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:
- Australian carrot exports surge to be worth $100m during pandemic (FreshPlaza)
- Photo Report: Hort Connections 2021 (FreshPlaza)
- A local farming family have taken out two export awards for horticulture excellence (The Chronicle)
- St George farmers Andrew and David Moon have been recognised for their achievements in Australian horticulture, winning Grower of the Year (Townsville Bulletin)
- Kids to Ag project teaching students about agriculture (Stock and Land)
- Potato farmer Gary Crick’s sustainable farming focus (Jimboomba Times)
- Wallace potato grower Xavier Toohey named Young Grower of the Year (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- British, Australian food standard differences causing angst in free trade deal (ABC News)
- Farmers face more extreme labour issues without govt action plan (Stock and Land)