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Campaign

16 Apr 2013

VicHealth offers $100K for fresh solutions to fruit and veg problem

The VicHealth Seed Challenge poses the question: How do we improve fruit and vegetable supply and access?"

Healthy eating

25 Jun 2010

Forum to address food security issues in Victoria

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Healthy eating partnerships

25 Nov 2010

Food Alliance

Food Alliance is one of the key partnerships that VicHealth has supported since 2009. The Food Alliance helps to improve local and state-level food systems.

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Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Advocacy

The Food for All program demonstrated that many barriers to food security stem from systems that local government cannot directly alter.

Food security

24 Jun 2009

Chris Ryan: Victorian Food Supply Scenarios

It is anticipated that with population growth and environmental changes, the carrying capacity and diversity of products available through the food system will be affected, and this in turn will impact on the food and health of the Victorian population.

Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Allocating Responsibility

To have food security accepted as a legitimate area for local action and policy, it's important to assign the role of driving the food security agenda within Council and the community to a specific staff member.

Fruit and vegetable for sale at a local market

Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Building the Local Picture

An invaluable resource for local government can be produced by summarising the key food security issues and local evidence into one document.

Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Growing food locally

Local government can play a significant role in supporting gardening initiatives, and ensuring council and community actions are complementary.

Young girl eating an apple in a classroom

Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Healthy eating for residents

How local government, ideally in partnership with appropriate agencies, can assist residents in increasing their understanding of how to access and cook healthy meals.

Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Land use planning

Land use planning is one of the most challenging areas in which to embed food security thinking.

Food and healthy inequities

24 Jun 2009

Sharon Thorpe & Karen Adams: Food security issues with Victorian Aboriginal communities

Access to nutritious and affordable food is a key determinant of achieving health equality and closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Food supply

09 Jun 2010

Food For All - Policy and plans

Integrating food security into policy and planning is vital to ensure food security is firmly on the council agenda.

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Campaign

VicHealth offers $100K for fresh solutions to fruit and veg problem

Healthy eating

Forum to address food security issues in Victoria

Healthy eating partnerships

Food Alliance

Food supply

Food For All - Advocacy

Food security

Chris Ryan: Victorian Food Supply Scenarios

Food supply

Food For All - Allocating Responsibility

Food supply

Food For All - Building the Local Picture

Food supply

Food For All - Growing food locally

Food supply

Food For All - Healthy eating for residents

Food supply

Food For All - Land use planning

Food and healthy inequities

Sharon Thorpe & Karen Adams: Food security issues with Victorian Aboriginal communities

Food supply

Food For All - Policy and plans

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