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Grower Group Strongly Urges Major Supermarkets to Accept Significant Price Rise Requests to Save Farms

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Grower Group Strongly Urges Major Supermarkets to Accept Significant Price Rise Requests to Save Farms

Fuel surcharges of up to 65 per cent of shipment value are now hitting rural fresh produce growers, and if Australia’s major supermarkets fail to engage with price increase requests quickly, the growers making planting decisions today may not be there for the next harvest. That is the uncomfortable commercial reality sitting behind a formal … Read more

Organic Industry Leaders Strongly Back Federal Government Push to Fix Misleading Food Labelling Rules

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Organic Industry Leaders Strongly Back Federal Government Push to Fix Misleading Food Labelling Rules

Any brand can print “organic” on a label in Australia right now, and nothing in the law stops them. That single regulatory gap has been quietly eroding the value of certified organic products for years — and the Federal Government has finally signalled it wants to fix it. Industry body Australian Organic Limited (AOL) has … Read more