Sales of organic products in the UK dropped by 5.9% in 2010, local certification body the Soil Association revealed yesterday. Organic sales fell to GBP1.73 billion (A$2.7 billion), with sales at multiple...

Bakers Delight is set to put the ‘bun’ into fundraising this Easter, with bakers across Australia and New Zealand preparing to bake over 520,000 fresh hot cross buns on Saturday 9 April, to raise money...

Lindt has recalled its 16g Lindor Milk Easter Egg after some of the products were found to have been filled with peanut butter instead of the labelled milk filling. The mislabelled eggs, which have a best...

Ants and termites may be the earthworms of dry-land agriculture, with a paper by scientists at CSIRO and the Univeristy of Sydney showing that the insects have a significant positive impact on crop yields...

New packaged liquor bottle shops in Victoria will be required to apply for planning approval after a change to planning permit requirements by the Victorian Government. “Bottle shops and retail outlets...

Woolworths today confirmed the retirement of CEO Michael Luscombe, and his replacement by the company’s Chief Operating Officer for Australian Food and Petrol, Grant O’Brien. Speculation began...

Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke has said that a long-term rise in commodity prices would be “no bad thing” and suggested it would drive investment into the agriculture sector. Bulcke told an analyst...

A record 19 million kilograms of food and groceries – the equivalent of 1000 semi-trailer loads – was donated to food charity Foodbank Australia by Australia’s food and grocery industry to people...

‘Judas’ carp are being used to locate their mates in an innovative project taking place in Western NSW, which aims to give commercial fishers a better idea of where carp aggregate to maximise...

Peak horticulture organisation Growcom today welcomed news that the federal government has told a Senate enquiry it has decided to rethink its decision not to fight the invasion of the destructive Asian...