Food for All: Promoting Equality, Dignity, and Sustainability Funding equitable food access and capacity building In 2022, Open Food Network (OFN) received a grant from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation (LMCF) to implement the Food with Dignity Through Community...
Our Services Why local government should be focused on Food Systems Community food systems have the power to improve wellbeing and connectedness, while also supporting vulnerable members of the community. Many councils are now recognising the benefits of supporting...
Research Report Strengthening farmer – buyer relationships with governance Working towards whole crop purchasing for zero on-farm food waste Through the Whole Crop Purchasing project, Open Food Network has been facilitating connections between Victorian-based...
Case Study How Southern Harvest used the Open Food Network to halve their workload during COVID-19 lockdowns. Southern Harvest is a farmer- and member-led organisation that helps local farmers and producers to sell to the local community in the ACT and South East NSW....
Our projects Hepburn: co-designing a food hub Food hubs play an important role in local food systems. Food hubs reconnect consumers with local producers by aggregating products from local farms and producers, and distributing to consumers and businesses. This...
