We build healthy & sustainable food systems
The think & do network of citizen farmers, researchers, policy experts and community connectors on a mission to transform food.
Sowing the seeds of change
We support communities and organisations with the knowledge, tools and connections they need to become agents of food system transformation.
This is a call for political courage and action on the cost of living crisis and our broken food system. No more band-aids or quick fixes. The hard work to reform food in Australia must start.
It’s time to #VoteforFood!
Events
Let’s Dig In – to Soils!
On December 5th it is international Soils day. As part of Sustain’s Australian Food Network platform, we are celebrating all things soil for the entire month! Join us for our Soil Month webinar, facilitated by Dr Rachael Walshe, in conversation with Dr Ethan Gordon and Churchill Fellow Freya Mulvey. Following the success of Freya’s newly launched podcast, SOILS, we’re honing in on soil — but through a perspective you might not expect.
National Food Policy Forum
It’s vital that as many Australians as possible have their say about Feeding Australia – the National Food Security Strategy, which is now being developed by the federal government. Convened by Sustain: the Australian Food Network in collaboration with Eat Well Tasmania, Gastronomy Northern Tasmania, FermenTas and Sprout Tasmania, this Forum will be a unique opportunity for Tasmanian and national stakeholders to discuss the opportunities created by the Feeding Australia Strategy to develop a cohesive, systems-based approach to food security in Australia.
Latest Articles
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National Food Policy Forum 2025 Report
On 9th December 2025, 75 passionate and experienced leaders from across Lutruwita /Tasmania and interstate met in Launceston for a deep dive into action being taken across Tasmania to tackle food insecurity. We convened this Forum with our Tasmanian partners both to showcase and celebrate the great work being done on the ground across the state, as well as to inform the Federal government of key needs and…
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Local Government Food Systems Network
As a local government representative, you are working on the frontlines of food system transformation. The work you do in chambers, council offices and in your community is one of the strongest levers we have to shift our collective food system towards health, sustainability and equity. But we all know that transforming food system is…
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Don’t Dismantle a Leader: VicHealth’s Crucial Role in Food Systems Transformation in Victoria
The Victorian Government has announced that VicHealth – the state’s internationally recognised, independent health promotion agency – will be abolished and incorporated into the Department of Health, ending more than three decades of prevention-focused leadership. The decision has shocked public health experts, community organisations and former government leaders, who warn that dismantling VicHealth’s independent structure…
