Food Supply Scenarios
VicHealth has funded a VEIL-led consortium to investigate whether challenges to food production and increasing accountability for the environmental impacts of our food (as carbon and water prices become commonplace) could impact on Victorian menu planning and our ability to access a healthy diet.
These questions are being explored in a research discovery project funded by VicHealth and undertaken by the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (at the University of Melbourne), Deakin University and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems with Victorian Government partners including the Department of Planning and Community Development.
This page contains updated information and documents for participants and interested observers.
- Background paper
- Workshop handbook - outlining the dynamics and drivers and the process undertaken
- Compilation of scenarios in two parts: Part 1 - International scenario processes, and Part 2 - Australian / Victorian processes
The first workshop for our VicHealth Food Supply Scenarios project was held on 23rd November.
The overarching aim of the Workshop was to generate material that informs the development of the exploratory scenarios. This workshop was NOT intended to arrive at a set of scenarios or defined scenario outlines. It DID generate information and thinking that will inform an iterative scenario development process by the project team
The key question for the workshop was:
“What dynamics, or combinations of dynamics, could affect secure and sustainable provision of food for the Victorian community?"
Links are provided below to a range of background materials that may be of interest
Recent Commentary
The Copenhagen Conference on Food Security, Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute - 10 November 2009
Reports
Sustainable and Secure Food Systems for Victoria: What do we know? What do we need to know?
Paddock to Plate: Food, Farming and Victoria's Progress to Sustainability
Climate Change Science - faster change and more serious risks
Heads in the Sand: Government failure to acknowledge oil supply crunch risks conflict and threatens the climate
VicHealth has funded a VEIL-led consortium to investigate whether challenges to food production and increasing accountability for the environmental impacts of our food (as carbon and water prices become commonplace) could impact on Victorian menu planning and our ability to access a healthy diet.
These questions that will be explored in a new research discovery project funded by VicHealth and undertaken by the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (at the University of Melbourne), Deakin University and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems with Victorian Government partners including the Department of Planning and Community Development.
A video of Chris Ryan discussing the project can be accessed here.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=04CDC57AC4AEE796&search_query=vichealth+chris+ryan
This project will develop a range of scenarios to explore how our access to a healthy diet is affected by different combinations of: unpredictable and uncontrollable external conditions; and our chosen pathways for developing sustainable and secure food supplies.
Scenario workshops will be held in Melbourne in November 2009.