What’s on Your Plate? New Research Reveals Illawarra’s Food Habits & Challenges
We asked, you spoke. Last year, we teamed up with incredible researchers at the University of Wollongong for the ‘Let’s Talk About Food’ survey, conducted with more than 700 households in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions. The survey explored your thoughts on locally produced food and your shopping habits, as well as assessed the prevalence […]
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 […]
Make It Count: The Launch of the Household Food Security Data Consensus Statement
Australia is often seen as a country with strong levels of food security, yet there is no consistent, nation-level measurement in place. So how can we know that we are a food secure nation? In December the Australian Household Food Security Data Coalition (AHFSDC) launched the Food Security Data Consensus Statement to raise awareness of […]
The Role of Australian Local Governments in Creating a Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Food System – workshop outcomes
On Friday 19 November 2021, there was a workshop hosted on ‘Healthy, sustainable, equitable food systems: The role of local government’. The event attracted over 300 registrations with 150 people joining online on the day. The audience included representatives from academia and research, local government (staff and elected members), state government departments and agencies, community […]
Australia’s Food Environment Dashboard
Launched last month by a coalition of Australia’s leading public health research institutions, Australia’s Food Environment Dashboard brings together the best available data to describe the healthiness of our food environments from research institutions and government. Designed to provide easy-to-digest information, it covers the key aspects of food environments including data on food composition, food […]
Healthy, Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems Survey
Survey of community-based organisations participating in food systems governance Are you part of an Australian community-based organisation or initiative working to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system? Does that work include engagement in food systems governance? Are you familiar with the operations of your organisation? If you answer ‘yes’ to all three questions, […]
Research Project: Resilient food futures?
University of Wollongong Honours student, Anna Smith, recently completed a study on the role of alternative food networks in creating resilient food systems in the Illawarra. Here is a synopsis of her research findings: The overarching aim of my thesis was to explore the ways in which organisations in the Illawarra region contributed to food […]