Regional Food Donation Coordinator Pilot
In September 2022, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) engaged Healthy Cities Illawarra (HCI) to undertake a pilot project to ascertain the value and merit of a Regional Food Donation Coordinator (RFDC). The RFDC’s role was defined as strengthening connections and increasing collaboration across the food rescue and relief sector to increase rescued food donations […]
Food Equity Symposium
Together with cross sector stakeholders and departments within NSW, Food Fairness Illawarra representatives (Rosi, Maree & Berbel) attended a two-day Food Equity Symposium organised by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in early September. It was a great opportunity to meet, talk to, and hear from people who work hard to tackle the very challenging issue […]
Together: Feeding people, fighting waste
Did you know that 1 in 5 Australian households (21%)1 experienced severe food insecurity in 2021/2? This translates to 65,000 Illawarra households not being able to access food that meets their health and cultural needs. Meanwhile, tonnes of edible food ends up in landfill every week from the food industry. In the space between these […]
Connection Over Fair Food 2022 + Crop Swap
On the 18th October, we hosted our annual Connecting over Fair Food Event. With the recent years being affected by Covid, we were over the moon that our event was able to go ahead in person this year. Altogether, a great success! A time of purpose, sharing resources and expertise to provide meaningful community outcomes […]
PhD scholarship: Creating a sustainable, healthy, and equitable food system
Professor Karen Charlton, from the School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences at the University of Wollongong is an internationally recognised nutrition scientist and research dietitian. She was awarded her ARC Future Fellowship and funding of $1,066,940 over four years for her project, “Creating a sustainable, healthy, and equitable food system”. Two PhD scholarships are […]
Let’s talk about food with Wollongong City Council
It is time to let Wollongong City Council know that we need more than just scratching the surface when it come to our food! The Community Strategic Plan, the Draft Delivery Program 2022-26 and Draft Operational Plan 2022-23 are currently on public exhibition. It is imperative that every person who eats or cares about growing […]
Inquiry into food production and supply in NSW
Healthy Cities Illawarra Program Manager & Food Fairness Illawarra (FFI) Coordinator, Berbel Franse, and FFI committee member, Belinda Gibbons, hung out at Parliament House in Sydney on the 9th May, to give evidence for the NSW inquiry into food production and supply. It was a thrilling experience to represent FFI’s recommendations on how to build […]