The #VoteforFood Pledge

Australia produces enough food to feed 90 million people, yet prices are soaring, farmers are struggling, and food insecurity is rising. 81% of Australians have identified cost-of-living as a factor that will influence their vote in the 2025 Federal election, with 62% concerned about grocery prices.

Currently, food policy is fragmented across government departments, causing contradictions, inefficiencies and missed opportunities. Our food system faces many threats, including climate change, the supermarket duopoly, loss of fertile farmland due to urban sprawl and geopolitical instability threatening supply chains.

In short, we’ve taken our food system – and our farmers – for granted for far too long. Taking our food system seriously is now an urgent task and its starts here at home – in Victoria.

The #VoteForFood campaign calls for leaders to commit to five key demands:

1. Make food a human right
2. Build healthy food communities
3. Good food for every Victorian child
4. Support First Nations food sovereignty
5. Back Victorian farmers

Victoria must act now to create a fair, sustainable food system for all. By signing this pledge, I’m standing up for these goals—and committing to vote for leaders who will do the same.