CSIRO release first national stocktake of Australia's food system
CISRO released their first-ever national stocktake of our $800 billion food system, which feeds around 100 million people – including 27 million Australians – with food produced by 100,000 farmers. The report maps a number of key challenges in the food system and seeks to calculate hidden costs. The report identified three key steps to guide a systems-based approach for transformation:
- Recognising the food system as an integrated whole, moving beyond a fragmented, sector-based view
- Navigating responsibility across government, industry, and communities to ensure shared accountability for sustainability, nutrition, and equity goals
- Enabling interactions across disconnected parts of the system, from farming and nutrition to policy and innovation.