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Case Studies on Food Equity and Access

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Local governments have a governance responsibility to identify local solutions that support individual, household and community food choices that strengthen the health and wellbeing of communities. Social cooperation in communities is essential to ensure sustainability of local food supplies. Local governments are key facilitators of health and wellbeing, yet the need to build understanding and capacity around local food security barriers and opportunities is only starting to emerge.

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    Victorian Government. Public Health and Well-being Act, 2008 (Act Number 4). Melbourne:Government of Victoria; 2008. (http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au).

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    Victorian Department of Human Services. Environments for health. Promoting health and wellbeing through built, social, economic and natural environments. Municipal public health planning framework. Melbourne, Victorian Department of Human Services, 54 pp; 2001. (http://www.health.vic.gov.au/localgov/index.htm).

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    Wood B and Streker P. Food security in the City of Port Phillip. Report Part V: Municipal food security. Executive Summary of dimensions, opportunities, and new ideas. Community & Health Development Team. St Kilda, Victoria: City of Port Phillip; 2005. (http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.,au/attachments/o14647.pdf).

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  1. Consultant, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Darren Ray

  2. Victorian Local Government Association, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Leah Galvin

  3. Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Claire Palermo

  4. Monash University, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

    Erik Eklund

  5. University of Tasmania, Newnham, Tasmania, Australia

    Stuart Auckland & Quynh Lê

  6. SecondBite, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Rebecca Lindberg & Russell Shields

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Ray, D. et al. (2013). Case Studies on Food Equity and Access. In: Farmar-Bowers, Q., Higgins, V., Millar, J. (eds) Food Security in Australia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4484-8_11

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