/welfare organisations to promote and model healthy food options and changing behaviors | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council – owned kitchens and school kitchens made available for preparing and distributing healthy fresh food, and for providing healthy cooking instruction | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates a partnership to deliver a residential waste education program (inc. recycling and composting | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates a partnership to deliver a school waste | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Develop a Community Local Food Harvest mapping facility through an electronic application and mobilize a local volunteer force to collect, input and maintain the mapping facility. 3 Implement a Maryborough Street Harvest program (local | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Develop a policy with the goal of supporting community events and programs that increase the market for fresh food (eg. Farmers Markets, food swaps, community cooking days and school farm visits) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | local fruit and vegetable harvesting and distribution system which collects excess fruit and vegetables from peoples backyards using volunteers and redistributes it locally amongst the community to people in need via community cooking classes, community centres and emergency relief services) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Produce Family Healthy Food Guide | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Promotion of increased healthy food consumption through the “Swap It” campaign | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Regular health page in local paper. CGSC partnership | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Support for schools, early childhood services | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Support for schools, early childhood services and | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Water bottle filling facilities at council premises/ advocate for same for public locations. 2 Support | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Increase public transport access, and assistance for those requiring it, to local shopping and markets | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | % increase in diversity of farm enterprises (inc. crop diversity, carbon farming and other primary production businesses | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | % increase in diversity of farm enterprises (inc. crop diversity, carbon farming and other primary production businesses) | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | % Increase in production, distribution and consumption of food with >100 food kilometers | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | 6.5 Food Quality and Security Vision The bulk of the food eaten in the shire is healthy, high-quality and locally produced. There is sufficient capacity in place to transition to be wholly self-sufficient in terms of providing for basic nutritional needs of the local population within 2 years§§§. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates partnerships and supports the development of carbon-farming agriculture in the shire. 4000 hectares to be grown specifically to store carbon. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Develop Council guidelines for land-use planning that include food security issues. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Develop mechanisms to support and encourage sustainable farming practices (eg. with targeted rate relief | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Local agricultural land-use is enhanced to include better eco-system enhancement and management through access to training | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Outcomes 2020 • The quality and quantity of fresh of food consumed per capita in the shire has increased dramatically • The shire’s food security profile has improved dramatically as the capacity to produce and/or procure food produced locally and regionally has increased | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Strategies for achieving the 2020 outcomes • Increase locally or regionally produced high quality fresh food | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Support the CVGA’s Food & Health portfolio development process to provide access to enhancing the development of a knowledge base of best practice for sustainable agriculture. 3 Initiate a partnership to implement a local primary producer’s education program | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Accelerate the development of locally managed edible landscapes in the shire’s communities. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Create a community garden in Dunolly | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Expand the Food Forest project across the shire | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |