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Woolworths’ dispute with the United Workers Union over warehouse pay and conditions is affecting supply.

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

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Residential development is encroaching on Victoria’s food bowl.

‘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
Perth NRM sustainable agriculture manager David Broadhurst, G&A Padula and son orchardist Mick Padula, Stonefruit WA chair Anthony Caccetta and Karragullen orchardist Danny Di Marco promoting WA Stonefruit in Yagan Square, November 27, 2024

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
Josiah van Niekerk sometimes relies on the same service he provides to needy families.

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
The green and gold kangaroo (left) and the new Australia logo approved by Trade Minister Simon Birmingham.

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
The site of the new agri-solar farm in Dromana.

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
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Sriracha sauce bottled at the Huy Fong Foods plant in California.

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
Fresh fruit and veggie growers have asked the competition watchdog to look at whether the major supermarkets are causing deliberate oversupply of produce.

‘Deliberate manipulation’: Do supermarkets order too much fruit and veg on purpose?

Two major Australian fruit and vegetable industry bodies have accused Woolworths and Coles of engineering an oversupply of fresh produce to drive down prices.

  • Jessica Yun
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell.

Milk for sale: Fonterra and other big cheeses behind Australia’s shrinking dairy industry

One of the nation’s largest dairy processors is pulling the plug on Australia, but it’s just the latest domino to fall in a sector that has been dwindling for decades.

  • Jessica Yun
A squeeze on global olive oil supply has resulted in higher demand that has pushed up prices.

Olive oil is getting harder to find and costing as much as 70 per cent more. Here’s why

Olive oil is among the essential household staples that have increased in price thanks to climate change’s impact on weather unpredictability, joining the ranks of cocoa and coffee.

  • Jessica Yun

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