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The City of Ballarat is encouraging residents to help inform the development of a Food Strategy for Ballarat.
The current food system is creating numerous challenges, including obesity, chronic disease, excess food and packaging waste.
Many residents are food insecure, which means they cannot access, afford or prepare nutritious food on a regular basis.
There is also an opportunity to provide more support to our local producers, to embrace and celebrate the foods of our multicultural and indigenous communities, and to educate the community on the benefits of a more local and resilient food system.
The City of Ballarat is encouraging residents to have their say on the broader themes of food security at our online survey at mysay.ballarat.vic.gov.au.
We want to hear your suggestions on:
how we can support the community to make healthier food and drink choices how we can support more people to have regular access to affordable, nutritious food ways to reduce food waste how we can better support local food producers and food businesses, and celebrate and invigorate the local food culture.The survey is open until Monday 10 December.
A draft strategy will then be prepared and is expected to go before Council in early 2019.