Organic cheese sales up by 100%

The Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia co-operative has established a significant platform for ‘certified’ organic dairy products under their own “True Organic” brand.
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Toasting Vegemite’s success

Vegemite, manufactured by Kraft Foods Australia/New Zealand, has won the inaugural 2009 Agriculture & Food “From Paddock to Plate” Banksia Award, sponsored by the Australian Food and Grocery Council.
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Support for DAFWA’s pork R & D team urged

Discussions with the WA Minister for Agriculture and Food and Pork CRC updates on supported projects at the Dept of Agriculture and Food WA and Murdoch University were highlights of the Pork CRC Board’s recent meeting.
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Native American food coming to Australia

The American Indian Foods program administered by the Intertribal Agriculture Council will introduce Native American food products to the Australian food trade during the Fine Food Australia trade show.
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Zespri still good for kiwi fruit

Horticulture New Zealand has approved of the New Zealand Minister of Agriculture's decision to put to rest any suggestion the Zespri single desk marketing model used by the kiwifruit industry is under threat.
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Oils ain’t oils

The World Congress on Oils and Fats will be held in Sydney from 27-29 September, offering an opportunity for the world's oils and fats related scientific community to come together.
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No justification for anti-pork measures

The United Nations and the World Trade Organization have stated there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no evidence the virus is spread by food.
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Delivering lamb – farm to fork

After decades of buying lamb from the southern states, chefs across the country are singing the praises of premium lamb from an unlikely source - outback Queensland.
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New sugar not so bad

Sugar is generally not good for you, but an Australian innovation means it is about to become less of a sin.
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Dairy happy to be back

Australian milk products will now be exported to India for the first time since 2003, as a result of goverment negotiations.
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Business man-ufacturing

Positioned as we are with front-row seats for the melting of the polar ice caps, we, the people of Australia, are not often accused of environmental insensitivity.
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