This brief paper is designed to give practical information to schools and community organisations about food co-operatives. It outlines options for setting up and running food co-operatives and describes five successful models.

DOWNLOAD:… Setting Up a Food Co-op.

This information sheet is designed to provide ideas to community organisations on how to provide healthy food and drinks.   Community organisations often work with people on low incomes.   Research shows that people on low incomes generally eat less healthy diets and suffer more diet-related diseases than the rest of the Australian population.   Even if food is only a small part of what your service does, it can contribute to the health and wellbeing of staff and clients.

DOWNLOAD:…  Practical ways community organisations can provide healthy food (pdf)

Blue Mountains City Council recognises the importance of healthy and sustainable food to the general health and wellbeing of the community and the environment

A partnership between Blue Mountains City Council and Sydney West Area Health Service was formed to develop these food guidelines which cover council operated food services and are a response to the community endorsed City Vision and Map for Action 2000- 2025: Towards a more sustainable Blue Mountains, which includes the following outcomes:

The health and wellbeing of Blue Mountains people is improved;

Blue Mountains people live sustainably in harmony with the environment.

DOWNLOAD:… Blue Mountains Healthy and Sustainable Food Choices

A collaboration between Australian Red Cross, Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Program (University of Newcastle and Durri ACMS) and Kempsey Shire Council has produced a series of interactive web-based maps of Kempsey and the Kempsey Local Government Area. These maps provide detailed snapshots of existing community infrastructures overlaid on SEIFA areas.

 DOWNLOAD…    Kempsey food security mapping

The maps are available from Kempsey Shire Council website

Taste Food Tours are not your typical food tour, but a social enterprise designed to strengthen
community connections, bridge cultural divides and develop local employment and training
opportunities.

The tours shine a light on some of South West Sydney’s hidden food treasures, with the added bonus
of having a real social benefit.

All tours are led by local guides, giving visitors some real inside knowledge of local hidden gems,
giving residents an opportunity to gain qualifications and local employment and giving the region’s
businesses a bit of a boost at the same time.
Tours are offered in nine locations throughout South Western Sydney:

Bankstown, Greenacre, Panania, Fairfield, Bonnyrigg, Campsie, Lakemba, Belmore Strathfield

A typical walking tour takes 4 hours, costs $80.00 and includes in store tastings, a sit down lunch and
a shopping bag to fill to bursting with goodies you collect along the way.

All profits are reinvested into community-building projects, so by celebrating with a Taste Food Tour
you’ll not only have a unique peek at some of Sydney’s best food, you’ll also be supporting the
broader community.

CustomTaste Food Tours can be developed for groups larger than eight, for anything from corporate
team building functions to groups of friends who are after a cultural experience tailored to their
interests and budget.

Local guides run walking tours, cooking classes and progressive dinners that show off the best places
in the local area to eat and shop for authentic food from around the world.

Taste Food Tours cater for groups on anything from a walking tour, to a hands-on cooking class, to a
progressive lunch or dinner with entertainment.
Gift vouchers are also available – a great gift for foodies with a taste for adventure.

Visit www.tastetours.org.au or call Zizi on 9707 0802 for more information