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 |
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| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Manningham City Council also runs a sustainability program which includes Home Harvest Manningham. This involves monthly home gardening seminars that aim to teach residents how to grow fresh food at home. The seminars cover all aspects of edible gardening, and include food, seed and plant swaps. In an effort to link up this program with food relief initiatives, Council, in 2014, purchased 12 raised garden beds to grow ‘shelf-life friendly’ crops such as carrots, beets, onions and potatoes; and with the help of a group of volunteers, donates the harvest each week to the Doncare foodbank. In 2015, the number of raised garden beds increased to 24. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Successful implementation will produce a local government area that has a distinctive focus on equitable access to fresh local produce through a variety of means. Indicators will be utilised from local sources such as follow up community consultation as well as data collected by the State such as the Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS). These can demonstrate that following the fifth year of implementation, whether there is, for example, an increase in home grown food, locally sourced food, affordable food, or a decrease in the rate of Manningham residents experiencing food insecurity. As development advances this may also involve regional monitoring as the Inner Eastern Metropolitan Partnership is embedded and joint projects take shape producing impact on a wider scale. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Support the development of sustainable gardens in schools | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | 2. Building the local food system Encourage existing Council licenced markets to promote local produce and affordable food | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Continue regional approach with inner Eastern Councils to support food supply improvement opportunities | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Explore the use of local producers to supply and promote at Council events | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Ongoing “buy local” awareness campaigns to staff, residents and businesses including exposure of businesses that source local produce | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Successful implementation will produce a local government area that has a distinctive focus on equitable access to fresh local produce through a variety of means. Indicators will be utilised from local sources such as follow up community consultation as well as data collected by the State such as the Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS). These can demonstrate that following the fifth year of implementation, whether there is, for example, an increase in home grown food, locally sourced food, affordable food, or a decrease in the rate of Manningham residents experiencing food insecurity. As development advances this may also involve regional monitoring as the Inner Eastern Metropolitan Partnership is embedded and joint projects take shape producing impact on a wider scale. | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Support and encourage local food businesses to source local fresh produce through existing and emerging food hub networks that link to information about their role in the food system | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | The Securing the Future Adaptation Plan broadly addresses continuity planning in the event of environmental emergency situations resulting from climate change, e.g. drought, fire or flooding, as well as emergency situations that may result from oil dependency, e.g. 4 Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 price spikes or shortages. Food insecurity as a result of these emergency situations is also discussed with section 7.5 Food security – plentiful nutritious food available locally calling for the development of “strategies to ensure that residents at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. This Plan fulfils Action 5.1 “Investigate the development of a Manningham Food Security Plan”. | Sustainability and Environment | Food supply and food system resilience | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Explore feasibility of a Council-administrated social media food sharing group to promote reduction of food wastage | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Explore opportunities for food waste recycling in high density areas including activity centres and apartment buildings as well as promoting subsidised composting products available through Council | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham City Council Food Security Plan 2016-2021 | Investigate avenues for reducing food wastage in food delivery services utilising existing programs | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | Action Areas: Liveable Mix Use Neighbourhoods, Dynamic Spaces and Places, Feeling Connected, Affordable Housing | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | Affordable Housing Advocate for housing diversity to meet community need | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | housing affordability is a growing issue with less people being able to manage their housing economic requirements with 32% of mortgages and 40% of rentals absorbing over 30% of people’s income and 16% of households living on less than $600 per week.15 The flow on effect of this financial stress can then impact on issues such as food access (3% of people ran out of food and could not buy more) 17, the ability to afford basic services and health care, their capacity to pay for bills and their opportunity to engage in community activities. In relation to housing, social and affordable housing is a significant issue for people most in need or disadvantaged. Manningham has the lowest stock of social housing (0.8%)17 in the Victoria and needs to actively work with developers and advocate to the State Government for greater provisions.15 | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | it is important to address people’s behaviour by encouraging them to access and consume nutritious food and water and undertake incidental excersise and regular physical activity | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | Manningham Strategic Alliance The Manningham Strategic Alliance is made up of the five community houses in Manningham; Living & Learning @ Ajani, Pines Learning, Park Orchards Community House & Learning Centre, Warrandyte Neighbourhood House and Wonga Park Community Cottage. Our role in public health and wellbeing is to provide the community the opportunity to participate in a range of activities. The Manningham Strategic Alliance provide activity classes for physical health such as yoga, pilates, dancing, strength classes, tai chi and walking groups. We provide creative classes for personal interest such as music lessons, art and craft. We provide healthy eating activities such as cooking classes and information sessions. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | With nearly half our population being overweight or obese (46%), many of these are not exercising enough (50%) or eating adequate levels of fruit and vegetables (46%)16, we will need to encourage more active living and healthier lifestyle choices including making nutritional food and water, the preferred choice whilst decreasing alcohol consumption and reducing smoking. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| Manningham Healthy City Strategy 2017 – 2021. | In relation to children’s wellbeing, it’s important to keep positive behaviours such as breastfeeding and immunisation as priorities to ensure we are establishing good foundations for future health. | Health and Wellbeing | Breastfeeding | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| MANNINGHAM’S COMMUNITY LOCAL LAW 2013 | Permitted number of animals, domestic birds and poultry kept on land 6.1 Except with a permit or in accordance with the following table, a person must not keep or cause or permit or suffer to be kept on land occupied by that person any animal, domestic bird or poultry. | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Manningham | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG 2040 GROWING | • ensure new housing developments have a range of options that cater to different needs, socioeconomic situations and stages of life | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG 2040 GROWING | advocate and promote good nutrition and healthy minds | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG 2040 GROWING | Linking people and places For a sense of connection, we need access to services, employment, education, shops, cafes, parks and open space. We need the ability to move safely and easily around our neighbourhoods, our city and beyond. Walking encourages us to engage with our surroundings and provides many health benefits. Throughout the City, we can access technology to communicate quickly and easily with council and their world | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG 2040 GROWING | What we can do Getting around • provide plenty of safe walking and cycling options, combined with public transport system to enable residents to access most of their daily needs within twenty minutes walking distance | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG CITY COUNCIL GENERAL PURPOSES LOCAL LAW 2015 | Keeping Animals – numbers and types | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG HOUSING STRATEGY | Advocate Educator Ongoing Priority Performance Indicators advocacy actions. Regulator Ongoing Number of compliant | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG HOUSING STRATEGY | A range of dwelling types, sizes and tenures, including affordable housing, should be provided in larger developments | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG HOUSING STRATEGY | Continue to liaise with community housing sector and service providers on an as needed basis to exchange information and research regarding the housing needs and trends of community groups with particular needs. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |
| MARIBYRNONG HOUSING STRATEGY | Further research undertaken in collaboration with local housing providers, agencies and community services to address barriers to the housing market is recommended in order to improve access to housing for this group. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Maribyrnong | Metropolitan |