1. Bronwyn Horn University of Melbourne
Transformative actors in Melbourne’s emerging value-based food systems.
Bronwyn Horn
University of Melbourne

2. Concepts & Methodology:
Transition
Incumbent food system
Alternative food systems IA TA IA TA IA TA
Transformative actor

3. Identified alternative food network

4. Ceres Fair Food’s alliances with other actors

5. Ceres: values mapped to strategies

6. Open Food Network’s alliances with other actors

7. Darebin’s Sustainable Food Officer’s alliances with other actors

8. Conclusions:
Social and environmental harms of incumbent food systems are diverse and interconnected.
Transformative actors are making the change.
Actors form alliances with other actors with compatible value sets. This allows them to carry out strategies that can address harms of incumbent systems.
Prioritisation of important values needs to be continually reassessed based on evidence of harms that have been addressed as the alternative system grows.
Transparency as a transformative value: Shorter, localised and clearly documented supply chains enable customers to be empowered to support food systems that embed values that they hold. Physical or digital market set ups can achieve this.