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Tuna crisis »
TUNA is becoming scarce in the world and a meeting which has been sheltered and put on the back burner because of the climate change summit will now determine our tuna’s future.
The Western Central Pacific is the last remaining healthy fishery in the world and the source of over half the world’s tuna. Yellowfin and [...]
Our wasteful world »
FOOD waste has become a massive issue around the world, particularly after Christmas.
Australia’s festivities are that great over the festive period that they tend to go on holidays and leave food in fridges which then gets out dated and thrown in the bin.
It generates a lot of waste for the country and it also sometimes [...]
Organic food a solution to global warming? »
GOVERNMENTS are working ferociously to find a cure for the global warming.
Maybe they should be looking to organic food?
Organic food is the best way to curb global warming, heart disease, diabetes and cancer according to a report in the UK’s Daily Mail.
The Mail suggests that the traditional Sunday lunch could become a thing of the [...]
Floods turn in Christmas treat »
NEW South Wales north coast’s disastrous year of floods had a positive that will be very handy for Christmas.
Just imagine your plate full of prawns this Christmas.
Commercial fishermen are harvesting huge hauls of school prawns, which due to their size are easily being confused for King prawns.
“In my 20 years in seafood, these catches are by far the [...]
Nature thicker than money »
ORGANIC food is still selling well world wide despite the recession.
In Australia, supermarkets are still selling good portions of organic foods despite their more expensive nature compared to their comparative foods.
Even those things such as organic shampoos and cosmetics are still being consistently bought.
And internationally it seems, supermarket sales of environmentally sustainable or ‘ethical’ products are [...]
Sweden set to have environment on menu »
SWEDEN’S shoppers are set to be the first to know what carbon dioxide emissions are associated with the food that they are buying with products to list this and restaurants are also following suit.
The New York Times reports changing diet can be as effective in reducing emissions of climate-changing gases as doing away with the clothes dryer, scientific experts [...]
Breakthrough in food safety »
THERMO Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, this week announced a new online information resource for environmental and food safety professionals.
Thermo Fisher is a comprehensive provider of solutions for environment and food safety.
Thermo Fisher is making the easy-to-use resource centers available to the world’s scientific community to share its extensive knowledge and help accelerate [...]
Supermarkets destroying the rainforest »
The Guardian newspaper has reported on British supermarkets driving the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms responsible for illegal deforestation.
Australia’s sustainable seafood guide »
Knowing what you should and shouldn’t be buying when it comes to seafood can be confusing. Conflicting reports on things you should and shouldn’t eat, what you should maybe be eating, the list changes depending on the country (fishing practices, over fishing, what’s available)…Here is a simple guide to what you should and definitely should [...]
Buy organic »
There have been loads of coverage in the press arguing over whether there are any actual benefits of buying organic food. We say there are, and here’s why…