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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Investigate a good food event for the City and celebrate local farmers, Concord Community Garden, Concord Farmers Market | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Investigate opportunities to include Sustainable Food growing opportunities | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Investigate ways to link with the Mayor’s garden competition for best veggie patch/produce basket or look at implementing a photo competition | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Investigating opportunities to increase participation and knowledge in the areas of sustainable food, community gardening, farmers markets, public space gardening, sustainable catering, waste reduction and healthy eating | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | To encourage greater participation in food waste reduction through education projects and increasing the availability of good quality compostable materials to improve soil health and food production. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Implement workshops which encourage and enhance growing; Growing food, vertical and balcony gardens, bees, composting, bush tucker etc. | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Encouraging community participation in sustainable food initiatives such as community gardens, box schemes, farm gate sales and support of local greengrocer businesses | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Integrating environmental sustainability principles into core business and reduce Councils ecological footprint through an increase in the proportion of locally grown healthy food used for Council functions, activities and services reducing our ‘food miles’ and transport costs | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Promoting awareness within Council and the community of the benefits of local sustainably produced food and the benefits to reducing food transport distances | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Seeking opportunities to work with business to reduce their food waste and increase the use of locally grown food | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | To encourage and provide a platform to increase local sustainable food production and availability for our community | Sustainability and Environment | Strengthen food chain connections/distribution | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | • Business • Investigate ways for business to link with Food Rescue organisations Advocacy for food rescue • Avoidance • Business Event • Resourcewise • Implement resourcewise program targeting avoidance • Waste free food event promoting local business • I nvestigate the possibility of setting up a larger scale composting facility within a business • Implement an Education program for business to reduce food waste through the following options; divert food waste from landfill via Bin Trim program e.g. Pulpmaster, composting machines, food waste pick up service, Avoid food waste through the Love Food Hate Waste program | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Creation and distribution of resources to reduce food waste (e.g. weekly food planner & shopping list; food storage containers; guides to storing food for longevity) | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Encouraging and promote the benefits to the community of the use of composting to support the production of fresh local produce | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Implement the Compost Revolution project for unavoidable food waste as a target (900 households over 3 year program) | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Implement the WasteLess in the Bay Food Matters program including compost revolution | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Implement workshops which encourage and enhance growing; Growing food, vertical and balcony gardens, bees, composting, bush tucker etc. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Investigating opportunities to increase participation and knowledge in the areas of sustainable food, community gardening, farmers markets, public space gardening, sustainable catering, waste reduction and healthy eating | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Rollout online quizzes around current waste disposal within the LGA at large council events e.g. Concord Carnival (Concord Kitchen) and Ferra Kitchen with the use of wellknown celebrity cooks focusing on waste avoidance | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Run a variety of waste education workshops • WasteLess workshops Sustainability Team Sustainability Team Long Long Lead Department Timeframe Sustainability Team Short/Medium Creation and distribution of resources to reduce food waste (e.g. weekly food planner & shopping list; food storage containers; guides to storing food for longevity etc. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Seeking opportunities for composting in shared/public spaces | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Seeking opportunities to work with business to reduce their food waste and increase the use of locally grown food | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | Shopping Centre Displays | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | To encourage greater participation in food waste reduction through education projects and increasing the availability of good quality compostable materials to improve soil health and food production. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE FOOD STRATEGY | WasteLess Food – Pickling preserves | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| Sustainable Food Strategy | Sustainable Food Strategy | Food System Policy | Dedicated food system policy/strategy | NSW | Canada Bay | Metropolitan |
| Sustainable Living Strategy | Support Waste Management department to implement waste recovery actions and programs, and research new strategies for future reduction of waste entering landfill, including difficult to recycle waste such as; Polystyrene foam Agricultural irrigation poly Agricultural waste products (grain, fertiliser and stock feed bags) Domestic and commercial organic waste such as food, lawn clippings, and other sources of organic material | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Swan Hill | Regional |
| Sustainable Living Strategy | Support Waste Management department to implement waste recovery actions and programs, and research new strategies for future reduction of waste entering landfill, including difficult to recycle waste such as; Polystyrene foam Agricultural irrigation poly Agricultural waste products (grain, fertiliser and stock feed bags) Domestic and commercial organic waste such as food, lawn clippings, and other sources of organic material | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Swan Hill | Regional |
| SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC EVENTS POLICY | Food Oriented Events – Where applicable, at the end of each event, the event coordinator will ensure that all oils and other liquid trade waste is collected and removed from the site of the event adopting any one or more of the following acceptable methods: a) Oils and other liquid trade waste to be collected and removed from the site of the event by each stallholder where applicable; b) A common drum or drums to be provided by the event coordinator for the use of all stallholders for the collection of their oils and other liquid trade waste, those oils and other liquid trade waste to be deposited into the common drums and these common drums to be removed from the site of the event immediately at the end of each event; c) There is to be no discharge of oils or other liquid trade waste into any stormwater drain – this is an offence under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997; and d) There is to be no discharge of oils or other liquid trade waste in public toilets. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | North Sydney | Metropolitan |
| SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC EVENTS POLICY | Procuring products that can be recycled, composted or repurposed at their end of life | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | North Sydney | Metropolitan |