Food bowl
They are the Potato Festival’s best dressed. Think Fashions on the Field – but itchier
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.
- Carolyn Webb
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‘Maggots in the fruit’: Orchards under attack as pest prevention funds shrink
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.
- Benjamin Preiss
‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage
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.
- Jessica Yun
Empty shelves at Woolworths as industrial action cripples supplies
The company confirmed that some stores in Victoria, NSW and the ACT were experiencing limited stock flow.
- Madeleine Heffernan and Gemma Grant
‘An existential issue’: Property speculation threatening Victoria’s food bowl
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?
- Benjamin Preiss
The proof is in the plum pudding: bid to buy up WA produce
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.
- Claire Ottaviano
Rural paradox: Surrounded by farms but eating poorly amid rising costs
Our rural communities are some of the best agricultural areas in the world. Why is it so hard for them to access fresh food?
- Benjamin Preiss
Is Australian-made good enough? You might want to check the fine print
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.
- Jessica Yun
Mornington Peninsula solar farm will mix power with fruit and veg
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.
- Benjamin Preiss
Huy Fong sriracha is almost impossible to find. Have we already moved on?
Many Australians are struggling to find their favourite brand of hot sauce – but some aren’t mourning Huy Fong’s absence in the market.
- Jessica Yun
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