This project explored the feasibility of what would be required to establish an ACT Food Hub thatservices the Canberra region. After reviewing experience elsewhere, the project conceptualised the role the ACT Food Hub might play, how it might be established and operated, and assessed how it might perform from financial and risk perspectives to inform…
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…
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…
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…
This project covered a series of food system policymaking workshops for four local governments and community stakeholders within the LMPHU catchment. The focus was on increasing understanding of food systems, mapping relevance to Council’s remit and how LGAs can progress food systems transformation in the context of the cost-of-living crisis and climate change. The project…
From 2016 – 2022, Sustain collaborated with Cardinia Shire Council to develop and implement the Cardinia Community Food Strategy. This participatory process drew on the strengths of and built capacity of the community. The project’s achievement highlights include recognition of Cardinia Food Circles with VicHealth’s ‘Promoting Healthy Eating Award’ in 2019 for outstanding efforts to…
Sustain teamed up with the Sustainable Food Alliance and the Rural City of Wangaratta, in Wangaratta, to strengthen local food system leadership and action. Our collaboration included a series of tailored capacity-building workshops and hands-on facilitation:
Sustain partnered with the Northeastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU) to map local food environments across ten councils in Melbourne’s north and north-east. The project identified inequities in access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food and provided councils with detailed data and interactive mapping tools to inform planning and policy. Building on NEPHU’s Local Food…
What We Did In August 2025, Sustain and partners released Solutions to Food Security in Australia: What’s on the Table? — a comprehensive analysis of 187 submissions made to the 2023 Federal Inquiry into Food Security. The report identified key policy gaps, highlighted areas of stakeholder consensus, and proposed a clear roadmap for a fair,…
What is in Australia’s new food security strategy and does it go far enough? In this ABC Sydney interview, Sustain ED Nick Rose discusses why we need a food security strategy, what it should include and how can we take a whole of systems approach from paddock to plate. Click here to listen to the…