Food sustainability
‘He feels as trapped as the chickens’: How an activist teamed up with the ‘enemy’
What happened when the activist and the chicken factory-farmer joined forces? They exposed the lies behind the ‘humane’ treatment of shed-reared chooks.
- Rutger Bregman
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Fact check: Does the Tasmanian salmon industry pay tax?
In the charged debate over fish farming, independent senator Jacqui Lambie has Tassal Group, Huon Aquaculture and Petuna firmly in her sights.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Want to avoid farmed Atlantic salmon? Get hooked on these alternatives instead
Experts advise avoiding the Tasmanian-farmed fish variety following recent catastrophic events. Here are some alternative – and more sustainable – catches to try instead.
- Ardyn Bernoth
Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly
A major fish kill in the waters of south-east Tasmania has raised tensions just as the prime minister has backed the industry.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Trump vowed to reduce inflation. Eggs didn’t get the memo
Across the US, a scarcity of eggs caused primarily by a bad strain of bird flu has sent prices skyrocketing and made them tricky to find.
- Michael Koziol
Charge $7 for a coffee? Some stressed-out cafe owners would rather shut down
Stuck between soaring business costs and reduced consumer spending, cafe owners are in a “Mexican stand-off”, says Pablo & Rusty’s CEO.
- Jessica Yun
Taste-testing the lab-grown future of meat and milk
Dozens of companies are trying to grow, ferment or even 3D-print meat substitutes. Here’s how they stack up against the real thing.
- Liam Mannix
The man who saved bananas from certain death – and next, 750,000 children
Professor James Dale’s bananas are the first genetically modified fruit approved for commercial growth. But would you eat one?
- Angus Dalton
Developed in a lab and grown in a vat: It’s meat, but not as you know it
Global demand for meat is growing. Without innovation, this will put more pressure on land clearing and greenhouse gas emissions. Could cultured meat be the solution?
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Are wine drinkers too snobbish to drink wine from cans instead of glass?
Winemakers spruik the environmental credentials of canned wine, but retail sales suggest drinkers are yet to be convinced to give up the bottle.
- Andrew Taylor
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