July 31, 2024 | Australia

Australian wine re-entering China drives export value increase

574 companies were exporting to mainland China in 2023–24, up from 115 in 2022–23 Australian wine exports increased in value by 17 per cent to $2.2 billion in 2023–24, the…

July 25, 2024 | Academic

La Trobe Institute to tackle Australia’s food security

LISAF will establish a $28 million ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Protected Cropping (PC Hub) with funding from the Federal Government Australia based La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food (LISAF) officially…

July 22, 2024 | Australia

Red Tractor, Foodbank and ALDI Australia join forces to alleviate food insecurity

This initiative aims to provide over 3 million meals to Australians in need over the next two weeks alone Red Tractor, Foodbank, and ALDI Australia have joined forces to launch…

July 22, 2024 | Australia

Visy commissions Australia’s glass furnace in Sydney

It produces over 800 million glass containers every year in support of Australia’s world-class food and beverage companies like Vegemite, Cottee’s Jam, Toohey’s New and Bundaberg Ginger Beer Visy is…

July 18, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s Coles and SecondBite unite for food relief

All funds raised by Coles, its customers and suppliers will enable SecondBite to deliver unsold, edible fruit, vegetables, bread, and other grocery staples to more than 1,000 charities Coles launched…

July 17, 2024 | Australia

Pernod Ricard to sell international strategic wine brand to Australian Wine Holdco

Pernod Ricard will sell its wine division to a player of global scale, with a route to market solely dedicated to the wine industry Pernod Ricard (Paris: RI) announced the…

July 11, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s winegrape crush up by 9%

Vintage 2024 follows a 23-year low crush in 2023 and, despite the growth, this year’s crush is still well below the 10-year average of 1.73 million tonnes The Australian winegrape…

July 10, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s red meat exports hit record high

Lamb, mutton, and goatmeat reached record-high volumes During the past financial year, Australian export numbers for red meat hit a record high, with over 2 million tonnes exported. Lamb, mutton,…

July 9, 2024 | Australia

Australian MFC oranges introduce to Chinese market

This recent import of Australian MFC oranges marks a breakthrough in the Chinese company’s fruit import business A container truck loaded with fresh oranges arrived at Shanghai Huizhan Fruit and Vegetable…

July 4, 2024 | Academic

Wine Australia introduces educational tool

The aim is to provide budding viticulturists, winemakers, innovators, agtech specialists, marketers, cellar door managers and more with a hands-on opportunity to hear directly from those with grape and wine…