Planet Ark Excited to see this project shake things up by swapping out cardboard produce boxes for reusable plastic crates. With support under our Circular Economy Communities Fund, @SustainAus is tackling the 'invisible' cardboard waste in our supply chains that often goes unnoticed 👏🏻

Sugar increase in Fanta and Sprite prompts calls for new tax on Australia’s food and drinks industry ⁦Adyya Gupta⁩ ⁦Institute for Health Transformation⁩ ⁦Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…

Wow! - it's April 2024, nearly 6 months after Sustain and Community Gardens Australia co-hosted the 4th national  #UrbanAgriculture Forum and the Annual Community Gardens Gathering at the The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. in Redfern. With nearly 240 people from across Australia…

What can Australia and Victoria do? 1. Mandate food price setting transparency 2. Introduce competitive pressure 3. Consider price controls 4. Support new entries into the market 5. Ban marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages 6. Raise the job seeker rate Kathryn Backholer

Kate Wingrove Kathryn Backholer Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition Institute for Health Transformation Healthy Food Systems Australia Thank you Kathryn Backholer for an awesome presentation! 👏👏

A new pilot program is helping Victorian farmers ditch single-use cardboard packaging waste, saving them money in the long run as they no longer need to continually purchase new packaging 👩🏻‍🌾

The program is thanks to food charity @SustainAus, with funding provided by Sustainability Victoria.

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Sustain Australia Kate Wingrove Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition Institute for Health Transformation Healthy Food Systems Australia Thanks for having me there. Great turn out and engagement in the room. Exciting times with so much energy around this topic. Let’s hope we see some action soon!

Thank you Dr Rebecca Lindberg for a fabulous and inspiring presentation! Greatly valued by all attending

Sarah Mansfield delivered an important presentation calling for #foodsecurity to be a key focus for the Victorian government

Shaping Victoria’s Food Future: “Supermarkets are misusing their power to drive profits at the expense of our food systems and health” Kathryn Backholer on the Commercial Determinants of Health Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition Institute for Health Transformation #CDOH #HealthEquity

great initiative on urban food justice led by The Food Foundation Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Bham City Council incl insights from Shweta Khandelwal 🇵🇸🌹🔥💧Nick Rose 💧🔥🌹🇵🇸 BH Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #ZeroHunger! Elisabetta Recine Sarah Pullen TasteAdventures.org Karen Washington Bhavani Shankar and many others!

Linked blog here: anh-academy.org/community/blog…

From our media release on the project:

The movement to reduce packaging waste has been gaining speed in recent years, with many governments enacting bans on single-use plastics and the increased popularity of package-free products, returnable containers, and buy-in-bulk grocery…

Shaping Victoria's Food Future: A Symposium for Collective Action

Daily headlines reportage on the #CostOfLivingCrisis , rising #foodinsecurity , #climatechange fallout affecting fresh food production and transportation, are inescapable. They reflect the sign of the times, and…

There are many challenges in the transition to a truly #sustainablefoodsystem - and food packaging is one of them.

For anyone wanting to be part of shaping the future direction of Victoria's #foodsystem to strengthen #foodsecurity and #sustainability , please join us on 9th…

Holding the #supermarket #duopoly to account:

'While inflation is playing a role in food price hikes, the supermarkets aren’t exactly taking the financial pressure off the consumer.

When the staggering profits of the big two supermarkets in Australia were recently announced,…

.William Angliss and Sustain Australia are hosting a symposium in April focused on creating a secure and equitable food future for Victoria. events.humanitix.com/shaping-victor…