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. 2021 Jun 12;21:1132. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11188-8

Table 3.

Australian and international exemplars of strategies to achieve the human right to food

Strategy Australian example International example
Social welfare advocacy or policy

• Raise the Rate (Newstart)

• Right to Food Coalition (National)

• Norway

• Sweden

• School Lunch Program (Japan)

• Basic Pension Policy (New Zealand)

• Canada – Paddock to Plate (British Columbia)

• National Food Policy (Brazil)

• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program (USA)

• Right to Food Scotland Bill (Scotland)

Legal frameworks • Charter of Human Rights (Victoria)
Community-led approaches • Remote food symposium (Northern Territory)

• Food Lab Detroit (USA)

• Vibrant Communities (Canada)

• Incredible Edible (UK)

Food distribution platforms and models

• Open Food Network (National)

• Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Food Justice Truck (Victoria)

• Melbourne ‘pay as you feel’ restaurants (Victoria)

• The Stop (Canada)

• Food Hubs (USA)

• Food growing on urban building roofs (France)