The ACT Sustainable Urban Food Proposal
When RDA ACT CEO Michael Claessens developed the ACT Sustainable Urban Food Proposal in 2019, he had not envisaged how urgent this issue would become less than 12 months later. The 2020 pandemic quickly highlighted the fragility of the current food chain, and leaders across the globe began calling for change. The Sustainable Urban Food Proposal offers the ACT the opportunity to not only start the conversation in Australia, but to lead the way and become Australia's food capital.
This insightful document offers the ACT an effective and achievable model to create a sustainable food process that will have a significant economic, social and environmental impact in the region. It is supported by an unique hybrid event, Food in the Capital, which brings together industry experts and thought leaders from across the country, and across the globe, to share their expertise and insights into how creating a sustainable urban food system restores economies, addresses food insecurity, increases employment opportunities, supports physical and mental health, reduces emissions, increases innovation and investment, and provides hope for the future.
This insightful document offers the ACT an effective and achievable model to create a sustainable food process that will have a significant economic, social and environmental impact in the region. It is supported by an unique hybrid event, Food in the Capital, which brings together industry experts and thought leaders from across the country, and across the globe, to share their expertise and insights into how creating a sustainable urban food system restores economies, addresses food insecurity, increases employment opportunities, supports physical and mental health, reduces emissions, increases innovation and investment, and provides hope for the future.