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 City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We are also making growing food easier than ever with the launch of our Community Food Growing Assessment Guidelines. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We also delivered short seminars covering topics such as nutrition and breast health. | Health and Wellbeing | Healthy eating by LG staff | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Fawkner Food Bowls garden: developed and established. Local Fawkner residents Kelly and Sally established the Fawkner Food Bowls food growing hub and social gathering space, with the support of Neighbourhood Project funding and Council. Located on a disused bowling green at the Fawkner Bowling Club, a dedicated committee of eight local residents has brought together a diverse range of Fawkner community members to learn food growing, preparation skills, share meals and produce. Community partnerships have formed between Fawkner Food Bowls and other organisations facilitating access to healthy fresh food, such as The Community Grocer, Open Table and Fawkner Wholefoods Collective. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | The 1000-household Food Organics, Garden Organic (FOGO) trial is a huge success and Council resolves to offer the service across the whole municipality from July 2019. The upgraded service sees residents able to put food and garden organics into their green waste bin, diverting it from landfill and allowing the matter to be turned into compost by Veolia. (KP 9) | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We also completed a trial of collecting food and garden organics through our green waste bins. This was a roaring success, so we are now in the process of rolling this out to the rest of the municipality. This has the potential to divert up to half of our waste from landfill, instead recycling our food scraps into compost to enrich soil on farms, in parks, school gardens and more. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Another momentous project that Council is making significant investment in is the Wheatsheaf Community Hub. This $26.4 million centre will co-locate the Glenroy Library, kindergarten, maternal child health and childcare services with a community health provider and neighbourhood learning opportunities. It will also include a community garden and an upgrade to the adjoining Bridget Shortell Reserve. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | The Fawkner Food Bowls community garden is developed and established as a family-friendly place to meet people, grow food, share gardening tips and relax. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We are also making growing food easier than ever with the launch of our Community Food Growing Assessment Guidelines. Moreland has more than a dozen community gardens, providing people without backyards the opportunity to grow their own food and connect with our food supply. But one of my favourite benefits of community gardens is how they nurture community cohesion. At Fawkner Food Bowls, people are sharing their food and their recipes and older residents are teaching newcomers how to preserve the legacy of Moreland’s fruit trees through grafting. Coburg’s Pentridge Community Garden is providing a place for people living in apartments to grow food together and start friendships with their neighbours. This is a brilliant way to build community and a key part of how we will protect our environment into the future. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Wheatsheaf Community Hub Progress The Wheatsheaf Community Hub will become the new home of the Glenroy Library, the Glenroy Memorial Kindergarten and include maternal child health, a community health provider, neighbourhood learning and childcare services. At the 12 December 2018 Council meeting, Council approved a contract to undertake the full design of the Wheatsheaf hub project noting the revised project budget of $26,425,000. As part of the project, the adjoining Bridget Shortell Reserve is to be redeveloped with fresh open green spaces for play and active recreation and with new public amenities. Community consultation concluded 13 May 2019. | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Another momentous project that Council is making significant investment in is the Wheatsheaf Community Hub. This $26.4 million centre will co-locate the Glenroy Library, kindergarten, maternal child health and childcare services with a community health provider and neighbourhood learning opportunities. It will also include a community garden and an upgrade to the adjoining Bridget Shortell Reserve. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Fawkner Food Bowls garden: developed and established. Local Fawkner residents Kelly and Sally established the Fawkner Food Bowls food growing hub and social gathering space, with the support of Neighbourhood Project funding and Council. Located on a disused bowling green at the Fawkner Bowling Club, a dedicated committee of eight local residents has brought together a diverse range of Fawkner community members to learn food growing, preparation skills, share meals and produce. Community partnerships have formed between Fawkner Food Bowls and other organisations facilitating access to healthy fresh food, such as The Community Grocer, Open Table and Fawkner Wholefoods Collective. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | The Fawkner Food Bowls community garden is developed and established as a family-friendly place to meet people, grow food, share gardening tips and relax. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | The service connects young people to free social and recreational activities such as sport, like the female-only boxing sessions and basketball clinics, as well as art and music programs and other life skills activities such as cooking and gardening to help young people build skills and make new connections in a fully supervised space. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We also completed a trial of collecting food and garden organics through our green waste bins. This was a roaring success, so we are now in the process of rolling this out to the rest of the municipality. This has the potential to divert up to half of our waste from landfill, instead recycling our food scraps into compost to enrich soil on farms, in parks, school gardens and more. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We are also making growing food easier than ever with the launch of our Community Food Growing Assessment Guidelines. Moreland has more than a dozen community gardens, providing people without backyards the opportunity to grow their own food and connect with our food supply. But one of my favourite benefits of community gardens is how they nurture community cohesion. At Fawkner Food Bowls, people are sharing their food and their recipes and older residents are teaching newcomers how to preserve the legacy of Moreland’s fruit trees through grafting. Coburg’s Pentridge Community Garden is providing a place for people living in apartments to grow food together and start friendships with their neighbours. This is a brilliant way to build community and a key part of how we will protect our environment into the future. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Wheatsheaf Community Hub Progress The Wheatsheaf Community Hub will become the new home of the Glenroy Library, the Glenroy Memorial Kindergarten and include maternal child health, a community health provider, neighbourhood learning and childcare services. At the 12 December 2018 Council meeting, Council approved a contract to undertake the full design of the Wheatsheaf hub project noting the revised project budget of $26,425,000. As part of the project, the adjoining Bridget Shortell Reserve is to be redeveloped with fresh open green spaces for play and active recreation and with new public amenities. Community consultation concluded 13 May 2019. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | 9. Enhance the environmental outcomes of Council waste services and increase the communities’ awareness/participation in environmental initiatives to reduce waste to landfill. Strategic Indicator 2018-19 result Reduce waste to landfill Major initiatives Council adopted the Waste and Litter Strategy 201822 in December 2018. 44% diversion to landfill achieved Comments Diversion of waste to landfill in line with previous years, but also trending down which is reflective of policy changes. Progress This strategy aims to minimise waste to landfill and increase resource recovery, going beyond metropolitan and state averages. The strategy outlines holistic initiatives to reduce the generation of waste, maximise re-use and repair, reduce and recycle food waste, and eliminate reliance on single-use plastics at Council events and facilities. The strategy also includes innovative projects and trials to address challenges such as dumped rubbish, litter and contamination of recycling bins. Through Council’s own actions and strong advocacy, the strategy will help drive systemic changes that foster sustainable consumption by our community and the transition to a vibrant circular economy. Trial of food organics in the green waste bin. Almost 1500 households took part in Council’s food-in-gardenwaste-bin trial. The four-month trial saw houses in a small section of Pascoe Vale and Pascoe Vale South encouraged to dispose of 78 (167) Variance $000 │ 2018-19 Annual Report, Moreland City Council food waste through their garden waste bin. Scaling up the food and garden organics kerbside service is a key priority of Council’s Waste and Litter Strategy 2018-2022 and the Zero Carbon 2040 Framework. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Council adopted the Waste and Litter Strategy in December and the Plastic Wise Policy in April. The Plastic Wise Policy moves towards eliminating the use of single-use plastic within Council’s own operations as well as at Council-run events. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Council undertook several trials relating to household waste in Moreland, as part of efforts to create a more sustainable city. The first was a trial of accepting food scraps through green waste bins, undertaken in Pascoe Vale and Pascoe Vale South. These trials were very successful and will help reduce the amount of waste going to landfill in the future. Council also trialled different ways of collecting waste at large apartment buildings, testing different size bins and collection methods. Experimental trials such as these help work out better ways of collecting waste, keeping streets cleaner and making the morning bin run more efficient. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Council’s new Waste Strategy also aims to dramatically reduce household waste in the coming decade through initiatives like the food and garden organics collection service and our plastic-wise policy. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | The 1000-household Food Organics, Garden Organic (FOGO) trial is a huge success and Council resolves to offer the service across the whole municipality from July 2019. The upgraded service sees residents able to put food and garden organics into their green waste bin, diverting it from landfill and allowing the matter to be turned into compost by Veolia. (KP 9) | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We also completed a trial of collecting food and garden organics through our green waste bins. This was a roaring success, so we are now in the process of rolling this out to the rest of the municipality. This has the potential to divert up to half of our waste from landfill, instead recycling our food scraps into compost to enrich soil on farms, in parks, school gardens and more. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | We trialled a kerbside collection of food and garden organics through the green waste bin in a small section of Moreland early in 2019. This was a great success, so we rolled out the collection service to the rest of Moreland from 1 July 2019. We endorsed our Plastic Wise Policy in April in a move towards eliminating single-use plastics from within Council’s operations as well as at Council-run events. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | │ 2018-19 Annual Report, Moreland City Council action for all food complaints / Number of food complaints] Service standard Food safety assessments [Number of registered class 1 food premises and class 2 food premises that receive an annual food safety assessment in accordance with the Food Act 1984 / Number of registered class 1 food premises and class 2 food premises that require an annual food safety assessment in accordance with the Food Act 1984] x 100 Service cost Cost of food safety service [Direct cost of the food safety service / Number of food premises registered or notified in accordance with the Food Act 1984] Health and safety Critical and major noncompliance outcome notifications 100.00% 98.70% 97.60% $565.14 $577.59 $590.72 87.35% 100.00% 87.98% 89.64% In 2017-2018 a decrease in annual assessment numbers was observed following a change to a more qualitative and risk based food safety assessment approach. With these operational approaches embedded we are now seeing an improvement in both the quality and number of assessments being undertaken, with more assessments being completed than the previous year. $561.44 Cost of the service has reduced by almost 5 per cent on prior year. Variations are often a result of staffing levels throughout the year. 100.00% The embedding of the risk-based premises assessment program and a focussed effort on following up noncompliant premises, 65 │ 2018-19 Annual Report, Moreland City Council [Number of critical noncompliance outcome notifications and major noncompliance notifications about a food premises followed up / Number of critical noncompliance outcome notifications and major noncompliance notifications about a food premises] x 100 | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Description Budgeted revenue Budgeted expenditure Total $000 City Development The unit manages building permit and building consent applications, all food and other health-related premise registrations and the associated compliance activities associated with planning, building and environmental health registration processes. (13,957) 6,158 (7,800) Actual revenue Actual expenditure Total $000 (14,480) 5,317 (9,163) | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Environmental Health This service works to prevent food-borne illness (food safety), the prevention of infectious disease, achieving compliance in prescribed accommodation, nuisancecomplaint investigation and resolution, and provides support to the Municipal (872) 1,032 160 (967) 906 (61) 221 | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Food safety Health and safety Critical and major non-compliance outcome notifications [Number of critical non-compliance outcome notifications and major non-compliance notifications about a food premises followed up / Number of critical non-compliance | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | LGPRF Service areas: • Aquatic facilities • Animal management • Food safety | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Service indicator / measure Food safety timeliness Time taken to action food complaints [Number of days between receipt and first response 64 2016 3.20 2017 3.26 2018 3.83 2019 2.94 Comments The average timeframe decreased in 2018 due to a concentrated effort to reduce response timeframes. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |
| Moreland City Council Annual Report 2018-19 | Key Priority: 3. Support the local economy and trading environments to enhance economic activity and promote local jobs. Strategic Indicator New employment opportunities created 2018-19 result 100% of actions achieved Comments Supported the establishment and expansion of local businesses to encourage employment growth. Investment projects by sector that were supported: • Food and beverage Р25 | Economic Development | Food related job creation | Victoria | Moreland | Metropolitan |