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Country of Origin Labelling Gets Final Green Light
Apr 5, 2016The new Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) for Australia's food packaging was given the final go-ahead by commonwealth, state and territory consumer affairs ministers this week. Each label will indicate the proportion of Australian ...
Tags: Country of Origin, CoOL, Green Light, Food packaging
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Special Frost-Protection Fleece Saves Australian Winter Crops: Ausveg Study
Mar 22, 2016Image credit: Applied Horticultural Research and Ausveg Vegetable growers concerned about low-temperatures this winter are being encouraged to use frost cloths or ‘fleece’ with a new Ausveg study proving the material is ...
Tags: Ausveg Study, Winter crop
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Cauliflower Power Is The Next Big Thing
Mar 11, 2016Cauliflower might be a vegetable which has been eaten by Australians forever but, believe it or not, you ain’t seen nothing yet. From cauliflower pizza to cauliflower “potato” salad, the vegetable is in the spotlight ...
Tags: Cauliflower, Vegetable, Nutritious
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Australian Fresh Bean Exports Reach Record Highs
Nov 18, 2015Australian fresh bean exports have hit a record high says vegetable industry representative body AUSVEG. Australia’s fresh bean exports are valued at over 40 times the size of its frozen bean export market. “The export ...
Tags: Fresh Bean, frozen bean, vegetable export
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Health Conscious Consumers Turning to Beetroot
Sep 1, 2015Health conscious Australians are making beetroot a kitchen staple according to AUSVEG’s Project Harvest consumer research. Interest in beetroot has boomed among shoppers keen on in its nutritional benefits following the vegetables ...
Tags: kitchen staple, Beetroot
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Asian Vegetable Varieties Increasingly Popular with Young Families and Young Adults
Aug 27, 2015Young Australian families and young adults are buying Asian vegetable varieties more frequently than last year and are buying more each time, according to the latest Nielsen consumer research. Nielsen Homescan data, taken from 10,000 ...
Tags: vegetable varieties, vegetable
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Australians Now Snack Four Times as Much as They Did Ten Years Ago
Aug 6, 2015Australians now snack four times as much as they did ten years ago, according to new consumer research. The latest AUSVEG ‘Project Harvest’ report, produced by Colmar Brunton, has found that over the last decade snacking in ...
Tags: Vegetable industry, healthy snacks
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Australia's 14 Million Shoppers Have Shifted Their Shopping Habits Over The Last Decade
May 19, 2015Australia's 14 million shoppers have shifted their shopping habits over the last decade according to the work of Roy Morgan Research. The key determinants in grocery shopping habits include food safety, location and good value. ...
Tags: shopping habits, food safety, good value
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Coles Will Absorb Price Impact After Cyclone Wipes out Carnarvon Banana Crop
Mar 24, 2015Coles says it will absorb price impact after cyclone wipes out Carnarvon banana crop Australian supermarket Coles has indicated it will offer assistance to banana growers in the Carnarvon region of Western Australia, after Cyclone ...
Tags: Coles, Cyclone Olwyn, Agriculture
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Sweet Corn Continues to Be a Family Favourite
Mar 16, 2015Sweet corn continues to be a family favourite, according to new findings from consumer research study Project Harvest, which is being conducted by Australian vegetable and potato growers’ representative body AusVeg. AusVeg said the ...
Tags: Corn, Sweet corn
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Australians Eat Asian Vegetable
Feb 12, 2015Asian vegetables making a home in Australian diets, latest market research Australia is known for accepting food from all cultures with open arms – and it seems Asian vegetables are no exception, according to new findings from ...
Tags: Vegetables, vegetable industry
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Proposal by The Australian Greens Party to Make Amendments to Australian COO Labelling Law
Jan 29, 2015Australian vegetable growers have said they support the Australian Greens’ Party Leader Christine Milne’s push for clearer Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) on food, claiming that the current system needs refining if consumers ...
Tags: food industry, Agriculture
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A New Investigation to The Alleged Dumping of Prepared or Preserved Tomatoes
Jan 23, 2015The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission has announced it has initiated a new investigation into the alleged dumping of prepared or preserved tomatoes into the Australian market, after a fresh application was lodged by Australian food ...
Tags: Tomato Dumping, Agriculture
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FTA Has Been Finalised Between Australia and China
Nov 25, 2014Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, Meat Industry, Agriculture
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Potato Tracker Project Reveals Taste and Convenience Is Impertant to Potato Sales Volume
Oct 28, 2014October 22, 2014 Sophie Australian consumers are buying potatoes for taste and convenience, and are keen to purchase more, according to new industry research carried out as part of a potato research study funded by potato levies with ...
Tags: Spud Consumption, Potato