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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| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | The festival allows the community to share food growing knowledge and skills across generations and cultures, inspiring home gardeners of all ages, skill levels and cultural backgrounds to sow their favourite herbs, vegetables and fruit, and learn about topics ranging from water efficiency and fruit tree grafting to keeping chooks and quails, to food preparation skills. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | The Moreland community has the knowledge and skills to grow nutritious food | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | The Moreland community has the knowledge and skills to grow nutritious food. The Moreland community has the capacity to build a better food system. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | upskilling members of the community to support the food system. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | upskilling members of the community to support the food system. • | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Use digital platforms, for example, ‘my smart garden’ to educate the community about: – food and labour swap initiatives, farmers markets and other ways of sourcing locally grown food – composting, rainwater collection, recycling and meal planning to reduce waste – sustainable food growing and growing food in urban soil – establishing community gardens and growing food in public places – food production and management – agribusiness events – workshops and training Distribute resources at Council events and through partners and other existing communication channels | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Use digital platforms, for example, ‘my smart garden’ to educate the community about: – food and labour swap initiatives, farmers markets and other ways of sourcing locally grown food – composting, rainwater collection, recycling and meal planning to reduce waste – sustainable food growing and growing food in urban soil – establishing community gardens and growing food in public places – food production and management – agribusiness events – workshops and training Distribute resources at Council events and through partners and other existing communication channels | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | We want to ensure that food security in Moreland is improved through: • people knowing how and where they can access nutritious food. • people being equipped with the skills to grow food. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | We want to ensure that: • people know how and where they can grow food (eg. nature strips, public places, community gardens and temporary spaces). • people know how and where they can undertake other urban agriculture activities (eg. bee keeping and aquaculture). | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | We want to ensure that: • people understand how to care for the land and do not contaminate the water, air, environment or soil. • people have a better understanding of land contamination issues and are enabled to use land for food growing. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | We want to see: • food literacy, knowledge and skills fostered across the Moreland community Action: A8. Increase opportunities for Moreland locals to learn about food production, food systems and management Lead: Community Development and Social Policy Support: CERES; Libraries; MEFL Resources: Facilitator, libraries, Neighbourhood Houses, universities Timeframe: Year 2 and 3 Markers of progress and success: – Strengthen the links between education providers seeking to establish food production initiatives and members of the community seeking to learn about food production and management – Run educational events in order to support the attainment of high levels of food literacy across all sectors of the community, especially the most disadvantaged – 4 community gardens are established over by 2020 partnership with local community members and groups Outcome: – The Moreland community has the knowledge and skills to grow, access, utilize and recycle nutritious food – The Moreland community understands the broader economic, political, cultural and ecological dimensions and impacts of the food system – The Moreland community sees itself as comprised of knowledgeable, motivated and active food citizens capable of shaping and influencing the food system for the benefit of all | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | We want to: • celebrate and share the diverse nutritious food cultures of Moreland. • enable members of the community to produce and sell nutritious food. Moreland Community Gardening Passata making day at Richard Lynch Centre. Action: A7. Deliver whole-of-community events that nurture and celebrate Moreland’s rich food cultures Lead: Community Development and Social Policy Resources: Operating Budget Proposal Timeframe: First festival in November 2017. Year 2 Markers of progress and success: – Plan and deliver an annual local food festival, for example a joint Darebin and Moreland (‘DareMore’) Food Harvest Festival | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | West Brunswick Food Forest was established by local residents on Council-owned parkland in the early 1990s and is managed by volunteers from Moreland Community Gardening Inc, with support from Moreland City Council. As well as providing free, fresh food, the space serves as a meeting place and outdoor classroom where people share what they know about growing and caring for food-producing trees and the many other plants that make up a food forest ecosystem. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Some parts of Moreland are already recognised for their food culture, and as new communities arrive to make Moreland their home, our food culture is further enriched. Heirloom seeds, rare produce varieties, and techniques for cooking and preserving can often be traced back through generations. They are an integral part of Moreland’s heritage and identity and should continue to be supported and expanded. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | The festival allows the community to share food growing knowledge and skills across generations and cultures, inspiring home gardeners of all ages, skill levels and cultural backgrounds to sow their favourite herbs, vegetables and fruit, and learn about topics ranging from water efficiency and fruit tree grafting to keeping chooks and quails, to food preparation skills. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | We are also very proud to be able to celebrate and honour the connection and care for the land and food traditions of our traditional owners, and those of migrant heritage that have also contributed to food and growing culture. It is important not to forget these traditions and rituals and to ensure we share these with each other as a way of connecting and learning. | Health and Wellbeing | Traditional food cultures | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Council applies the Food-sensitive Planning and Urban Design framework to urban planning processes and considers the distance between homes and grocery shops when making planning decisions | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Green Mile The Green Mile is a project run by Council and its subsidiary organisation, the Moreland Energy Foundation, which works with more than a dozen businesses in East Brunswick to make Lygon Street a sustainable shopping destination. The project supports local businesses to reduce their energy usage, to increase their use of plants and green facades to cool their buildings, and to increase vegetation along the street. Research shows that shoppers will travel a greater distance to visit a shopping precinct that is sustainable, green and shaded, spending more time and money there. Some of the food businesses grow their own food locally and many are linked with community gardens, social enterprises and individual residents to dispose of their food waste sustainably. Find the Green Mile project on morelandzerocarbon.org.au/lygon-st-green-mile | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Increasing economic and geographic access to nutritious food is an essential goal of a Moreland food system | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | – Opportunities for free or subsidised rain water harvesting systems, plants, and locally-sourced composting materials to be made available to disadvantaged residents | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | The Moreland community understands the broader economic, political, cultural and ecological dimensions and impacts of the food system – The Moreland community sees itself as comprised of knowledgeable, motivated and active food citizens capable of shaping and influencing the food system for the benefit of all | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Action: A6. Address known obstacles to producing food locally | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | building skills in food production and management | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Everyone in Moreland has the opportunity to produce food at home or nearby | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Everyone in Moreland has the opportunity to produce food at home or nearby. Locally grown and raised food is a central, celebrated part of the Moreland community identity. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | food production and management | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Goal 2: People are enabled to responsibly grow food, produce waste, conserve nutrients and keep food and soil healthy | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Goal 2: People are enabled to responsibly grow food, produce waste, conserve nutrients and keep food and soil healthy. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Goal 3: Places that do or can grow food are properly cared for | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland Food System Strategy 2017– 2020 | Goal 3: Places that do or can grow food are properly cared for. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |