Produce to the People, in the state's north west, provides emergency food relief to the most vulnerable in the community. Most recently they've taken on the Burnie Farms School, where two acres of fertile land is being used to [...]
A new kitchen on wheels will visit regional and remote communities to cook up healthy dishes and help to educate communities along the way. $50,000 has been given by the Tasmanian Government to the School Canteen Association to deliver [...]
The OzHarvest Market in Sydney is Australia’s first ever rescued food supermarket. If offers produce that has either been donated or would otherwise go to waste, but is perfectly edible. Based on a ‘take what you need, give if [...]
An article in Over Sixty magazine describes a study from Imperial College in London that found eating 10 helpings of fruit and vegetables a day is better than eating the minimum recommended five. Researchers looked at 'all' available evidence [...]
The largest ever fruit and vegetable survey conducted in Australia, by CSIRO, suggests that only 24 per cent of women and 15 per cent of men are eating the recommended intake of fruit and vegetables, with unemployed people and [...]
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on health service usage and health-related actions have revealed some interesting insights. With regard to healthy food access, reports from GPs (an Australia-wide survey) say that the most common lifestyle issues discussed (by [...]
A landmark study released last week by Deakin University and the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre echoes the Heart Foundation’s own call for the Tasmanian Government to establish a statewide Food and Nutrition Coalition that aims to address population nutrition and [...]
A tenplay article about a US study has added more joules to the normality fire, with evidence suggesting that fewer overweight and obese Americans are prepared to try to reduce their weight. The problem seems to lie in the fact [...]
At the Sunshine Coast you’ll find a suburban enclave paved with seasonal fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. Everyone in the neighbourhood can help themselves to a cabbage, a bunch of basil or a banana whenever they like. The founders reckon [...]