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US shoppers are seeing higher fruit and vegetable prices thanks to trade tensions, extreme weather and geopolitics, just to name a few reasons.
Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much smaller share.
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.
Cytospora canker damages peach trees and decreases orchard production over time.
When bats disappear, farms become less productive, and that has broad implications far beyond the crops.
A small conference study sparked headlines linking fruit to lung cancer. Here’s why the science tells a very different story.
The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.
Sure, smoothies are great, but what if you want to make something else with your trayful of mangoes?
Each season, mango growers across Australia watch helplessly as millions of mangoes fall to the ground too early. Here’s why – and how science can help.
Australia’s love affair with berries has prompted new advice about a common pesticide. But the risk of harm is low.
New research shows that baobab tree flowers have adapted to meet the needs of either bats or moths, and without these creatures, the trees will not survive.
This rare genetic condition isn’t a fruit allergy or sensitivity. Could it explain your symptoms?
Kiwifruit, mineral water and rye bread are in. A high-fibre diet is out. Here’s what’s behind new advice to treat long-term constipation.
Can kids eat too much fruit? Here’s what the evidence says.
Food co-ops are local groups where people join together to buy food in bulk, usually straight from farmers or wholesalers.
Coconut water is a filtered and nutrient-rich clear liquid formed by the tree itself.
Australians tend to eat too much junk food and not enough fruit and vegetables. But how might these trends change in the years to come?
Fibre can help prevent overeating and lower your type 2 diabetes risk. But even if you think you eat lots of veggies, you might still not be getting enough fibre.
Each year, a striking difference occurs in Australia when Shepard avocados briefly replace Hass at the shops. Here’s why.
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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