Growers around the nation are eligible to apply for a range of levy-funded capacity-building opportunities being delivered through Hort Innovation. We are delivering more than $10 million in development initiatives right now which are bespoke to growers’ businesses and offer the chance to learn about best-practice internationally and build networks that support learning from and […]
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A new campaign hopes people will do just that and fondly take up the cause to increase their veggie consumption. Launched on February 1, the pro bono campaign by Outdoor Media Association (OMA) in partnership with Health & Wellbeing Queensland and Nutrition Australia will see the phrase “Better than you remember” used to promote vegetables.
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Horticulture’s supply chain now has 24/7/365 access to Benestar’s free professional services to help navigate through life’s challenging issues or to help enhance wellbeing. Speaking at the Hort Connections 2022 conference in Brisbane, Freshcare chairperson Belinda Hazell OAM said the partnership with Benestar would give Freshcare certified participants access to the organisation’s professional services. “We’ve
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Consumers are being warned to get used to cabbage in their burgers or paying more than $10 for a lettuce, with no end in sight for high fruit and vegetable prices. While the sudden price spike hit quickly, wholesalers say it will take longer for prices to come down as growers face a ‘perfect storm’ of
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The Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, David Littleproud, announced today that a $653,950 government grant was given to a consortium led by Fresh Markets Australia for an online website with price and volume data for all fresh fruits and vegetables, as part of the $5.94m for projects to improve market transparency across perishable agricultural
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Established in January 2019, the AFPA has become the major voice of the fresh produce sector, delivering real outcomes for industry in key policy areas including workforce, export access and sustainability. In 2019, AFPA funded research demonstrated the importance of fresh produce packaging to maintain freshness and reduce food waste. During COVID, the AFPA worked
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Statement by The NSW Chamber of Fresh Produce Limited’s (Freshmark) CEO Meegan George about how the fresh produce industry’s pricing is driven by weather in addition to other factors, such as inflation. (Sydney, 6 May 2022) “There is a lot of commentary that inflation is contributing to skyrocketing product prices and consumers should expect
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The NSW Chamber of Fresh Produce Limited (Freshmark), in response to current media reports regarding price gouging by the larger supermarkets, reaffirms the importance of the central markets system’s role as a positive vehicle for growers to get a fair deal under the protection of the ACCC’s heavily governed Horticultural Code of Conduct that ensures
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Employers Urged Not To Wait Specifically For The Ag Visa The Australian government is urging horticulture workers not to delay worker recruitment strategies to wait on the introduction of the ‘Ag Visa’. The Australian Agriculture Visa program was announced last year, with the aim of addressing workforce shortages in the sector and trying to
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When the AgriFutures growAG. program and platform (growag.com) were launched by the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, the Hon. David Littleproud MP in April 2021, the goal for the first of its kind innovation gateway was to connect users from around the globe to Australia’s agrifood innovation. Delivering on what it was set out
