New abattoir to create 80 jobs
Australian family-owned pastoral business Angus Pastoral Company is to build its own on-farm boutique abattoir, creating more than 80 new jobs. Construction is expected to take approximately 13 months.
Archives for September 17, 2019
Mengniu looks to buy Bellamy’s
China Mengniu Dairy’s board has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with Australian infant formula maker Bellamy’s.
New Zealand's wine industry celebrates its 200th anniversary
On September 25, 1819, Reverend Samuel Marsden planted the first vines in New Zealand. ‘New Zealand promises to be very favourable to the vine… should it succeed, it will prove of vast important in this part of the globe’, he prophesied. With the...
Local focus: Walmart India invests US$4.8m to hit 25% direct sourcing goal
Walmart India has announced a US$4.8mn grant towards programmes to develop and boost local agricultural technologies and capabilities to help it source 25% of fresh produce from local farmers.
Inconvenient truth: Aussies spending 32% of food budgets on takeaways
Food manufacturers have been urged to play their part in helping Australian’s improve their diets and tackle the nation’s obesity epidemic, in the wake of a report that found Aussie’s blow a third of their food budget on takeaways.
Herbalife reveals key market opportunities in APAC on the back of new record high for sales volume
Herbalife has identified three key opportunities in APAC's dietary supplement market, ranging from obesity to ageing after the firm saw a 23% year-on-year rise in sales in the region.
Seaweed and tree fern: $1.1M Māori-led research announced to create new NZ functional foods
New Zealand’s High-Value Nutrition (HVN) National Science Challenge and industry partners are seeking to establish two new ‘highly functional natural foods’ – Karengo, a type of edible seaweed, and Mamaku, a type of tree fern.
Boosting Indian competitiveness: Five major food categories to benefit from US$417m World Bank collaboration
Prepared and packaged foods are one the five key categories identified by an India-World Bank collaborative programme to boost the nation’s food manufacturing sector, which has now moved to the cabinet approval stage.
Plant-forward diets may reduce greenhouse gases, but to meet nutritional needs, emissions would increase
Just as there is not only one diet that is best for the health of all people, so too is it true for the health of the planet, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
Israel champions personalised nutrition in FoodTech incubator launch
An Israeli collaboration of investors, food and beverage manufacturers are launching a FoodTech incubator focusing on improving food’s nutritional value as well as advancing personalised nutrition.