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Coles and Woolies in false fruit labelling pickle

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Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths have been taken to task over dodgy origin labelling, after an investigation by the NSW Food Authority revealed that two stores were selling mislabelled fruit The...

Flooding and Yasi reduce vegetable buying

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With retail prices soaring, new research suggests Australians are likely to eat less fruit and vegetables in coming months, as fresh produce feels the impact of the floods and Cyclone Yasi. The banana...

McCain School Veggie Patches program planted for a second year

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The McCain School Veggie Patches program will officially open for registrations on 27 April 2011 for the second consecutive year, McCain Foods Australia and New Zealand announced today. Launched in May...

One in four Aussie households goes without healthy food

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Australia may be considered the lucky country, but many households face “food insecurity” or the limited ability to access adequate amounts of nutritional-appropriate foods, according to new...

UK organic sales drop in economic gloom

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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...

SecondBite report highlights Australia’s food insecurity

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Food rescue group SecondBite today released a report on the impact of its rescued fresh food on the many people who rely on the community food programs it supplies, revealing that two thirds rely on the...

Tasmanian town bites into food security survey

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The Dorset Municipality in Tasmania is the northern focus of an innovative food research project aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the community. Tasmanian Minister for Health, Michelle O’Byrne,...

Super Sprout freeze-dried fruit and vegetable powders

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An Australian food company is offering a freeze-dried powdered alternative to fresh fruit and vegetables, which it says will combat price rises in fresh fruit and vegetables and extend shelf life. Super...

Fruit and veg needs practical assistance

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Australia’s peak horticulture industry body, Growcom, today said it was time for governments to get down to tin tacks and provide the practical assistance needed by horticultural growers to get back...

‘Juice’ supplement could shorten colds

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A controversial dietary supplement made from fruit and vegetable juice concentrate could significantly reduce the duration of colds, according to a study at the Charité – University Medicine Berlin. The...