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Support local food production

There are some great initiatives around that encourage local food production. These initiatives can be successful if we support them and spread the word. Some local examples are the

• Sustainable Fawkner Food Produce Swap
• Fawkner Food Bowls – turning a bowling green into a market garden in Fawkner
• Coburg Farmers’ Market
• CERES Market and Joes Market Garden
• See also http://www.darebinfoodharvestnetwork.org.au/ and the Open Food Network

See Moreland Food Gardens Network for ideas and links.

Food insecurity in Moreland (2013)

Food insecurity (2013) – Moreland Household Survey results: Brunswick 1.2%, Brunswick East 1.7%, Brunswick West 6.4%, Coburg 2.1%, Coburg North 3.6%, Fawkner 11.4%, Glenroy 4.5%, Gowanbrae 5.5%, Hadfield 1.9%, Oak Park 2.0%, Pascoe Vale 1.2%, Pascoe Vale South 1.0%.