Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop

The Big Picture

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Food Security – Big Picture Issues Food security is defined as “the ability of individuals, households and communities to acquire food that is healthy, sustainable, affordable, appropriate and accessible”. Rychetnik L, Webb K, Story L, Katz T. Food Security Options Paper: A Food Security Planning Framework: A menu of options for policy and planning interventions. NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition, 2003.

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Food Security – Big Picture Issues When comparing Australia to many other countries, Australia is listed as the 15th most food secure country in the world. So it may come as a surprise that an estimated 1.2million Australians live with food insecurity [5% of the population] The Economist Intelligence Unit. Global Food Security Index. An annual measure of the state of global food insecurity, 2013.

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Food Security Big Picture Issues The most disadvantaged groups when it comes to keeping food on the table

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Food Security Big Picture Issues The key factors behind food security in Australia

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop BaptistCare – NSW & ACT Response

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Why we are engaged in this space?

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Meal provision Low-cost grocery service Emergency Relief/Crisis Care Integrated Community Centre service delivery model

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Strengths and challenges

Baptist Care Australia Conference Food Support Workshop Q&A