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Food system sectorWaste / recyclingEducation / Research /NetworksPolicy / ProjectsUrban agriculture activity in Melbourne & Gold CoastBackyard compostingCommunity garden compostingFood rescue, Food Bank / SecondBiteCity of Casey / VicHealth – Casey Food Hub scopingstudyCollingwood Children’s FarmFood Alliance – A Healthy and Resilient Food Supply forVictoriaMasters in Urban Horticulture, University of MelbourneUrban Design Studios, RMIT UniversityMoreland Food Gardens Network, Food garden mappingPort Phillip Urban Fresh Food Network (PPUFFN)Stephanie Alexander School GardensVEIL – Food Supply ScenariosVEIL / Heart Foundation / Food Alliance – Food-SensitivePlanning and Urban Design (FSPUD)VEIL - Arable land (urban / peri-urban) scoping studyVicHealth – Benefits of Local Food SupplyVLGA – Food Security NetworkThe Gold Coast Scoping Study for Local FoodProduction and PurchaseBunyip Food Belt ProjectFood AllianceFood Security Policy, Maribyrnong City CouncilFood Policy, City of MelbourneObesity Policy CoalitionParents’ JuriesSharing abundanceUrban agriculture guidelines, City of YarraVicHealth – Food for All projectVicHealth – Healthy Communities Initiative (funding 10LGAs via Federal DoH Preventative Health – ANPHA –funding)As is clear from this table, the bulk of activities are clustered in certain sectors, namelyproduction, education and research, and policy and projects. There is relatively lessactivity in the other sectors although we recognise that there is considerable activitywhich this project has not captured: we have not, for example, conducted a survey ofcommercial and micro-scale food processing and manufacturing in and around out twocase study cities.In summary, local practitioners have a range of views as to what constitutes urbanagriculture: from the narrow to the broad. Just as the literature spans a number ofdifferent conceptions and descriptions, so too did our interviewees. Most however wereprepared to take an inclusive approach and rather than say that certain activities hadUrban food security, urban resilience and climate change 50