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 | Expand the Street Harvest Program across the shire | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Food Forest – 3 small plantations of fruit trees and vegetables in towns with limited access to fresh produce in Bealiba and Talbot | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Priority Ref Action Type F1 Manage ment All Name Responsible Agency 1 Develop a shire-wide, 20 year, “Edible Landscapes Plan” and commence implementation (including community gardens, edible streetscapes, pocket fruit-tree zones etc.). CGSC Stakeholders FSN, FSPUD, HCI, MEC, Havilah, Maryborough Hospital Compl etion Date Council or other support Docs 2014 Municipal Public Health Plan, Municipal Strategic Plan, Land Management Plan, Transport Plan | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council continues to work towards community composting | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Create a community garden in Dunolly | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Create and market the availability of a Mobile Tool Library that will to enable communities to have the equipment they need to grow food and maintain gardens | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | 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 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) | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | % Increase in production, distribution and consumption of food with >100 food kilometers | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | • Facilitate an increase in the demand for and consumption of locally produced, high quality fresh food (including through education) | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | • Facilitate the development of cost-effective distribution networks for high quality fresh food both in the shire and with the local region | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | 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. | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Food Quality and Security (F) …………………………………………………………….……… p.29 6.5.1 Lower local food insecurity from 10.4% to the general Victorian level of 6%‡‡ 6.5.2 % Increase in production, distribution and consumption of food with >100 food kilometers 6.5.3 % Increase in equitable availability of healthy food 6.5.4 % decrease in obesity in the shire, including % decrease in obesity in people under 18 | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Initiate a partnership that supports the development of commercial distribution networks and businesses that support the sale of locally produced fresh food | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | 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 | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Strategies for achieving the 2020 outcomes • Increase locally or regionally produced high quality fresh food | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council advocates to the state government to implement container deposit legislation 2 | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council continues to work towards community composting | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates a partnership to deliver a commercial/industrial composting plant. 2 | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates a partnership to deliver a residential waste education program (inc. recycling and composting | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates a partnership to deliver a school waste | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council initiates partnerships to implement plastic bag free shire | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Development of a vehicle that co-ordinates businesses, growers, welfare organizations and others to collect, prepare and distribute excess produce | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Food Quality and Security | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Council has been instrumental in progressing industry in the Shire. Council was very much involved in facilitating the move to Maryborough of food manufacturer, TrueFoods™– which currently employs 180 staff with further growth imminent. | Economic Development | Food related job creation | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | • Facilitate an increase in the demand for and consumption of locally produced, high quality fresh food (including through education | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Encourage and support a network of local growers/beverage producers, bakeries, butchers, pubs, cafes, distributors etc. The aim of this network is to enhance the visibility of local food production | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Guide to local food producers for promotion to locals and tourists | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | 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) | Economic Development | Public food markets and distributors | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Initiate a partnership that supports the development of commercial distribution networks and businesses that support the sale of locally produced fresh food | Economic Development | Public food markets and distributors | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |
| Sustainability Plan | Develop mechanisms to support and encourage sustainable farming practices (eg. with targeted rate relief | Economic Development | Local food producers | Victoria | Central Goldfiedls | Regional |