Category: Social Sciences

Researchers are working to design faster, cheaper, and better ways to store food.

From MasterChef to MKR, the world’s best chefs have taught us how to barbeque, grill and panfry a steak to perfection. But while the experts may be seeking that extra flavour, new research from the University of South Australia suggests high-heat caramelisation could be bad…

The Australian government needs a strategic policy approach to food, according to a new report by the Commission for the Human Future.

New research from Edith Cowan University has shown some of our least favourite vegetables could be the most beneficial when it comes to preventing advanced blood vessel disease.

Australians who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 are doing it tough. The bills keep coming in and the family still needs to be fed. Yet the average Australian family continues to waste around $3,000 per year on food that isn’t being eaten, often due…

Indigenous values should be at the centre of conservation planning and decision making to ensure more equitable environmental and cultural outcomes, according to research by a Charles Darwin University PhD candidate.

AUSVEG is urging Australians to buy more vegetables to give themselves the best opportunity to meet the guidelines for vegetable intake, following the release of a report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) that indicates Australians are only buying enough vegetables for 2.3 daily…

Incorrect labelling of food products is causing too many allergic reactions and needs to be more tightly regulated, a University of Melbourne researcher says.

It’s become common practice for NGOs and environmental development agencies to use ‘influencers’ for the roll out of environmentally sustainable farming practices, but this isn’t always the most effective method, say social network analysts from the University of Sydney.