The week’s top stories (week ending 10/04/18)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- How can we get more Aussies into agriculture? (Steve Price and James Whiteside, 2GB)
- ‘Irresistible’ sterile flies released to mate with female fruit flies in SA (Isabel Dayman, ABC News)
- Two very hungry caterpillars have created a hybrid mega-pest that threatens global food crops (Dominique Schwartz, ABC News)
- Listeria outbreak linked to Riverina storms (Alexandra Laskie, The Weekly Times)
- Rockmelon supply to resume after listeria outbreak (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Coles frozen pomegranate linked to NSW hepatitis A outbreak (ABC News)
- Organics industry shocked by official plan for forced chemical sprays (Nicole Hasham, Queensland Country Life)
- Why embracing bush tucker as a national cuisine is a good idea for our communities (Sarah Moss, ABC Illawarra)
- Short-sighted policy puts fruit and vegetable supply at risk (Pat Hannan, Queensland Country Life)
- Agricultural vehicle safety and quad-bike crashes focus of research (North Queensland Register)
- Grant offers boost for potato growers (Michael Philipps, The West Australian)
- Vegetables tied to artery health for older women (Lisa Rapaport, Reuters)
- Blemished oranges find new life in the juicer (Gabrielle Johnston, The Weekly Times)
- Manufacturing hope for ugly vegetables (Michelle Slater, Latrobe Valley Express)
- Why these urban farmers converted a lawn bowls green into a vegie patch (ABC News Breakfast)
- CropLogic moves into Australian agtech market (Stuart Corner, IoT Hub)
- Flavorite all go on expansion plans (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 10 April 2018. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!