A new toolkit is being launched by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) to help businesses have a greater knowledge of and positive influence on decisions about sustainable packaging design. The...

Australian supermarkets have been responding to growing consumer activism in favour of ‘sustainable’ fish and ‘free range’ eggs. The German-owned Australian ALDI supermarket group has announced...

Australian food box delivery company Aussie Farmers Direct has called on Australians to support peach farmers in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley who are having to let this year’s bumper crop of clingstone...

The food and agriculture sectors in Western Australia are likely to be major beneficiaries of favourable policies that were promised by the returning Coalition government. The Liberal Party won an overall...

Major meat company Teys Australia will receive money for two of its sites from the Australian Labor Government’s ‘Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program’. The money will go towards...

The University of Sydney will today launch a $20 million multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to tackling problems of food security and environmental challenges in Australia and the surrounding...

The Victorian Liberal Coalition Government is contributing $2 million towards Mars Australia’s new expansion of its large manufacturing facility in Ballarat. The Mars expansion, which will cost AU$52...

Swedish agricultural authorities have suggested the implementation of a “meat tax” to reduce greenhouse gases and encourage environmental sustainability. The Swedish Board of Agriculture last month...

Melbourne’s vegetarian fast food chain Lord of the Fries is going green with the launch of the new “Eco City Burger.” As part of Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival, Lord of the Fries has launched...

Australia’s largest bread maker, Goodman Fielder, has felt the pinch of Supermarket discounting during its half yearly results for 2012 – 2013. The results released today report a normalised net profit...