The week’s top stories (week ending 13/08/19)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- ACCC to study Murray-Darling Basin’s $2 billion water market to see who owns what (Kath Sullivan, ABC Rural)
- More than 800 fines issued in South Australian fruit fly fight (Good Fruit and Vegetables)
- Tasmanian growers are pushing for a price increase (Rebecca Morris, Stock and Land)
- Fine-dining chefs cook discarded fruit and veg to minimise food waste and its climate change impact (Justin Huntsdale, ABC Illawarra)
- Southern states record driest January to July (Stock and Land)
- Tasmania’s GMO ban good news for some, a ‘missed opportunity’ for others (Fiona Breen, ABC Tasmanian Country Hour)
- IPCC climate change report calls for urgent overhaul of food production, land management (Nick Kilvert, ABC Science)
- Farmers call for national strategy on climate change and agriculture (Lisa Cox, The Guardian)
- Drought prompts water restrictions in Stanthorpe, with TV ads warning locals on usage (David Chen & Sarah Jane Bell, ABC News)
- Grateful strawberry farmers peg hopes on new harvest after needle tampering disaster (Joanna Prendergast & Mark Bennett, ABC WA Country Hour)
- Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy (Jacqueline Williams, The Conversation)
- Europe seeking feta and scotch beef protection as Australia pushes back on prosecco claim (Brett Worthington, ABC News)