The re-elected federal Labor government can help secure Australia’s food future with the development of a new national and broadly based food security strategy to be called ‘Feeding Australia’, with roots in an earlier parliamentary report (Australian Food Story: Feeding the Nation and Beyond, Inquiry into food security in Australia). The national food plan will engage the whole food system, from paddock to plate and beyond. It will deal with the production and distribution of food, supply chain resilience, access to food, good nutrition (diet and health), and the management and disposal of food waste and other waste products. It will address the health implications of the food system.
General Resolution
Mental health and wellbeing and the national food strategy
Conference calls on the federal Labor Government to act such that the proposed national food plan will address improved mental health, mental well-being and people's states of independence and self-determination in Australia. The two-way connection between a quality diet and good mental health and wellbeing has an abundance of evidence and a sound physiological basis. and happiness. The proposed national food plan could call on existing expertise to map the way forward