Food

The obesity paradox

The obesity paradox

Tweet Australia is not doing enough for the almost one millions Australians who suffer from eating disorders, reports Bridget Judd. by Bridget Judd The rapid rise of the Australian ‘obesity epidemic’ has been a well-documented subject. From...

 

Flogging a dead horsemeat lasagne

Flogging a dead horsemeat lasagne

Tweet The scandal over frozen horse meat passed off as beef bolognese in Europe is simply representative of the way the world works now, writes Associate Professor Evan Jones. Photo obtained from a French friend who advises that ‘à cheval...

 

Germany a coffee giant without growing a single bean

Germany a coffee giant without growing a single bean

Tweet Germany is one of the leading coffee exporting countries in the world, without having a single coffee bush. Countries like Germany buy raw coffee beans from developing countries and make profit out of processing and re-exporting the brown...

 

Time for Australia to embrace industrial hemp

Time for Australia to embrace industrial hemp

Tweet When scientists and politicians talk about climate change they almost always refer to “clean energy” — Denise Allen suggests we now start talking about “clean crops”. The Labor Government’s policy of pricing carbon is the cheapest...

 

Ban Chinese food and medicine imports

Ban Chinese food and medicine imports

Tweet“The Chinese Government and authorities are unable to monitor, supervise or administer and regulate food and medicine production”, says Chris Jones. “They cannot honestly attest that their food and medicine exports are...

 

Combating child slavery in coffee and chocolate trade

Combating child slavery in coffee and chocolate trade

TweetMuch of the labour used to produce the world’s chocolate and coffee comes from child slaves, some as young as eight years old. Jeff Nall from Toward Freedom reports. Mainstream media outlets and consumers have been understandably quick...

 

The rotten truth about Egg McMuffins

The rotten truth about Egg McMuffins

TweetShocking images have simultaneously emerged of animal cruelty in the US at a McDonald’s egg supplier, as well as maggots and cockroaches inside chickens at one of Australia’s biggest chicken producers and a major supplier to Coles...

 
 
 
 

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