Foodprint Melbourne has launched a toolkit to support communities and organisations across the state plan for more resilient food systems. To mark its release, Nourished Neighbourhoods lead convenor, Dheepa Jeyapalan, sits down with the Foodprint Melbourne team to discuss their groundbreaking research and bold vision for a regenerative city.

Imagine if food was no longer a commodity, but the glue that connects our communities – sustaining the environment and promoting a healthy, thriving Melbourne. This is the vision of Regen Melbourne’s newly launched Nourished Neighbourhoods Earthshot. Lead convener, Dheepa Jeyapalan, shares the wildly ambitious thinking behind the project, and how it aims to transform Melbourne’s food systems.

Want to know where to get the best vanilla slice, injera or bowl of Pho in Melbourne? Give Dani Valent a call. A widely respected food and travel journalist, Dani has been telling Melbourne’s food stories for years, championing the diversity and complexity of our city via the people that grow our food and cook our meals. Sarah Smith sits down with Dani to talk community, food and her vision for a truly Nourished Neighbourhood.

You’ve probably heard of a ‘Moonshot’, but how about an ‘Earthshot’? This year, Regen Melbourne is thrilled to (re)introduce our trio of wildly ambitious Earthshots – three interventions we believe will help us unlock systemic transformation across Greater Melbourne. Here, Nicole Barling-Luke explains why they’re imperative to our work.  

Imagine if our streets were designed to bring joy, connection and community action. Imagine if our streets were designed by us. This is the vision of Regen Melbourne’s newly-launched 300,000 Streets Earthshot. Lead convener Nina Sharpe shares the wildly ambitious thinking behind the project, and how it aims to transform Melbourne into a thriving, climate-resilient, interconnected and community-centred city. 

Globally renowned urban planner and mastermind behind the Barcelona Superblocks concept, Salvador Rueda, recently visited Melbourne for Design Week. While here, he hit the pavement with 300,000 Streets lead convener Nina Sharpe and a group of city-shapers to get a sense of Melbourne’s potential for transformation. 

Over the course of 2025, Regen Melbourne will publish a series of reports that summarise our initial work in New Urban Governance. In the first of this series, RM’s Collaboration and Investment Lead, Joshua Devine, reports back on our experiments with the participatory grant-making app Hum.

Last month, Sweltering Cities, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and Regen Melbourne hosted a half-day workshop: ‘Hot Food: Building Melbourne’s Food System Resilience in a Warming World.’ Our Food Systems convenor Dheepa Jeyapalan reports back on what we learned.