For healthy people, food systems, lands and waters

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Mission

Foodswell works to unlock increased access to healthy food grown and made available in a healthy system for all Australians. For current and future generations.

We work to establish a fair and equitable food system that can sustain all of us, within a natural environment that is also healthy.

We do this through research, community conversations, communications, policy advocacy and education.

We partner with, advise and encourage government, academia, lead agencies, industry and community to consider and to support change to bring about more robust systems to underpin nutritious, ecologically sustainable and affordable food for all Australians.

Foodswell is based upon and works from the land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and our programs and communications engage and interact with First People’s Nations across the country.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, throughout Australia, and celebrate and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and celebrate and pay respect to all Elders past, present and emerging.

“Healthy people require affordable access to healthy food"

Why?

Foodswell works to seed and support the transitions our food system, life systems and environment need now.

The United Nations World Food Summit defines food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”. Sadly, too many people in this ‘lucky country’ do not satisfy this definition and there are growing demands for food relief and related support.

COVID, global conflict and supply chain disruptions, coupled with climate change and more regular, extreme weather events have exposed the fragility of our food system, life systems and natural environments as never before. This decade calls for big, linked up transitions in how we value, produce and access food and care the environments and people that make our food possible.

How?

Foodswell undertakes research, education, policy advocacy, communications and related activities to promote and support change toward more resilient and inclsuive food systems.

Historically, our work has been community and place based, with a strong focus on communications, to support people, communities and collaboration. Past programs include The Remote Indigenous Gardens Network (est 2009) and the EduGrow Remote School Garden Awards (2012-2017).

In this decade of dramatic opportunity and consequence, we work to support the transition toward more sustainable food systems and innovation in business, agriculture, land management and stewardship. Listen in to our podcast Nourishing Matters to Chew On, read Foodswell submissions to government food system and environmental inquiries… and stay tuned for forthcoming programs to assist people to engage with ‘wicked trade offs and opportunities’ that the transition to net zero and nature positive entail for them in the communities where they live, love and produce food.