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Food Policy
We work with policymakers to keep food policies aligned with current evidence on health, climate impact, and food system resilience. This includes making submissions to consultations on Australia’s Dietary Guidelines, where we work to see plant-rich diets reflected in national recommendations. By engaging with government processes and providing evidence-based input, we support policies that make healthier, planet-friendly food choices easier for all Australians.
Australia’s Dietary Guidelines are being revised for the first time in over a decade, and we’re working to make sure plant-forward diets are front and centre through the consultation process.
To back our case with hard evidence, we commissioned a first of its kind model to show what happens when Australians shift toward plant-based diets. Built using Australian data, it quantifies the health, environmental, and economic impacts in concrete terms: years of healthy life saved, healthcare costs avoided, emissions cut, and household food bills lowered.
The full report will be released soon, and we’re already putting its findings to work. We’ll be taking this evidence into federal parliament, meeting with policymakers and advisors ahead of the public consultation, and preparing a formal submission. It’s a once-in-a-decade chance to change how a nation eats, and we don’t intend to waste it.
Impact
Your support is helping build something that outlasts a single review cycle. Our formal submissions, backed by independent research and dedicated Australian scenario modelling, give the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) a stronger evidence base for including plant-based recommendations in the updated guidelines. This groundwork means ProVeg Australia can move quickly and speak with authority at each review cycle, turning a single submission into a lasting seat at the table.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ProVeg Australia’s food policy work?
ProVeg Australia works with policymakers to keep food policies aligned with current evidence on health, climate impact and food-system resilience. This includes making evidence-based submissions to consultations on Australia’s Dietary Guidelines, so that plant-rich diets are reflected in national recommendations and healthier, planet-friendly food choices are easier for all Australians.
Why is ProVeg Australia focused on the Dietary Guidelines now?
Australia’s Dietary Guidelines are being revised for the first time in over a decade, a once-in-a-decade opportunity to shape how the nation eats. ProVeg Australia is working through the consultation process to make sure plant-forward diets are front and centre in the updated recommendations.
What modelling did ProVeg Australia commission?
ProVeg Australia commissioned a first-of-its-kind model, built on Australian data, to show what happens when Australians shift toward plant-based diets. It quantifies the health, environmental and economic impacts in concrete terms, such as years of healthy life saved, healthcare costs avoided, emissions cut, and household food bills lowered. The full report will be released soon.
How does ProVeg Australia use this evidence?
ProVeg Australia takes the evidence into federal parliament, meets with policymakers ahead of the public consultation, and prepares formal submissions. These submissions, backed by independent research and dedicated Australian scenario modelling, give the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) a stronger evidence base for including plant-based recommendations in the updated guidelines.
What is the NHMRC’s role?
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is responsible for Australia’s Dietary Guidelines. ProVeg Australia’s formal, evidence-backed submissions aim to give the NHMRC a stronger basis for including plant-based recommendations in the updated guidelines.
How does supporting ProVeg Australia’s policy work help?
Support helps build an evidence base that outlasts a single review cycle. With formal submissions backed by independent research and Australian scenario modelling, ProVeg Australia can move quickly and speak with authority at each review, turning a single submission into a lasting seat at the table.
