The week’s top stories (week ending 16/10/18)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
Australian industry:
- Farming innovator wins rural women’s award (SBS News)
- Scott Morrison’s jobs plan oversimplifies a complex issue (Zoë Wundenberg, Wellington Times)
- ‘We have the same rights’: Exploited migrant workers win big payouts (Ben Schneiders, The Sydney Morning Herald)
- National Farmers’ Federation open to amnesty of illegal farm workers (Natalie Kotsios, The Weekly Times)
- Rockmelon listeria investigation finds outbreak that killed seven largely caused by dust storms (Clint Jasper, ABC Rural)
- Strawberry needle tampering cause still not known a month on from first report (Sarah Maunder, ABC Coffs Coast)
- ‘Ticking time bomb’ for agriculture as chemicals go under microscope (Chris Ray, The Australian)
- Monsanto: judge moves to allow new trial after $289m cancer verdict (Sam Levin, The Guardian)
- Vic workshop focuses on building resistance to pests in crops (Jeanette Severs, Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Deluge continues across south-east Queensland as drought-stricken farmers hope for more (Donna Field, ABC News)
- Drought aid: Where has the money been allocated and what difference is it making on-farm? (David Claughton, ABC Rural)
- Free program providing mental health assistance (Matt Collins, South Burnett Times)
- Vegetable farmer frustrated over need for crane licence (Amelia Pepe, The Weekly Times)
- New life for veggie staple (Ara Jansen, The West Australian)
- Federal Government pushes to stop plant-based products labelled as ‘meat’ or ‘milk’ (Brett Worthington, ABC Rural)
International news:
- Global: Overview of the global pepper market (HortiDaily)
- Britain: Britain’s most loved and hated vegetables have been revealed (David Harding, Yahoo News UK)
- Britain: Government in £30m cash boost for farms (Ed Leahy, Fresh Produce Journal)
- Europe: New [mini cucumber] player in the snacking segment (Carl Collen, Eurofruit)
- Europe: Agroecology can feed Europe pesticide-free in 2050, new study finds (Claire Stam, EURACTIV)
- France: Carrefour tackles “sell by” dates (Tom Joyce, Eurofruit)
- USA: Will America’s future farmers be robots? (HortiDaily)
- USA: California Farm Academy tackles ag labor shortage (California Department of Food and Agriculture)
- USA: Driscoll’s responds to ‘slave-labor’ claims at their Mexico operations (Dennis Rettke, HortiDaily)
- USA: App prevents heat illness for farm workers (HortiDaily)
- Canada: Opportunity Scholarships awarded to students pursuing education in agriculture and food-related fields (HortiDaily)
- New Zealand: GPG launches Pacific Green asparagus (Maura Maxwell, Eurofruit)
- New Zealand: NZ food prices ease as lettuce prices plunge (Scoop News)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 16 October 2018. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!