Supermarket demands for premium, unblemished fruit and vegetables are contributing to alarming waste in Queensland’s tomato growing industry, according to a University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) study. Researchers followed two supply chains from Bundaberg, one of Australia’s largest tomato growing regions, and found up to 87% of undamaged, edible […]
Fully revised and updated Third Edition By Ian Brooker and David Kleinig ( Bloomings Books, 2016, Hardback, 562 pages, $129rrp) The Eucalypts are the epitome of the Australian landscape, expressing in its one genus its essence and distinctiveness. — Sir Otto Frankel This series is widely regarded throughout the world […]
Originally started in 2012 in the nearby city of Ipswich, the event will now be moving to Brisbane’s iconic Doomben Racecourse on 16 – 17 March 2018. Too big for Ipswich, the event organisers Paul Plant (HMAQ member) and Ruth O’Dowd have taken two years to select the new Brisbane […]
By Angus Stewart and Simon Leake (Murdoch Books, November 2017, paperback $45.00rrp) Over the years I have found that young people have not had the same experience or knowledge handed down from parents and hence do not feel confident in growing vegetables. Here is a book that is an up […]
In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital. Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chambers, farmers once cultivated a button mushroom variety that bears the name of the French capital: the Paris mushroom. While locals have used the natural limestone resources since Gallo-Roman times, it […]
The Noosa Botanic Gardens Plant Fair is held each year on Father’s Day – this year, Sunday 3rd September. HMAQ member and Chair of the Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens, Paul Plant, said this free event attracted well over 2500 people from the various areas of South East Queensland. Supported […]
A Plant & Food Research project into the unique way liverworts shield themselves from extreme environments has been awarded funding for ongoing research in the latest round of Marsden Awards. Liverworts, simple plants named for some species’ liver-like shape, are closely related to the first plants to evolve on land […]