Soft drinks to be phased out at schools
Softdrinks and other junk food will be phased out of Tasmania's government school canteens as part of a push to improve kids' health, in line with the Tasmanian Government's aim to have Australia's healthiest [...]
2017 Hunger Report’s worrying stats
The Foodbank hunger report2017 found that 15 per cent of Australians have experienced food insecurity at least once in the last 12 months, with three in five of them experiencing food insecurity at least once [...]
The broader impact of school breakfast programs
Research led by Dr Kylie Smith at the Menzies Research Institute examined the effectiveness of school breakfast programs, interviewing parents, carers, teachers and students at five Tasmanian primary schools. Dr Smith's team found that [...]
Australia has plunged in food security rankings
In an article published in The Mercury on 4 October, Jan Davis, former CEO of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, writes that rising population and inefficiencies in the food chain must be addressed if [...]
Heart Foundation launches Heart Healthy Eating web page
Heart healthy eating patterns are based on a combination of foods, chosen regularly, over time. This optimal combination can be divided into five categories: Fruits, vegetables and wholegrains A variety of healthy protein sources [...]
More than one-quarter of Launceston kids can’t access good food
In response to a study by Edith Cowan University on suboptimal vegetable consumption among Australian children, UTAS's Sandy Murray has reminded us of the 2014 Healthy Food Access Basket survey, which highlighted the challenges faced [...]
Red Cross launches six-week food course
A course to teach people how to prepare healthy, delicious and affordable family meals is coming to the east coast. Red Cross’ Food REDi program is a three-hour session running from 2 August and until [...]
Resettled refugees adopting our bad food habits
An article in The Conversation from a few years ago has resurfaced as part of an analysis of how better data access can enable urban planners to ease community weight problems. The article mentioned, [...]
Orchard’s plan to give apples to kids
Hansen Orchards, in the state's south, has partnered with the Tasmanian School Canteen Association with the aim to make the price of apples in canteens as little as 20 cents apiece. Read the article [...]
Apples cost more than chips in some school canteens
Deakin and Monash university research has found that a meal containing fruit and vegetables costs on average around one dollar more than an unhealthy meal. Three-quarters of primary schools were selling foods like meat [...]
Produce to the People
Produce to the People, in the state's north west, provides emergency food relief to the most vulnerable in the community. Most recently they've taken on the Burnie Farms School, where two acres of fertile [...]
Kitchen on wheels for remote communities
A new kitchen on wheels will visit regional and remote communities to cook up healthy dishes and help to educate communities along the way. $50,000 has been given by the Tasmanian Government to the [...]
Australia’s first ‘rescued food’ supermarket
The OzHarvest Market in Sydney is Australia’s first ever rescued food supermarket. If offers produce that has either been donated or would otherwise go to waste, but is perfectly edible. Based on a ‘take [...]
More evidence that with fruit and vegies, the more the better
An article in Over Sixty magazine describes a study from Imperial College in London that found eating 10 helpings of fruit and vegetables a day is better than eating the minimum recommended five. Researchers [...]
CSIRO survey shows majority not eating enough fruit and vegetables
The largest ever fruit and vegetable survey conducted in Australia, by CSIRO, suggests that only 24 per cent of women and 15 per cent of men are eating the recommended intake of fruit and [...]
Stats show Australians concerned about diet and weight
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on health service usage and health-related actions have revealed some interesting insights. With regard to healthy food access, reports from GPs (an Australia-wide survey) say that the most [...]
Heart Foundation renews calls for a food and nutrition coalition
A landmark study released last week by Deakin University and the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre echoes the Heart Foundation’s own call for the Tasmanian Government to establish a statewide Food and Nutrition Coalition that aims [...]
Have we given up on losing weight?
A tenplay article about a US study has added more joules to the normality fire, with evidence suggesting that fewer overweight and obese Americans are prepared to try to reduce their weight. The problem seems [...]
Queensland’s edible streetscape is a boost for the neighbourhood
At the Sunshine Coast you’ll find a suburban enclave paved with seasonal fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. Everyone in the neighbourhood can help themselves to a cabbage, a bunch of basil or a banana whenever [...]
The role of local government in supporting community food security
Visual representation of elements involved in supporting community food security.
Food System Map
Visual links between the biological, social and economic food systems.