Standards Australia has today announced the publication of the first Australian Standard for organic and biodynamic products. The standard (AS 6000-2009 Organic and biodynamic products) outlines the minimum...

Many Australian dairy farmers are currently operating at or below break-even levels with 95% having their farmgate price significantly reduced in 2009, a Dairy Australia survey has found.Analysis undertaken...

The United States has surpassed Australia to emerge as the number three dairy exporter in the world after Europe and New Zealand, according to Rabobank analysis. Rabobank has released the World Dairy Map...

Federal Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has announced a two-year, $2 million funding program to help Foodbank Australia address the growing problem of...

Producing 70 per cent more food for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050 while at the same time combating poverty and hunger, using scarce natural resources more efficiently and adapting to climate...

Agribusiness is becoming the “new mining sector” in terms of growth industries in Australia, according to the nation’s leading organisation representing food and grocery manufacturers,...

New research from Wegmans Food Markets – an American grocery chain – has shone light on the key issues that families face when deciding on the right meal for dinner. “Feeding the family...

A war of words is erupting between consumer group Choice and the leading representative of the major supermarket chains during a Senate inquiry into the failure of the GROCERYChoice website. GROCERYChoice,...

A new recycling initiative was launched today at the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre in Queensland, marking the beginning of a national rollout that is expected to result in hundreds of tonnes of beverage...

With food, poorer is often richer. Onion soup wasn’t created by any celebrity chef. Nor was apple pie.But now comes the news that remote tribes in dense tropical forests or frozen polar wastes are...