Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
The new plan will help support and grow the territory’s local food production sector.
The ACT Government is investing $455,000 towards the implementation of the Canberra Region Local Food Strategy.
Part of the 2024–25 ACT Budget, this funding will help grow Canberra’s local food production sector.
The ACT is the first Australian state or territory to launch a plan to support and grow its local food system.
Funding for the first year of the Strategy’s implementation will deliver a Local Food Chain Infrastructure Study.
The study will explore opportunities to support small-medium sized local food producers in Canberra and the surrounding region who struggle to compete with larger commercial providers.
The study will focus on areas of food packaging, distribution, storage and networking. It will build on data from the Agriculture and Food in the ACT Study, currently underway.
It will also aim to reduce barriers for getting local food produce into local marketplaces and grocery stores.
Shaped by community feedback, the strategy will ultimately strengthen Canberrans’ access to healthy, affordable food.
Funding has also been provided to examine opportunities for using suitable ACT Government land to support local food production, and to help educate the community on how to grow food in the ACT.
The Canberra Region Local Food Strategy is available on the ACT Environment website.
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