Amy Carrad talks about the Strengthening Local Food Systems Governance project mapping local government policies in NSW and Victoria related to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems. Amy also provides some recommendations on how we may be able to empower local governments to take more action in this space.  Find out more about the Australian Local Food System Policy Database on the University of Sydney website, and Sustain: The Australian Food Network here.  CONTACT US  Send us your thoughts or questions about the episode or the podcast in general  Via Instagram @fromfoodiesinthefield Via Twitter @foodies_field And we’d love it if you left a review of the podcast CREDITS Host: Sophie Wright-Pedersen With thanks to Amy Carrad for her time and thoughts The Foodies in the Field podcast would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was made, the Turrbal and Yuggera people, as well as the lands from where Amy was speaking and where you may be listening from today. We pay respects to elders both past and present and acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were the first foodies of this nation.