Resources for Food Relief Agencies
Food Safety
General food safety guidelines for your kitchen (SecondBite)Resorces for Food Relief Agencies
Food ideas for your clients
How to make the most of $30 (Inner East Community Health Service)
Cheap microwave meals (Inner East Community Health Service)
Cheap one pot meals for 1 (Inner East Community Health Service)
Ideas for your kitchen and food program staff and volunteers
Cooking measures converted (SecondBite)
Making meals healthier at your kitchen (SecondBite)
FoodCents Training - Get online training for FREE to help improve budgeting, food safety and nutrition skills (FoodCents)
Relevant reports and research on food relief, food surplus and welfare
SecondBite reports
SecondBite Report: Development of a standard meal serving size 2007 (Wilson, A.and Szwed, N.)
Welfare
Fair health facts 2009 (VicHealth)
Kids come first report 2009 (Tasmanian Government)
Surplus Food and Food Waste
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Waste in Australia 2009 (Deakin University and VicHealth)
Sustainable and Secure Food Systems for Victoria 2008 (Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL))
Water Waste: From Field to Fork 2008 (Lundqvist, J. de frature, C and Molden, D)
What a waste 2009 (Australia Institute)
Food Security and Poverty
reference_to_Australia 2004 ( Burns, C)
Eating rough - Homeless youth in Adelaide 2006 (Booth, S )
Helpful websites and organisations
Food and Nutrition
Victorian Regional Farmers Markets - Providing local and delicious fare straight from the farmer!
Seasonal Fruit and Veggie Guide
Nutrition Australia - Nutrition information
Go For Your Life - Information on healthy living
Eat Well Tasmania - Tasmanian group promoting nutritious eating
Australian Community Kitchens - Organisation that supplies support to community cooking programs
Good Start Breakfast Clubs - Red cross supports primary schools throughout Australia with healthy breakfast clubs
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance- Organisation that aims to ensure that people have the opportunity to choose, create and manage their food supply from paddock to plate
Health
Vic Health - Victorian government initiative
Public Health Association of Australia - Body promoting research, advocacy, training and development
Sustainable and Environmental
CERES - Centre for Education and Research on Environmental Strategies
Cultivating Community - Learn about growing gardens and food swaps
Friends of the Earth - Local environmental agency
1Degree - Calculate your carbon footprint
Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab - University of Melbourne research body
Sustainability Victoria - Victorian government initiative
Sustainable Living Tasmania - Tasmanian government initiative
Do Something -Learn about food waste