Lack of education + communication

Food Loop is the educational and communication policy that Australia needs to move towards a more circular food system.

We’ve set the bar high.

Meeting these ambitious goals requires effective, achievable strategies. We are transparent about our strategies for success so that our potential partners know what we are doing to ensure Food Loop is an asset to you. We value our collaborators’ feedback and ideas, so these strategies will develop over time.

1. Comprehensive user-centred plan for the resource. Using design processes to meet user expectations and needs. 2. Accessibility: designing for all user’s needs. 3. Up-to-date, relevant information: a team of designers and researchers will manage and update the resource.

4. Radical, cross-disciplinary collaboration: our team will develop and strengthen relationships with our partners. 5. Standards and requirements for the businesses that we promote. 6. Audit businesses to ensure they meet our standards before we promote their work. These relationships will be reviewed over time.

7. Develop a Food Loop certification for the businesses that pass our audit. This certification validates their work, Food Loop will promote them and in turn, they can promote Food Loop with QR codes and links digitally and in brick-and-mortar stores. This is one way we will connect individuals to businesses through our platform. 8. Develop tools to track and regulate individual food waste. With permission, this data will be used to measure the platform’s efficacy. 9. Community pages can help individuals support local food saving businesses and get involved in community events. 10. Feedback pages for stakeholders to share design flaws, ideas and potential business partners. This helps ensure we accommodate for changing user needs.