It’s harvest time in Thorpdale,but the town chips in to celebrate the humble spud with custom-made clothes,a potato-picking race and a speed-eating mash competition.
Councils in the food bowl are calling for urgent reinstatement of government funding to protect some of Victoria’s most fertile orchards from fruit fly.
Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.
The company confirmed that some stores in Victoria,NSW and the ACT were experiencing limited stock flow.
Farmers and government MPs want stronger protection for prime land on the outskirts of Melbourne,Geelong,Bendigo and Ballarat,but are voluntary legal contracts enough?
Stonefruit WA chair Anthony Caccetta has encouraged shoppers to buy fruit from “trees down the road,not across the Nullabor” as 250 lines of produce fail border controls.
Our rural communities are some of the best agricultural areas in the world. Why is it so hard for them to access fresh food?
Makers of Aussie brands Weet-Bix,SPC,Mayver’s peanut butter and Norco milk are urging shoppers to check whether something is Australian-owned,not just Australian-made.
The backers of an “agri-solar” project say they will be able to grow raspberries,mushrooms and finger limes while producing enough electricity to power about 1200 homes.
Many Australians are struggling to find their favourite brand of hot sauce – but some aren’t mourning Huy Fong’s absence in the market.