23 May 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBilly takes a trip to Torello farm in Victoria to meet farmer Harry and picks beetroot out of the ground. He buys vegetables to take back […]
27 May 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Alice teaches the Super Naturals about cooking vs overcooking, a childhood memory is stirred… Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The Good Mood Food ModuleThis project has been […]
30 May 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaddy visits Mars and a strange gloopy planet all in one day. She spends time with a Mars One astronaut candidate, and tries to get Billy […]
3 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlice and the Super Naturals meet Wardandi Bibbulmun Elder Aunty Dale Tilbrook, tasting native tubers youlk and warrine, and learning about traditional farming techniques. Related ProjectsPhenomenom […]
6 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlice introduces the Super Naturals to consumer behaviour expert Paul Harrison, who talks to them about how our food choices can be directed by positive memory […]
15 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minutePhenomenom implements a student-driven Episodic Learning approach, working in and around the Australian curriculum. The program offers teachers boundless opportunities to integrate food into their existing […]
15 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThese resources are designed to be integrated by classroom teachers into their existing Year 3-6 lesson planning. Curriculum-aligned resources are available as printable PDFs. Teachers are […]
20 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaddy learns about sustainability in space from Mars One astronaut candidate Dianne McGrath. Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The Good Mood Food ModuleThis project has been funded by […]
21 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJonathan thinks he’s gravely ill and enlists the help of his friends to get to the bottom of it (in more ways than one). Alice gives […]
27 June 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLucy works with artist Anne Langdon to create an edible surprise for Alice, and Melbourne crochet artist Phil Ferguson stops by to share his vegetable works. […]
1 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a spooky kitchen, Alice and the Super Naturals make a delicious cucumber granita, and meet amazing writer Sam West. Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The Good Mood […]
22 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBilly and Lily have fun with rad food words. Paul West teaches Lily to get planting with whatever she’s got on hand (including his hat). Wardandi […]
22 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaddy’s midnight snack is interrupted by a pair of night shades on the kitchen bench. Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The Good Mood Food ModuleThis project has been […]
22 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteConsumer behaviour expert Paul talks to the Super Naturals about subliminal messaging and the psychology of shopping. Jonathan and Joseph meet Vera the Vegetable Clairvoyant. Paul […]
22 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlice surprises the Super Naturals with a selection of unfamiliar breakfasts from around the world. Kylie the VIS nutrition coordinator gives Jonathan and Joseph a run-down […]
22 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlice shows the Super Naturals why different cuisines use a variety of ingredients and what that tells you about climatic zones. Lily chats to Vera the […]
22 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJonathan and Joseph help out Maddy at her school fete ice-cream stand (with extra special mystery ingredients) and Alice chats to a Super Taste expert about […]
23 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Super Naturals keep a food diary and meet with paediatric dietitian Miriam to discuss what foods help humans inside and out. Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The […]
24 July 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLily accidentally mistakes “bell pepper” for “chilli pepper” with hilarious results. Alice explains how the capsicum ended up in Europe. Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The Good Mood […]
1 July 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJess Toth, a mushroom grower from WA, discusses career paths in agriculture, STEM and women in science – and mushrooms, of course. Related ProjectsPhenomenom – The […]
26 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJake and Hope Shadbolt are third generation onion farmers from Beverford in Victoria. Their farm supplies hundreds of thousands of Australian households a week with onions […]
9 December 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the help of her neighbour, comedian Matt Okine and an ensemble cast of Australian horticultural produce, Maddy learns some valuable lessons around how her mood […]
23 March 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe love onions. They’re a key player in our “mmmm that smells good! Whatcha cookin?” starter pack. But it turns out our bulbous little friends are […]
23 March 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s right under your feet, and it’s full of life! We take a deep dive into what happens when organic matter gets mixed and blended to […]
23 March 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith about 40 trillion bacteria in your gut, it can get crowded at times. This episode of Nomcast squashes and squeezes its way through our digestive […]
23 March 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe tricky world of tastes explodes with flavour as we unpack the joys of sweet, salty, bitter and sour … and new kid on the block, […]
26 March 2025
28 May 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ultimate goal of the new Plus One Serve project is to elevate the average daily vegetable intake by one serve per person by the year […]
10 July 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe “Plus One Serve of Vegetables by 2030” program is a bold, collaborative and transformative approach to substantially address the alarmingly low and declining daily per […]
14 July 2025
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3 September 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutesBY MICHELLE LAUSEN PROGRAM MANAGER, PLUS ONE SERVE BY 2030 Australia is in the midst of a vegetable consumption crisis – and the vegetable industry is […]
8 September 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY HANNAH PARRY, HORT INNOVATION Launched in October 2024, the Australian Onions marketing campaign, funded by the onion marketing levy and delivered by Hort Innovation, set […]
9 September 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe summary of the Plus One Serve National Strategy and Baseline Report is now available. This report details the extensive research, insights and recommendations behind this initiative […]
9 December 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutesBY MICHELLE LAUSEN PROGRAM MANAGER, PLUS ONE SERVE BY 2030 The vegetable consumption crisis is hurting growers and consumers alike. Despite world-class growers, supply chains and […]
9 December 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesHort Innovation has unveiled a bold marketing strategy aimed at elevating the status of Australian Onions from a humble pantry staple to a beloved flavour foundation […]
12 January 2026
This project will transform how Australia’s vegetable and onion industries make strategic business decisions by providing growers and trade partners with unprecedented access to Woolworths retail […]
3 February 2026
27 February 2026
Reading Time: 5 minutesVegetable consumption in Australia remains well below recommended levels, with average intake sitting at around 1.8 serves per day. This decline has implications not only for […]
2 March 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesRunning from July 2025 to December 2026, the campaign is rooted in the strategic investment plan goal of demand creation – supporting the Australian onion industry […]
18 May 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew official figures show the average per kilo farmgate value of Australian vegetables in 2025 stayed below 2022/23 levels, as Australian vegetable growing businesses remain under […]
18 May 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DJIN GIE LIEM DR LAURA MARCHESE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MICHAEL TIELAND Deakin University Plant-based foods, including vegetables, have long been recognised as central and […]
18 May 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesAustralian vegetable growers continue to deliver fresh, high-quality produce for Australian households – but they are doing so in an increasingly difficult environment. Rising input costs […]
30 June 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minuteConverting What Consumers Say They’re Going To Do Into What They Actually Do: Lessons For Driving Growth In Fresh Produce Consumption Speaker: Professor David Hughes, Emeritus […]
8 July 2026
24 May 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesCaramelised onion pizza, a zingy red onion pickle, or maybe crispy onion rings topping a burger – if you’re seeing more onion dishes on menus you’re […]
24 May 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutes The increasing number of school canteens being run by catering companies offers opportunities to increase the vegetable consumption of school children. Getting more vegetables on […]
29 February 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Hort Innovation onion nutrition education program for health professionals and the food service industry (VN20002) has continued building momentum over the past six months. Designed […]
29 February 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesPromoting onions from humble to hero to foodservice and health industries involves farm visits and recipe inspiration to allow professionals to fully appreciate the versatility of […]
29 February 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesConsumers are increasingly looking for healthy snacks, but opportunities for vegetables mapped by research a decade ago are still proving elusive due to challenging logistics. It […]
28 March 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFifty-Five Five is leading a new Hort Innovation-funded pilot program that is providing a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesVEG Education was born from a need to think differently about horticulture workforce development, safety and business security. In this article, founder Catherine Velisha (pictured above) […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutesCSIRO, Flinders University and Nutrition Australia are working together to deliver VegKIT, an integrated five-year project designed to deliver tools and interventions for increasing children’s vegetable […]
14 September 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesConsumer sentiment was at the heart of Alice Zaslavsky’s presentation at Hort Connections 2021, with the discussion ranging from what consumes the consumer and how the […]
14 September 2021
Reading Time: 5 minutesAsian and Australian indigenous vegetables were the focus of a levy-funded project that was undertaken from 2016 to 2018. This project was tasked with identifying commercially […]
22 June 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring 2020, Hort Innovation worked with research company Fiftyfive5 to provide the Australian horticulture sector with information about consumer attitudes and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
22 February 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutesWith just six per cent of Australian primary school-aged children meeting the recommended daily intake of vegetables, a program has been established by CSIRO scientists and […]
22 February 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesResults from consecutive Australian Health Surveys show children are not consuming enough vegetables, with only six per cent of children aged 2-17 years of age eating […]
17 November 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA $4 million, five-year national project is helping to address the significant underconsumption of vegetables by Australian children. This project is bringing together science and industry, […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has been trialling a new a consumer-facing social media channel targeted at consumers. The campaign – #EatMoreAusVeg – is designed to address the barriers to eating […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has teamed up with Australia’s leading health professionals and other horticulture industry groups to launch the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium, which brings together key organisations to collectively […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrowcom has launched a new national campaign, Eat Yourself to Health, encouraging Australians to ‘Eat Up and Branch Out’. As part of the Eat Yourself to Health campaign, […]
20 February 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2016, a multi-industry project focusing on Australian fruit and vegetable consumption was completed by researchers at CSIRO. The VegEze app was produced as a result, […]
21 January 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA CSIRO report on consumer eating habits has delivered insights into the human consumption of vegetables and fruit. This report was produced as part of MT16008 […]
15 January 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarvest to Home is an interactive dashboard that provides users with up-to-date consumer trend data on a range of vegetable commodities on a single platform. The […]
17 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Department of Agriculture has released an Industry Advisory Notice to advise industry that exports of fresh cucurbit species produced in Queensland are temporarily suspended to […]
12 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesVeggycation is an online, easy-to-use interactive tool, teaching Australians how to learn to love vegetables.
24 March 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis report, made available through the Harvest to Home online dashboard, covers a wide range of consumer attitudes around health, cooking and nutrition issues.
18 March 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBreakfast remains an undeveloped meal occasion for vegetable consumption - but Nielsen Homescan data shows it's a surprising contributor to spinach's higher-than-average consumption rate.
11 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Veggycation website shows Australians how to love vegetables, and has recently been rejuvenated with a fresh look and a content update.
4 February 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Harvest to Home online dashboard has been updated with the freshest retail data, including case studies on sweetpotato and cabbage.
6 November 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation has funded a range of resources to help Australians better understand how to store, prepare and eat vegetables. Find them here!
13 August 2018
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe final report's now available for the project behind the app, which challenged Australians to eat three types of vegetables with dinner for three weeks.
8 June 2018
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom soil health to boosting consumption, the vegetable speaker stream will bring together industry experts to cover the key topics in our sector.
5 June 2018
Reading Time: 2 minutesA recently completed levy-funded project, delivered by Workshop Australia, has investigated the potential to create more interest in using vegetables among cooks and chefs.
23 April 2018
Reading Time: 2 minutesDownload the free VegEze app and take the challenge to eat three serves of vegetables at dinner as part of an industry research project.
23 March 2018
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe latest edition of the magazine includes insightful interviews with growers who donate to Foodbank and a profile of the Harvest to Home dashboard.
5 March 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe free online dashboard has been updated with consumer data to 30 December 2017 for a huge range of vegetable commodities.
9 January 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation and Nielsen Australia have launched an online consumer insights dashboard for the Australian vegetable industry.