A new Senate inquiry is to examine how Australia can produce enough food for itself and maintain its major export capacity in the face of global warming. The inquiry will be chaired by Senator Bill Heffernan,...

Givaudan, a leading flavour developer, believes it has raised the bar for vanilla and citrus flavour creation after a significant investment and global research into “what’s next” for...

Trevor Eastwood AM today announced he would be stepping down as Chairman of Wesfarmers Limited at the company’s Annual General Meeting in November 2008. Mr Eastwood took up the role as Chairman of...

Wal-Mart has announced that they will source more local produce in their endeavour to keep prices down. The announcement comes at a time when America is readying itself for its’ annual Independence...

World Bank Group President, Robert Zoellick, has called on leaders of the G8 as well as the major oil producers to act now to deal with surging food and energy prices, warning that the world is now “entering...

ABS Retail Trade figures for May 2008, released yesterday, indicated that there is still some resistance to the rising cost of living by consumers.ANRA (Australian National Retailers Association) CEO,...

Food manufacturers are to gain access to a new analyzer, which can efficiently determine moisture and fat levels in meat products. CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of laboratory instrumentation,...

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling on the Australian Government to actively petition for new accounting rules under the Kyoto Protocol to ensure agriculture’s sequestration of...

NCR, a leading global technology solutions company, has today announced that prominent Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor, Retail Food Group Ltd, will deploy over 1,000 NCR RealPOS point-of-sale...

A dozen NSW food outlets are the first to be named and shamed on the State Government’s website for food law violations, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said today.The new Food Authority...