This action plan is being implemented under the Christchurch City Council Food Resilience Policy which was adopted in 2014. The action plan is aimed at improving the availability of healthy food and encouraging healthy food choices throughout the community. The plan’s purpose is to “make healthy food choices easy." The Food Resilience Policy outlines 10 priorities, and the Healthy Food Action plan focuses on implementing 3 of these priorities: (i) encourage the establishment of productive gardens on suitable land around the city that is not in Council ownership, for example homes, schools, church land, institutions and market gardens; (ii) support initiatives that increase the availability, distribution and affordability of fresh, healthy food in our communities, for example farmers markets, green grocers, local food cooperatives and community kitchens; and (iii) support community education through community gardens and other local initiatives that increase knowledge of how to grow, harvest, prepare and consume healthy locally grown food to support edible gardens and a thriving local food economy. For each objective the plan establishes a series of actions, as well as a timeline for target completion and measurements of success. The actions are designed so that they can be implemented by local community boards as desired, and they are funded through the Christchurch City Annual Plan and Long Term Plan. The action plan will be reviewed annually in order to measure implementation progress, as well as assess if actions need to be amended and/or added.