The week’s top media stories
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- Air freight to open up new markets (Bree Swift, Farm Weekly)
- Fall armyworm detected as far south as Bundaberg (Melody Labinsky, Good Fruit and Vegetables)
- Agricultural visa restrictions eased to address potential labour shortfall (Melody Labinsky & Sharon O’Keeffe, Good Fruit and Vegetables)
- Australia’s food supply secure amid virus (Matt Coughlan, Good Fruit and Vegetables)
- Garnish company run by Bendigo family diversifies to stave off coronavirus-driven drop in sales (Eden Hynninen, ABC VIC Country Hour)
- Rains welcome but dams too low for water allocation (Michael Condon, NSW Country Hour)
- East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days to livestream event (Good Fruit and Vegetables)
- Prime Minister asking visitors to go home “counterproductive” for horticultural industry (Olivia Carter, Good Fruit and Vegetables)
- Foreign investment crackdown sparks financial worries for cash-strapped farmers (Daniel Mercer & David Claughton, ABC Rural)
- How has COVID-19 impacted Australia’s agriculture sector? (Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National)
- Consumers spending money on food over fibre among coronavirus uncertainty (The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- New ‘Brand Australia’ to be unveiled when the time is right (Natalie Kotsios, The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- Old glasshouse gets new lease on life after council worker becomes full-time farmer (Tony Briscoe, ABC Tasmanian Country Hour)
- Online marketplace links food, beverage producers with customers (Good Fruit and Vegetables)