City of Moreland Urban Agriculture Policy Overview As with many other inner Melbourne municipalities, the City of Moreland has an active and enthusiastic community of backyard and community gardeners. Many groups and individuals have been engaged with the City of Moreland in the development of an urban agriculture…
If we’re going to make real changes in the food system, we have to get involved and get political. Marion Nestle, author and scholar, Melbourne, February 2016 Marion Nestle is an eminent and widely respected scholar in the fields of nutrition, food studies, public health and sociology, at New York University…
Community Food Hubs in Australia – Creating healthy and fair food distribution enterprises for the future Inaugural Australian Community Food Hubs Conference, 8th & 9th August 2016 TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS VISIT THE CAPITAL THEATRE WEBSITE Sustain: The Australian Food Network, in collaboration with Growing Change, the City of Greater…
Read Alex and Julia’s update on their work in Bendigo Introduction The bulk of the policy and research focus on food and farming in Australia is directed towards bulk commodity production, with a strong orientation towards export and trade. In recent years, a growing public and policy awareness of multiple…
Urban Agriculture Policy Mapping in the Greater Melbourne Metropolitan Area Henry Crawford & Nicholas Rose Food security is increasingly becoming recognised as an issue facing urban populations in developed countries like Australia. The potential for urban agriculture (UA) to enable greater food security for our cities is also being realised,…
February is the month of the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne; and over 13-14 February thousands of Melbournians and visitors came to the Green Market at Birrarung Marr, as part of the Festival’s Big Weekend. Sustain was delighted to be part of the proceedings on both days. On Saturday 13th…
In a time when Australian governments are closing sustainably managed commercial fisheries, expanding cities and reducing peri-urban agriculture, and at least 5% of the population or ~1.2 million are experiencing personal food insecurity (some estimates range up to 10% of the population), Australia has a lot to learn from other nations.…
The ‘Urban and Regional Food Declaration’ (URFD) was developed so organisations can demonstrate their commitment to a sustainable, healthy and fair food system. Current signatories include City of Melbourne, City of Greater Geelong, City of Yarra, Mornington Peninsula Shire and City of Ballarat along with more than 20 other state,…
From 23rd September to 26th September, 2015, Dr Nick Rose, Executive Director of Sustain: The Australian Food Network, and Kym Kruse, Director, RegenAG®, visited the Cook Shire in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, for a series of meetings with diverse community, business and government stakeholders. The focus of the…
In December 2014 Sustain (formerly the Food Alliance) was engaged by the City of Whittlesea to work with key members of the Healthy Together Whittlesea team to prepare a Food Systems Background Report. The principal aim of the Report was: To describe the local food system and determine its quality…
