Category: Social Sciences

Young people reconnecting to ancestral food systems

Mariah Gladstone’s childhood laid the perfect foundations for the work she does these days, breathing new life into Indigenous Peoples’ food traditions through her online cooking show Indigikitchen. With her approach to sustainable diets, making use of pulses and other ancestral foods, Mariah became a…

Feb 11, 2022

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Researchers analyse perfect pasta

In a win for pasta lovers, a recent study has discovered how to make the perfect pasta; by combining eating quality with health benefits to reduce lifestyle diseases with nutritious, low glycaemic index (GI) pasta.

Aug 19, 2021

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Instant rice packs a plastic punch

People are consuming three to four milligrams of plastic for every 100 grams of rice they eat, with the number jumping to 13 milligrams per serve for instant rice, according to University of Queensland research.

May 12, 2021

Food mechanics recipe to serve up healthy food that lasts

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

Sep 14, 2020

Red hot meat: the wrong recipe for heart disease

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…

Sep 7, 2020

Australia’s food system needs an overhaul

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

Sep 3, 2020

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts a cut above for blood vessel health

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.

Aug 20, 2020

Research seeks to understand shared values of vegans and livestock producers

“We have seen increased scrutiny of animal welfare, radical protests by activists on farms and abattoirs, and veganism gaining social licence and influence globally.”

Jul 31, 2020

It’s easy as to reduce food waste with a new socials campaign

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…

Jul 14, 2020

Research calls for cultural valuing of Aussie species

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.

Jul 10, 2020

Australians need to buy more vegetables to meet the dietary guidelines

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…

Jul 8, 2020

World food system ‘faces growing crisis’

The global food system is headed for failure, with potentially catastrophic consequences for all people, nations and for civilisation as a whole, a new report warns.

Jul 1, 2020

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