Food and farming is seldom a prominent issue in electioneering, and while it has moved up the political agenda in recent years and receives a little more attention in their manifestos, the parties know...

Research for vegetable industry body AUSVEG has found that pre-packed salads, tomatoes and mushrooms sell at up to five times the price per kilogram (kg) of other fresh vegetables. AUSVEG Communications...

The Deparment of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment (DPIPWE) will be attending Tasmania’s AGFEST agricultural field day, to give the government a chance to talk to Tasmania’s...

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has awarded Fonterra the Best New Cheese Award for its reduced-salt Cheddar at the IDF Innovation Awards last week in Salzburg, Austria. The awards, with over 170...

A liqueur made from the endangered fruit Davidsonia jerseyana, or Oooray Rain Plum, is now commercially available. The liqueur is a collaborative project between Noosa-based AuraGold Farms and Stanthorpe...

New research by VicHealth (the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation) suggests that three quarters of Victorians support a levy on alcohol and junk food advertising, with proceeds going to replace sponsorship...

The NSW Food Authority has fined a Newtown cafe for “failing to ensure that food for disposal (recalled Bonsoy soy milk) was kept separate from other products”. The company has been fined $660...

SABMiller’s Head of Sustainable Development, Andy Wales, last week emphasised the need for ‘water-smart’ business practices in the beverage industry. Writing in the UK’s Guardian...

The industry saw a raft of quarterly results this week from Unilever, Safeway Inc, Kellogg, Chiquita and Premier Foods plc, among others. Unilever CEO Paul Polman adopted a typically cautious tone, despite...

Coca-Cola has installed 35 new climate-friendly vending machines at the US Government’s Capitol buildings in Washington, D.C., home of the US House of Representatives. The new HFC-free (hydro-fluorocarbon...