Fruit and vegetable consumption and waste in Australia - VicHealth

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Recommendation 5 � Local and state governments should support efforts that address localised consumption and waste issues. Local councils are best suited to address localised barriers to consumption and drivers of wastage. State governments have a role to play in providing councils with information and coordinating the transfer of knowledge across the state. Local and state governments could fund food rescue groups, consider food security in their planning and support programs that divert food waste from landfills. Recommendation 6 � Government needs to further encourage all sectors to cut their food waste through regulations and incentives. Currently, economic incentives are not high enough for the industrial and commercial sectors to divert their wastes from landfill. Landfill levies must be adopted across all jurisdictions, with federal and state governments increasing existing research and development funding for food waste minimisation technologies. Recommendation 7 � The Commonwealth Government must create a national waste minimisation strategy. This type of strategy has not been in place for nearly ten years and without it the states do not have consistent goals. This has resulted in a lack of attention to waste management in many areas and an aging waste management infrastructure which will reach its capacity in the near future. A new strategy would support the states and territories to create consistent goals and to implement strategies to achieve those goals. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Waste in Australia 3
Preamble This report was written by Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar Emily Morgan. Emily was awarded the Scholarship by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission in 2007 to study the relationship between food, health and the environment under the direction of Professor Tony Worsley. Specifically, her Fulbright project examined fruit and vegetable consumption and waste in Australia. Emily’s tenure in Australia was completed in Melbourne at the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) in affiliation with the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University. Her one-year Scholarship commenced in February 2008. Emily’s project included a literature review, face-to-face and telephone interviews with key informants and an online stakeholder survey. This report presents findings from the literature review and interviews. Additional information and the findings from the online stakeholder survey will be reported elsewhere. Emily would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission, VicHealth and Deakin University. In addition, she would like to thank and recognize the tremendous supervision, guidance and encouragement that she has received from Professor Tony Worsley. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Waste in Australia 4
Page 1: Fruit and vegetable consumption and
Page 4 and 5: Abbreviations ABS Australian Bureau
Page 6 and 7: Executive Summary Food is essential
Page 10 and 11: Introduction “What you eat is the
Page 12 and 13: The Australian Food System “The f
Page 14 and 15: In 2006-2007, retail turnover in th
Page 16 and 17: � are forced to be more selective
Page 18 and 19: In light of these differing recomme
Page 20 and 21: Waste Data Food losses are frequent
Page 22 and 23: Furthermore, their research reveale
Page 24 and 25: Drivers for Change “The price sho
Page 26 and 27: The Mediterranean diet, an eating p
Page 28 and 29: this number has risen considerably
Page 30 and 31: In addition, soil can hold signific
Page 32 and 33: Additional greenhouse gas emissions
Page 34 and 35: Water Usage Thirty percent of Austr
Page 36 and 37: Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosy
Page 38 and 39: Rural communities play a critical r
Page 40 and 41: sheep in Australia are not produced
Page 42 and 43: Queensland, an evaluation completed
Page 44 and 45: Efforts to Minimize and Better Mana
Page 46 and 47: Vignette 6: Golden Circle Golden Ci
Page 48 and 49: Vignette 8: Wilbur Ellis Company Wi
Page 50 and 51: Contamination and Processing � Co
Page 52 and 53: sustainability, business and invest
Page 54 and 55: Conclusion “Our attitudes, values
Page 56 and 57: The time is now right for Governmen
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References Access Economics. (2001)
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Food Standards Australia New Zealan
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Nowson, C., Worsley, A., Margerison
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Victorian Health Promotion Foundati
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