Food on Friday - Horseradish
Go to any supermarket these days and the condiment section seems to stretch on forever as food processors try to tempt us with an ever larger range of taste blends and ingredients.
View ArticleGood prices for Victorian potatoes
The Victorian potato harvest is in progress, and farmers will be paid a strong price for what they dig up.
View ArticleTour Gippsland potato country
The rich red soil of Gippsland's potato-growing country is on show on popular bus tours of the region.
View ArticleFood on Friday - asparagus (the ultimate spring vegetable)
No other vegetable signifies the arrival of spring like asparagus.
View ArticleFrom paddock to plate
Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? Take the journey from the paddock to the plate to find out about food production in Gippsland.
View ArticleHigh dollar spears sales of asparagus
Victorian asparagus producers say they are feeling the pinch of a strengthening Australian dollar, with sales to export markets down 5 to 10 per cent.
View ArticleVegie convoy gets fire escort
A special convoy is being organised to get vegetable supplies through the East Gippsland fires to markets in the northern states hit by the recent floods.
View ArticleFloods hit asparagus region
The Bunyip River, on the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne, has flooded Australia's major asparagus growing district at Koo Wee Rup.
View ArticleEast Gippsland food producers unite
Eight food producers in East Gippsland have united to try and attract more investment, export opportunities and workers to the region.
View ArticlePotatoes swamped by Victorian floods
Millions of dollars worth of potatoes just weeks away from harvest are expected to be wiped out by flooding in Victoria.
View ArticlePotatoes under water in West Gippsland
Farmers near the Koo Wee Rup swamp, in West Gippsland, are assessing damage to their sodden paddocks and counting the costs of crops that have been all but wiped out after the area bore the brunt of a...
View ArticleVFF attacks produce labelling law compliance
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has criticised the state's independent supermarkets and greengrocers for their low compliance rate with country-of-origin labelling laws.
View ArticlePotato crop swamped by floods
As the potato harvest draws to a close in Victoria's east, growers in the Koo Wee Rup region are counting the cost of February's floods.
View ArticleSpud growers count the cost of February flood
As the potato harvest draws to a close in Gippsland, growers in the Koo Wee Rup region, which was swamped by flood waters when the Bunyip River overflowed back in February, are counting the cost of the...
View ArticleAsparagus growers making the most of their product
Koo Wee Rup in Victoria is renowned for producing exceptional asparagus. Trevor and Joanne Courtney grow organic asparagus on what locals call 'the golden mile', a richly fertile patch of reclaimed swamp.
View ArticleFood on Friday - growing, harvesting and eating samphire
Henry the Eighth and Shakespeare reportedly ate it, as did the convicts on their way to Australia to stop them from getting scurvy.
View ArticleChips are down for potato growers
An oversupply of potatoes in the northern states is driving down prices.
View ArticleRise in profits for vegie farms
An annual survey from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, has found the average Australian vegie farm has an income of $147,000.
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