Food
The future of Australia’s food in the midst of a changing climate
The National Sustainable Food Summit, to be held in Melbourne this week, will look at the future of Australia’s food......
Australian fruit and vegetable imports on the rise
A report has found Australia now imports more than a third of its fruit and almost 20 per cent of......
Enquiry challenges supermarket stranglehold
The friendly dominance of Coles and Woolworths has been thrust back into the spotlight this week, with a senate enquiry......
Parents buy into junk by sport stars
A new study by the Obesity Policy Coalition has been published in the Public Health Nutrition journal today, has found......
Students eating habits a time bomb
High school students are getting fatter and lazier according to a major national survey released today. It’s the first such......
Are we still consuming too much salt?
Salt in our diets has been linked to cardiovascular disease for many years. But Australians are still consuming on average......
GM foods to be labelled under proposed bill
Food sourced from genetically modified material will have to be labelled if Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Greens Senator Rachel......
Bush Tucker
Now, its not all bad news… while nutrition in remote communities is still a dire problem, it seems that bush......
Frugavore – where the past feeds the future
Eight years ago Melbourne based nutritionist Arabella Forge became disenchanted with how we eat and live. She wanted to find......
Food imports on the rise
It’s a story that’s hot in regional Australia, and one that’s dear to the heart of Independent MP Bob Katter.......