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:
- Ausveg delivers wishlist (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Department provides visa lifeline for undocumented workers (The Australian) – subscription required
- Biosecurity project launched to support melon industry (Queensland Country Life)
- Farm Bio Project boosts biosecurity prep for veg and spud industries (Get Regional)
- New Greenhouse Boosts Training In North East Victoria (The National Tribune)
- Care of GBR front and centre for Qld fruit growers (Queensland Country Life)
- Long-term Australian fruit and vegetable export growth still rising despite pandemic challenges (FreshPlaza)
- Register for Hort Connections 2022 (Bundaberg Today)
- Senate ‘fake meat’ inquiry recommends overhaul of plant-based protein labelling laws (ABC News)
- NSW floodplain harvesting regulations disallowed for the third time (ABC News)
- Queensland flooding triggers fruit and vegetable shortages in outback towns (ABC News)
- The Weekly Times Coles Farmer of the Year awards: 2021 finalists announced (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Farm gate output to hit record $81b in 2022 (The Australian Financial Review) – subscription required
- Why the price of fresh produce at the supermarket could be about to rise (Cairns Post)
- Regenerative agriculture approach paying off for veg growing operation (FreshPlaza)
- Backpackers are returning, but not fast enough to ease staff shortages (The Australian Financial Review) – subscription required
Registrations open for Hort Connections 2022, early-bird registrations on offer (Stock Journal)