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,…
Sustain partnered with the City of Casey and Stockland to co-design a best-practice model and Impact Measurement Framework for community gardens in new residential developments. The project focused on how community gardens can build social connection, improve health and wellbeing, enhance food security, and foster sustainability in rapidly growing urban areas. Drawing on literature, stakeholder…