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It suggests that NSW’s COVID-19 recovery effort provides the opportunity to critically assess food security and policy with a view to addressing known fragilities and systemic issues for the long-term. This would ensure that our food systems are sustainable and our communities are more resilient to future crises and have access to healthy ...
- Resilient, Sustainable Food Production
- The Importance of Peri-Urban Food Production
- Who’s in Charge?
- Oversight Means Benefits
Food security is defined as ensuring that food that is accessible, affordable, healthy and desirable. It should also be produced and distributed sustainably in that the food system: 1. includes sufficient local production 2. is safe and environmentally sustainable 3. supports farmer livelihoods; and 4. contributes to the economy.
For cities, local food production in surrounding peri-urban areas is an important contributor to food security. The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) researchers have long been concerned with Sydney’s peri-urban food production and have researched the role that a resilient peri-urban food system plays in mitigating supply issues and ensuring ...
In reviewing relevant policy pertaining to food security, our researchers found that: 1. There is no single department or jurisdiction that is responsible for the food system as a whole 2. While there are many policies relating to different parts of the food system, there is no unifying policy in NSW that adequately recognises and governs all aspec...
A holistic approach to Sydney’s food system can have enormous benefits, from improving peoples’ livelihoods and minimising strain on the public health system, to reducing energy and waste in food value chains and supporting the city’s resilience. To achieve this, our research recommends that the NSW Government prioritises development of a comprehen...
Sep 1, 2021 · Food in the land of the fair go. ‘Food insecurity in Australia is on the rise, yet it remains a serious and underappreciated policy issue’ claims a new paper from FoodLab Sydney, lead-authored by SEI Doctoral Fellow Omar Elkharouf. By Omar Elkharouf. There is a popular conception that contemporary Australia has a social justice ethos of a ...
3 days ago · Sydney - Colonial, Harbour, Settlement: When the English admiral Arthur Phillip arrived off the coast of southeastern Australia with the First Fleet in 1788, he sailed first to Botany Bay, which had been discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770 and to which he had been directed by the British government. Finding the bay too exposed for safe anchorage and the surrounding country unsuitable for ...
In Australia, food security is not measured at a population level regularly or consistently. However, estimates suggest that between 4% and 13% of the general population are food insecure; and 22% to 32% of the Indigenous population, depending on location. Some Australians may be more vulnerable to food insecurity, including: low-income earners ...
Aug 31, 2023 · Food security comes from food sovereignty. It is in this context that a food sovereignty approach becomes central to achieving the UN goal of Zero Hunger. Spearheaded in the 1990s by the Latin American farmers movement, La Via Campesina, food sovereignty focuses on the empowerment of people in choosing how they receive food security ...
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D. Australian food strategies. E. International strategies. In this section. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.
