Organic food may come with less pesticides but there’s little evidence it’s better for you, say researchers from Stanford University.
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Carbon farming: a solution to global land degradation and poverty?
Fragile land is the main challenge facing environmental sustainability and poverty eradication in the developing world. But a solution could come from Australia: carbon farming.
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Frankenfood or crops of the future? Gaps in the perception of GM food safety
Humans have always faced tricky safety problems with food because we eat plants, which are the most ingenious pesticide chemists on the planet.
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Migration bill will hurt us: produce industry
Australia’s largest representative body for the produce industry has slammed a draft migration bill, saying it shows the federal government will unnecessarily target the industry.
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Half of WA kids not eating enough veggies
Children in Western Australia are getting better at eating their vegetables, but more than half are still not eating their recommended daily intake.
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Workers don’t want their jobs here: Simplot boss
The promise of receiving a sizeable redundancy payout is changing the scope of the working world, and according to Simplot boss Tom O’Brien, 20 per cent of his workers want processing plants to close for this reason.
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“Say no to crap” campaign encourages eating more fresh produce
A leading representative group for the produce industry has taken an interesting angle in its campaign to encourage people to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Reliance on transported foods could leave entire towns starving: govt report
A new report from the federal government has found that Australia’s growing reliance on foods transported long distances could be deadly in the case of natural disasters or other crises.
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Company behind deadly listeria outbreak files for bankruptcy
A US company linked to a listeria outbreak which infected 146 people and killed at least 30, has filed for bankruptcy.
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Where does the food sold in Australian supermarkets really come from?
One in every four grocery items now sold in Australian supermarkets is private label and of those, about one in two is imported.
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Worst fruit fly outbreak period in VIC: motorists warned to dump fruit
In the midst of one of Victoria’s worst fruit fly outbreak periods, road blocks are being set up to detect any people travelling into the Sunraysia area with fruit.
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The impact of the falling Aussie dollar on food producers
The Australian dollar dipped below parity overnight, creating a hopeful Australian food industry which may now have a fighting chance with exports and production.
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Dick Smith fronts Senate Inquiry into food industry
Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith will front the Senate Inquiry into the food processing industry and supermarket dominance today.
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Coles to source all frozen veg products from Australia
Supermarket giant Coles has announced that from this month all its private label frozen vegetable products will be grown and packed in Australia.
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PM doesn’t understand true realities of farming industry: opinion
The government needs to support its farmers if it wants to be the food superpower Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants it to be.
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Gillard realises Australian food potential; but can Asia solve all our problems?
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has finally officially recognised what most people in the food industry have known for decades: Australia can and should be a food superpower.
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Quarter of juice boxes contain 25 per cent real juice: Choice survey
A quarter of ‘poppers’ or juice boxes marketed as fruit juice in Australia actually contain 25 per cent or less actual fruit juice, a new Choice study has found.
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Organics could feed the world: expert
Organic food will play a large part in feeding the growing world population, according to an expert.
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Blueberries and strawberries could slow cognitive decline
People who eat greater amounts of blueberries and strawberries could delay their cognitive ageing by years, according to data from a large-scale study conducted over more than three decades.
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Tomato processor collapses
The second tomato processor this year to go into administration has left 40 employees out of work.
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