This report outlines a roadmap of recommendations for increasing the resilience of Melbourne’s food system to shocks and stresses related to climate change and pandemic. This roadmap was developed through a collaborative co-design process with stakeholders.

Key recommendations include:

• Develop a Victorian food resilience plan to strengthen the resilience of the state’s food system to future shocks and stresses
• Embed self-determination and food sovereignty of Victoria’s First Nations peoples at the centre of the state’s food resilience plan
• Ensure equitable access to food by legislating the Right to Food, establishing clear government responsibility, and addressing the underlying causes of food insecurity
• Promote regenerative and agro-ecological production systems by facilitating stakeholder co-development of regional plans and incentivising best practice and innovation
• Promote protected closed loop and urban agriculture by reviewing policy and regulatory barriers, providing investment, and establishing training pathways
• Develop integrated policy and regulatory frameworks to promote circular food economies
• Support local and regional food supply chains by investing in local food processing and distribution, and supporting the development of decentralised logistics and marketing schemes
• Ensure sustainable livelihoods by providing a living wage in food and farming and diverse career and training pathways.