You don’t need a worm farm to reduce the amount of food you waste

You don’t need a worm farm to reduce the amount of food you waste

Research shows that when people actively work on cutting back their food waste,they get an uptick in personal satisfaction.

  • byEvelyn Lewin

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‘Survival of the fittest’:Farmers,food giants are fighting more than floods

‘Survival of the fittest’:Farmers,food giants are fighting more than floods

Bad weather is bad for the food business - but Australia’s growers are fighting more than just one storm front.

  • byJessica Yun andEmma Koehn
Sydney rock oyster farmers plea for ‘fair go’ as Christmas shortage looms

Sydney rock oyster farmers plea for ‘fair go’ as Christmas shortage looms

Sydney rock oysters will be more expensive and harder to get this Christmas,and farmers want you to know why.

  • byJessica Yun
Food waste:A multibillion-dollar problem that households want to change

Food waste:A multibillion-dollar problem that households want to change

Australians throw out tonnes of edible food every year at great cost to household budgets and the environment.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
‘Pace of emerging new pathogens is accelerating’:Biosecurity threat growing

‘Pace of emerging new pathogens is accelerating’:Biosecurity threat growing

From prawns to oysters to bees,the threat of pests to industries and habitats on Australia’s east coast appears to be worsening.

  • byBillie Eder andAbby Seaman
$100 for a dozen oysters:Food sector warns of Christmas labour crisis

$100 for a dozen oysters:Food sector warns of Christmas labour crisis

Industry leaders right across the food supply chain have criticised Albanese’s Jobs Summit for doing little to support domestic food security.

  • byJessica Yun
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‘Turbocharged’:T2 chief spills the tea on US,Europe growth plans

‘Turbocharged’:T2 chief spills the tea on US,Europe growth plans

Popular Australian tea brand T2 Tea is planning to deepen its international footprint while ramping up sales in Australia.

  • byJessica Yun
Lab-grown milk to hit shelves by 2024 – minus the cow and the carbon

Lab-grown milk to hit shelves by 2024 – minus the cow and the carbon

CSIRO-backed start-up Eden Brew aims to fill the growing demand for protein by brewing its animal-free dairy centrally and then shipping it to companies across the globe.

  • byAngus Thomson
From designing clothes to refashioning cow burps:Sam’s $40 million career switch

From designing clothes to refashioning cow burps:Sam’s $40 million career switch

After hearing of ground-breaking Australian research into how seaweed could reduce planet-warming methane emissions in cows,Sam Elsom left fashion behind.

  • byLesley Hughes
The September 3 Edition
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The September 3 Edition

From fashion to seaweed farming| What the nose knows| When a journo turns psychiatrist| A Melburnian’s battle to save wildlife on a Zimbabwe reserve

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I cringe to see perfectly good food go to waste
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I cringe to see perfectly good food go to waste

I pointed out to a friend,“Look,we have the best fed pigeons in Melbourne”,as we watched the birds feast on the perfectly edible surplus croissants.

  • byMaida Pineda