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The Federal Government, public health professionals and the wider community are being called on to work together with the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) to develop a National Food and Grocery Agenda for Australia. Having a partnership approach involving all relevant stakeholders was urgently needed to plan and achieve this strategy to ensure Australia has a safe, nutritious and sustainable food supply into the future. Industry, government, public health advocates and the farm sector can’t achieve this goal alone but together we can! AFGC has been actively encouraging Federal and State Governments to support a National Food and Grocery Agenda which is also designed to safeguard the future of Australia’s largest manufacturing sector – food and grocery – which is worth more than $100 billion annually in turn-over to the nation and employs 315,000 people across Australia.
Some elements of the strategy must include:
> increasing farm production
> continuous improvements in food safety
> efficient supply chain/transport system with better infrastructure
> a sustainable food supply chain
> better packaging, efficient use of water
> consistent rules and regulations
> availability of affordable, healthy food. To read AFGC's case for the food agenda, click here.
Also, read about the UK Government's successful Food 2030 food strategy, here >>
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