Food Crossing
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CONTENTS
COVID-19 INFLUENCE ON FOOD NETWORK FOOD DESSERT at FOOTSCRAY
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FOOD RELIEF at FOOTSCRAY
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INFORMAL TRADING at FOOTSCRAY
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DECENTRALIZED FOOD NETWORK
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FOUR INTEGRATED FOOD CROSSING MODELS
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FOOD CROSSING OVERAL SYSTEM
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FOOD CROSSING STATIONS MODULAR DESIGN
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COVID-19 INFLUENCE ON FOOD NETWORK
Melbounre is ringed by a highly productive foodbowl that produces a wide variety of fresh foods for city residents. Big-chain supermarkets have a dominant market share in fresh food supply and retailing. However, During Covid-19 the panic buying and reduced supply chain workforces according to lockdown restrictions led to fresh products out of stock intermittently in supermarkets. The cost of fruit and vegetables are predicted will surge by 60% as shortage of chain workforces. Unstable food supply and dramatic food price rising in supermarkets lead to lowincome communities especially refugees suffer a greater pressure on accessing food due to dual negative effects of temporary visa restrictions and limited work rights.
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Due to reduced supply chain workforces according to lockdown restrictions, food supply is under threat. Large amount of perishable fruit and vegetables are left to get wasted at distribution center.
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Australian farmers will be missing around
71,000 seasonal workers this year the impact of coronavirus border closures and lock-down workforces restrictions. At the same time millions of dollars vegetable and fruit will be wasted in the field.
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FOOD DESSERT at FOOTSCRAY
Through comparing the distribution of disadvantaged group of people and food outlets distribution, the finding is disadvantaged groups of people are living in the area with easier access to fast food and less opportunity to access fresh food outlets. -6-
FOOD RELIEF at FOOTSCRAY
Asylum seeker resource center at Footscray support over 5000 refugees in Victoria. ASRC Foodbank is the main food source for most asylum seekers. However, during the Covid-19 period there is over 80% increase of people ask for support, which has led to interrupt of reliving food supply.
Research found over 30% of asylum seekers get support from ASRC Foodbank had enough food to eat but not the food they like, and the food they like are not available. And 20% of them indicates they do not have enough food to eat (McKay & Dunn,2019). The ability of asylum seekers to achieve food security is limited by their restricted access to welfare and government or work-related income. Given that the current policy situation is likely to continue, providers such as the ASRC, will find continuing demands on their services, and increasing pressures to provide more than a ‘supplemental’ food supply. -7-
INFORMAL TRADING at FOOTSCRAY
In recent time, there is the arising of footpath traders at Footscray, since immigrants from Vietnam, India and China, these traditional agricultural countries, have been accustomed to plant food at backyard and sell self-growing food on street as one of their life source. However, the safety of food and disturbance of street order has long been considered as spiny issues by city council. Footscray resident Felicity Watson said the traders should be left alone because they were part of the area’s social fabric, and showed the suburb at its best (The Age, 2018).
“We need to hang on to the traditions that bring life to our neighbourhood, and provide places for communities to connect.” by Footscray resident
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DECENTRALIZED FOOD NETWORK Explore the to partner with major property owners, government bodies, business owners, and community groups and establish a winwin cooperation model, which will help break down restrictive barriers for communities to unlock underutilized spaces and create a regenerative foodscape.
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FOUR INTEGRATED FOOD CROSSING MODELS
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FOOD CROSSING OVERAL SYSTEM
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FOOD CROSSING STATIONS MODULAR DESIGN
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Bibiliography ASRC Food Bank (2019). ASRC Annual Report 2019. Retrieved from https://asrc.org.au/annualreports/ Brones, A. (2018, May 15). Food apartheid: the root of the problem with America’s groceries. The Guardian. Farmers ploughing fresh veggies back into soil as restaurants ban bites. (2020, April 25). The Age. Khadem,N. (2020, July 30). Coronavirus recession puts thousands of refugees and asylum seekers at risk of job loss, homelessness. ABC News. Mckay, F.H, & Dunn, M. (2015). Food Insecurity among asylum seekers in Melbourne. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 39(4). DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.12368 Paul J. Maginn, Paul Burton & Crystal Legacy (2018) Disruptive Urbanism? Implications of the ‘Sharing Economy’ for Cities, Regions, and Urban Policy, Urban Policy and Research, 36:4, 393398, DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2018.1555909 Sheridan, J., Carey, R. and Candy, S. (2016) Melbourne’s Foodprint: What does it take to feed a city? Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, The University of Melbourne. Shaping the city with Horticulture: Productive Gardens. (2016). Retrieved from https://dirt.asla. org/2013/05/28/civic-horticulture-productive-gardens/ Victorian Agency for Health Information 2017, Challenges to healthy eating – food insecurity in Victoria: findings from the 2014 Victorian Population HealthSurvey, State of Victoria, Melbourne. Why the cost of fruit and vegetables is set to soar by SIXTY per cent as farmers warn of nationwide food shortages due to Victoria’s lockdown and beg bureaucrats to slash red tape. (2020, August 12). Dailymail.
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