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New Australian ‘value-added’ beetroot range launched

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Love Beets new 'value-added' beetroot range A new ‘value-added’ beetroot range, Love Beets, has been launched in Australia by family-owned and operated fresh produce company OneHarvest. OneHarvest...

Coles Brand fresh chicken to be RSPCA Approved

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Australian supermarket group Coles has announced 100 per cent of its Coles Brand fresh chicken will be RSPCA Approved, in a move it hopes will please its customers, who been indicating that they “care...

Australian milk no longer has low-cost advantage, Rabobank report

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The traditionally low-cost pasture-based dairying regions, such as Australia, have lost their cost advantage as input prices have risen, and now compete on the global market with a similar cost of production...

WTO agrees to allow subsidies for food production in developing countries

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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached an interim agreement that will shield public stockpiling programs for food security in developing countries from the usual limitations on governments buying...

Australian consumers will pay more for ‘eco-friendly’ vegetables, study

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Consumers have shown a strong willingness to pay more for eco-labelled vegetables, while also indicating that supermarkets should favour ‘environmentally-responsible’ suppliers, according to new research...

Plant science group welcomes call for GM crop inquiry in Australia

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Plant science group CropLife has welcomed calls from Independent Senator Nick Xenophon for an inquiry into the post-commercialisation impacts of existing regulation Genetically Modified (GM) crops. Senator...

Nine out of 10 imported olive oil brands ‘fail’ the Australian standards

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Up to nine out of 10 imported olive oils ‘fail’ Australian standards and are labelled incorrectly, according to testing carried out by the Australian Olive Association. The testing, which was undertaken...

Plant ageing gene is key to food supply

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Breakthrough science with the ability to control the life-cycle of plants could be the solution to increasing food production as population exceeds nine billion by 2050, according to researchers from the...

Mixed response to new Food and Grocery Code

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There has been a mixed response from different Australian food and beverage industry sectors to a new voluntary prescribed Food and Industry Code of Conduct by the major supermarkets in conjunction with...

New Australian online grocery retailer teams up with Aussie Farmers’ Direct

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A new Australian online grocery retailer called The General Store, has begun servicing homes across Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat. The General Store, which delivers groceries to consumers’...