The concept originated in the United States, where the first council was founded in Knoxville in 1982 to battle the effects of an economic recession on the local food supply system.
In this way the councils connect representatives of consumers, producers, NGOs and governments to find solutions suitable to their region.
[2] The idea of local councils of this type has spread across North America[3] and to other continents.
[4] In Brazil a national Food Policy Council called CONSEA (Conselho de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional) was established in the 90s.
[5] In 2019 President Jair Bolsonaro disbanded CONSEA on his first day in office to give the agrobusiness sector more power over the Amazon.