Report: Roadmap for a Resilient Melbourne Food System
This new report outlines a vision and roadmap to build the resilience of Melbourne’s food system to shocks and stresses.
This vision and roadmap was developed through a collaborative process involving a wide range of stakeholders.
Key recommendations include:
Develop a Victorian food resilience plan to strengthen the resilience of the state’s food system to future shocks and stresses
Embed self-determination and food sovereignty of Victoria’s First Nations peoples at the centre of the state’s food resilience plan
Ensure equitable access to food by legislating the Right to Food, establishing clear government responsibility, and addressing the underlying causes of food insecurity
Promote regenerative and agroecological production systems by facilitating stakeholder co-development of regional plans and incentivising best practice and innovation
Promote protected closed loop and urban agriculture by reviewing policy and regulatory barriers, providing investment, and establishing training pathways
Develop integrated policy and regulatory frameworks to promote circular food economies
Support local and regional food supply chains by investing in local food processing and distribution, and supporting the development of decentralised logistics and marketing schemes
Ensure sustainable livelihoods by providing a living wage in food and farming and diverse career and training pathways.
