Banyule's Urban Food Strategy - Community Co-design workshop

Banyule City Council, in partnership with Sustain the Australian Food Network, is developing an Urban Food Strategy. We are looking for people who live, work and study in the City of Banyule to participate in a Community Co-design workshop to help shape Banyule’s first Urban Food Strategy. We acknowledge that the community holds great knowledge about the local food system and a passion for vibrant, healthy, equitable and sustainable food futures and we enlist your help in developing a shared vision for Banyule’s food system and identifying pathways to realise this vision.

Over the past three months, Sustain: The Australian Food Network has been engaging with Banyule residents, businesses and community groups to understand what the community needs out of Banyule’s food system. At this co-design workshop, we will share a summary of the findings from our research into Banyule’s urban food system and engagements with various communities, collectively develop a shared vision for Banyule’s urban food system and identify key drivers for local food system change.

The aims of this workshop are to work together to:

• Develop a shared vision for a healthy, equitable and sustainable food system for all residents of Banyule;
• Explore the drivers of food system change and identify key goals that will enable the realisation of the shared vision; and
• Brainstorm key indicators by which progress towards the achievement of the goals can be monitored and evaluated

Event Details: 

When: Saturday, 3rd December, 2022, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (arrive from 9 am for tea/coffee and networking)

Where: Banyule City Council Meeting Rooms, Level 4, 1 Flintoff Street, Greensborough VIC 3088

Cost: FREE

Catering: Morning tea provided

Registration close: 12pm Friday, 2nd December, 2022

Event agenda:

• 9.00 am: Tea, coffee and networking
• 9.30 am (official start time): Acknowledgement of Country
• 9.35 am: Overview of Banyule Urban Food Strategy development and summary of findings from desktop research into Banyule’s food system and community engagement.
• 10.00 am: Participant introductions & collaborative exercise 1
• 10.55 am: Morning tea
• 11.10 am: Guest speakers from inspiring local organisations
• 11.25 am: Collaborative exercises 2 & 3 
• 12.30 pm: Event conclusion

Banyule’s Urban Food Strategy

Banyule City Council, in partnership with Sustain the Australian Food Network, is developing an Urban Food Strategy. The goals of the Strategy are to create, enhance, and celebrate Banyule’s Food system, and ensure that everyone in Banyule has access to healthy, nutritious, and sustainable food. From October to December 2022, Sustain is holding a number of community engagement events, including focus groups and interviews with food system stakeholders, community pop-ups and Kitchen Table Conversations hosted by Banyule residents. This community workshop will be one of the final community engagement activities before the strategy is drafted based on the findings from all the stakeholder engagement events and desktop research into Banyule’s urban food system.

Other ways to make your voice heard

Can’t attend the workshop? That’s okay! Make your voice heard another way. Fill out the Shaping Banyule - Community Survey or, if you would like to participate in a face-to-face engagement activity, please email your name and location to beth@sustainaustralia.org and we will forward your details to a community Kitchen Table Conversation host in your area.

Do you have any other questions about the workshop? Contact Beth Ciesielski at beth@sustainaustralia.org. General queries about the strategy can be directed to Danielle Clarke at Danielle.Clarke@banyule.vic.gov.au.