Index

A

Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), 1

‘accredited free range’ chicken, 1, 2

acid rain, 1

acid sulphate soils, 1, 2

additives, 1, 2, 3

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), 1, 2

agricultural industry

early Australian development, 1

national need to expand, 1, 2

post-WWII changes, 1, 2

‘social’ function of, 1, 2, 3

see also farms and farming

agricultural land

see farmland

Agrium buys AWB Ltd, 1

agroecology, 1

allergies

see food allergies

almond industry, Australian, 1, 2

aluminium phosphide tablets, 1

Anderson, Dr Tim, 1, 2

animal waste, disposal problem, 1, 2

antibiotics

approved feed supplements, 1

feedlot animals, 1

purpose, 1

residues, 1

resistant genes, 1

use, 1, 2, 3, 4

anti-fast food eateries, French, 1

anti-GM lobby groups, 1

antioxidants, 1

apo-ester, 1

apples, imported, 1, 2

AquAdvantage^® Salmon, 1, 2, 3

Atlantic salmon, genetically modified, 1, 2, 3

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), 1, 2

Australia

almond industry, 1, 2

community-supported agriculture, 1

cultural identity, 1

dairy industry, 1, 2

food processing industry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

food safety record, 1

foreign aid, 1, 2, 3

meat processing industry, 1, 2

net importer of food, 1

protectionist system, 1

sugar production industry, 1

use of sow stalls, 1

Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), 1, 2

Australian and New Zealand Food Standards Code (‘the Code’), 1, 2

Australian Beef Association (ABA), 1

Australian Chicken Meat Federation (ACMF), 1, 2

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Inquiry into Competitiveness of Retail Prices for Standard Groceries, 1, 2

Australian Farm Institute, 1, 2

Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), 1

Australian Foreign Investment Review Board foreign investment scrutiny, 1, 2

Australian Grain Exporters Association, 1

Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA), 1

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), 1, 2, 3, 4

Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock, 1, 2

Australian Wheat Board (AWB), 1, 2

Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), 1

B

Bacillus thuringens (Bt), 1

backgrounding operations, 1

Baiada Poultry, 1

bananas, genetically modified, 1

Barlow, Maude, 1

barn-laid eggs, 1, 2

Batterham, Professor Robin, 1

battery cages

see caged-egg production

Bayer CropScience, 1, 2

beef

annual consumption, 1

exports, free trade not fair, 1, 2

production costs, 1

see also cattle; meat processing industry

beef cattle holdings, 1, 2

beeswax, 1

biodiversity

need to return to, 1

small farming, 1, 2

bio-fuel production, 1, 2, 3

biotechnology

see genetic engineering

birdlife, environmental needs, 1, 2

Black Death, 1

‘blackout training period’, 1, 2

bovine respiratory disease (BRD), 1

bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 1

Brazilian orange juice, 1

Brett, Judith, 1

brining, 1

British colonists, land management, 1, 2

broadacre farms, 1

broiler chickens

procedures done to, 1, 2

slaughter process, 1

Bt cotton

Australia, 1, 2

bollworm-resistance to, 1

C

Cady, Dr Roger, 1

caged-egg production

Australia, 1, 2, 3

European changes, 1

introduction of cages, 1

lighting, 1, 2

living conditions, 1

minimum floor space, 1

RSPCA accreditation, 1, 2

US standards, 1

Californian navel oranges, 1

calves

natural behaviour, 1

weaned at three weeks, 1

see also veal

canola crops

genetically modified, 1

grain storage, 1

canthaxanthin, 1

Carberry, Peter, 1

carbon dioxide, 1, 2, 3, 4

carbon pricing, 1, 2, 3

Cargill

buys AWB’s trading division, 1

buys into Teys Bros, 1

Cargill Beef Australia, 1

Carson, Rachel, 1

cat food, 1, 2

cattle

feedlot

see feedlot cattle

grass-fed beef, 1

live exports, 1, 2, 3

see also beef

cereal crops

pesticide use, 1

see also pastoral industry

‘certified organic’ chicken, 1, 2

CFCO (Chinese food giant), 1

‘chemical free’ chicken, 1

chemical warfare, 1

cherry tomatoes, endosulfan residue, 1

chicken meat

industry domination, 1

preservation processes, 1, 2

production, 1, 2, 3

chickens

annual consumption, 1

Australian production, 1, 2

caged

see caged-egg production

‘certified organic’, 1, 2

‘chemical free’, 1

factory farming, 1, 2, 3, 4

free-range production system

see free-range chickens

hormone use, 1, 2

meat industry

see chicken meat

slaughter of day-old males, 1

see also eggs

chlorpyrifos

cereal crops, 1

over the MRL, 1

chlorpyrifos-methyl, 1

chocolate packaging, 1

citrus growers

changing practices, 1

dump oranges, 1, 2, 3

Clean Energy Legislative Package, 1, 2

climate change

believer demographic, 1

K. Rudd’s view, 1

predictions, 1

theory, 1, 2, 3

coal seam gas industry, 1

Coca-Cola Amatil, 1

‘the Code’, 1, 2

cold storage

apples, 1

tomatoes, 1

Coles

beef suppliers, 1

distribution centres, 1, 2

free-range eggs, 1

meat pricing, 1

milk prices and profits, 1, 2

reject sow stall use, 1

collective farming

Comer, Nigel, 1

commoditisation of food, 1

commodity crops, 1, 2

community gardens, 1, 2

community kitchens, 1, 2

community-supported agriculture (CSA), 1, 2

Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC), 1

Consolidated Pastoral Holdings, 1

consumers

connection to farmers, 1, 2

relationship with farmers, 1, 2

support of organic food, 1

today’s demands, 1

contract growers, 1

cooking

decline in skills, 1, 2

discovery of, 1

French ritual, 1

time spent, 1

see also home cooking

co-operatives, marketing, 1

corn dog pizza, deep-fried, 1

corporate farming, 1, 2, 3, 4

see also agricultural industry

cost–price squeeze, 1, 2, 3

cotton

bollworm-resistance, 1

Bt gene added, 1, 2

Cribb, Dr Julian, 1, 2

crop mixtures, 1

cross-contamination by GM crops, 1

CSR (Sucrogen), 1

Cuba, 1, 2

D

dairy farming

2009 Senate Inquiry into competition and pricing, 1

Australia, 1, 2

costs and pricing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

farm debt, 1

farm numbers, 1

First Fleet herd, 1

herd sizes, 1

Darling Downs, 1, 2

Davis, Terry, 1

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

reason for ban, 1

Silent Spring investigates, 1

usage, 1, 2

deep-fried corn dog pizzas, 1

Depiazzi, Philip, 1

deregulation, 1

dichlorvos over the MRL, 1

Dick Smith Foods, 1

diet, 1

dimethoate, 1, 2, 3, 4

disease control, 1, 2

distribution systems, Coles and Woolworths, 1, 2

diversity of food crops, 1

dog food, 1

Druker, Steven, 1, 2

Duncan Fraser, 1

DuPont, 1, 2

E

East Timor

2002 National Development Plan (NDP), 1

approach to food security, 1

Australia’s strategy, 1

subsistence farming, 1, 2

Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYC), 1

eating patterns, global changes in, 1

ecosystem, Australian landscape, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

egg-laying cycle, 1, 2

eggs

barn-laid, 1, 2

cage

see caged-egg production

free-range, 1, 2

processing and additives, 1, 2

stimulating production, 1, 2

see also chickens

emissions trading schemes, 1

endocrine disruptors, 1

endosulfan

banned, 1, 2

insecticide, 1

usage, 1, 2

energy sector competing with farmers, 1, 2

Environmental Farmers Network (EFN), 1

environmental protection management practices, 1, 2, 3

Enviropig™, 1

ethanol industry, 1, 2

ethylene, 1, 2

exports

agricultural, 1

top five resource commodities, 1

F

factory farming

alternative to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

practices, 1, 2

question of ethics, 1, 2, 3, 4

reasons for, 1

Fairfax’s Rural Press Ltd, 1

family farming under threat, 1, 2, 3

Famine, 1

farm debt

cattle farming, 1, 2, 3, 4

dairy farming, 1

farmers

Australia’s first, 1

contributions to Australia, 1

perceptions of, 1, 2, 3

preferential treatment by government, 1, 2

relationship with consumers, 1, 2

social prejudice towards, 1

survey response about, 1

trade liberalisation, 1, 2

see also farms and farming

farmers’ markets, 1, 2

farmland

clearing, 1, 2, 3

foreign investment, 1, 2, 3

offshore investment, 1

peri-urban, 1, 2

farms and farming

broadacre, 1

collective

corporate, 1, 2, 3, 4

see also agricultural industry

dairy farms

see dairy farming

factory farms

see factory farming

family farming under threat, 1, 2, 3

fifty years ago, 1

increased productivity, 1

industry bodies, 1

kangaroos, 1, 2

media portrayal, 1, 2

mid-sized farms

see mid-sized farms

modern methods, 1

organic

see organic farming

revenue generated, 1

small farms

see small farming

terms of trade, 1

traditional conditions, 1, 2

see also farmers; farmland

farrowing stalls, 1, 2, 3, 4

fast food

American, 1

Australian style, 1, 2

consumption statistics, 1

cultural identity, 1, 2, 3

France, 1, 2

Japanese, 1, 2

Vietnamese, 1

see also junk food

fasting, 1

feedlot cattle

antibiotic treatment, 1

Australian, 1

fattened for slaughter, 1, 2

force-fed unnatural diet, 1, 2

grain-feeding, 1, 2

illnesses, 1, 2

quality assurance system, 1

feminism’s impact on cooking skills, 1

fertilisers

crop nutrition, 1, 2

effect of over-use, 1

finite natural supply, 1

First Fleet dairy farming herd, 1

fish, genetically modified, 1, 2, 3

Five Freedoms, 1

Flavr Savr^® tomatoes, 1, 2

Fonterra, 1

food allergies

caused by gene transfer, 1

genetic removal of allergens, 1

Food Connect, 1

food crisis caused by low stockpiles, 1

food labelling

see labelling

food prices

causes and effects, 1, 2

higher, benefits of, 1, 2

food processing industry

Australian, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

require tasteless food, 1

food production

Australia, 1

future needs, 1

investment in, 1, 2

oversupply of produce, 1

see also agricultural industry; farms and farming

food safety regulation, 1, 2, 3

food security

affordability of food, 1, 2, 3

Australian shortages, 1, 2

Australians’ view of, 1

definition, 1

East Timor’s approach to, 1

food shortages

causes and effects, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

drought and flood, 1

in world conflict, 1

food sovereignty

Australians’ view of, 1

explained, 1

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), 1, 2

Foodbank Australia, 1, 2

forced moulting, 1, 2

foreign aid, Australian, 1, 2, 3

foreign investment

AFIRB scrutiny, 1, 2

farmland, 1, 2, 3

restricted area, 1

France

anti-fast food eateries, French, 1

fast food, 1, 2

food culture, 1

free trade

examples, 1, 2

exempt from investment rules, 1, 2

meaning to Australia, 1

free-market system, 1

free-range chickens

housing and management, 1

production costs, 1

free-range eggs, 1, 2

fresh produce

additives used, 1, 2

mass production, 1, 2, 3

oversupply, 1

perfection demanded, 1, 2

price increases, 1

real cost of, 1

frontier farming mentality, 1

fruit juice processing, 1

fungicides

organochlorides, 1

wheat seed treatment, 1

G

gardens, community, 1, 2

garlic, 1

gene technology

see genetic engineering

Gene Technology Act 2000, 1

genetic engineering

animals, 1, 2

function, 1, 2

improved shelf life, 1, 2

modern methods, 1

older methods, 1

trans fats, 1, 2

see also GM foods; transgenic technology

German forests, acid rain in, 1

germophobia, 1

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1

global warming theory, 1, 2, 3

glyphosate

effects of human contact, 1

paddock preparation, 1, 2, 3

weed resistance to, 1

GM foods

anti-GM lobby groups, 1

Australian trade, 1, 2

Australian trials, 1

canola crops, 1

effect on human health, 1, 2, 3

FSANZ acceptance criteria, 1

health and functioning of society, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

imported products, 1

insect-resistant crops, 1

nutritional enhancement, 1

scepticism about, 1, 2

shelf life, 1, 2

soybeans, 1

tomatoes, 1, 2

US acceptance, 1, 2, 3

see also genetic engineering

GM plants

future food crops, 1

imported products, 1

for pharmaceutical production, 1

GM seed market

impact on farmers, 1, 2

owned by multinational companies, 1, 2

Golden Circle production move, 1

Golden Rice, 1

Government pricing subsidies withdrawn, 1

government subsidies, 1

grain as animal feed, 1, 2

GrainCorp, 1

grain-feeding programs, 1

Grains Research and Development Corporation, 1

grass-fed beef cattle, 1

graziers, 1

grazing animals, factory farming methods, 1, 2

Greek culture, meals, 1

Green Revolution, 1, 2, 3, 4

greenhouse gases, 1

Group Settlement Scheme, 1

Growcom, 1

H

Harrison, Dr Paul, 1

Hassad Food Group, 1

Haystack Plain, 1, 2

Heinz Australia, 1

Henzell, Dr Ted, 1

herbicides

2,4,5-T, 1

application of, 1

impact on plant’s defence, 1

paddock spraying, 1

resistant crops, 1

resistant weeds, 1, 2

hexachlorobenzene (HCB), 1

home cooking

benefits of, 1

decline of, 1, 2

‘from scratch’, 1, 2

home-brand milk, 1, 2, 3

hormonal growth promotants (HGPs), 1, 2, 3, 4

backgrounding operations, 1

cost, 1

feedlot animals, 1

hormone use in chickens, 1, 2

Horvath, Mark, 1

household food expenditure, 1

Howard, John, 1, 2

human diet, 1

Hungry Jack’s fast-food chain, 1

Ultimate Double Whopper burger, 1, 2

‘hydrocommerce’, 1

hydrogenation, 1

I

Illovo Sugar Company, 1

imports

increase in, 1

quarantine-based restrictions, 1, 2

‘in vitro meat’ tissue, 1, 2

industrialisation, 1

Inghams Enterprises, 1

insecticides

see pesticides

insects

beneficial, 1

resistance to GM crops, 1

intercropping, 1

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 1, 2

investment

in food production, 1, 2

foreign

see foreign investment

Irish Potato Famine, 1, 2

irradiation, 1, 2

J

Japan

traditional Japanese-style fast foods, 1, 2

Western-style fast-food franchises, 1

Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance Report (JETACAR), 1

Joyce, Barnaby, 1, 2

junk food

availability, 1, 2

price increases, 1

real cost of, 1

see also fast food

K

kangaroos, 1, 2, 3

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) advertising withdrawn, 1

L

labelling

chicken meat, 1, 2, 3

eggs, 1, 2

GM foods, 1

pork, 1

labour force participation, rural mothers, 1

lamb

annual consumption, 1

spring, 1

land, agricultural

see farmland

land grant schemes, 1, 2

land ownership, foreign buy-ups, 1, 2, 3, 4

landscape ecology, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

land-use zoning, 1

legislation, Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock, 1, 2

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 1

live export trade, 1

Livingstone, Alex, 1, 2

local food system

benefits of, 1, 2, 3

model for future, 1

Lockyer Valley beetroot industry, 1

M

maceration of day-old chicks, 1

McGovern, Dr Mark, 1

Macquarie Group, 1

mad cow disease, 1

male chickens, fate of day-olds, 1

manure, disposal problem, 1, 2

marker genes, 1

market economics

farm profitability, 1

Third World peasant farmers, 1, 2, 3

marketing boards

see statutory marketing boards

Marsh, Stephen, 1

Maryborough Sugar Factory, 1

mastitis, 1

Maximum Residue Limits (MRL), 1

McDonald’s, 1

meals

changing eating patterns, 1

Greek culture, 1

portion sizes, 1

social roles, 1, 2

see also France; Japan meat see beef; chicken meat; lamb; meat processing industry; pork; veal

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), 1, 2, 3

meat processing industry

Australia, 1, 2

gate to plate process and costs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

profits, 1

revenue, 1

media, rural

see rural media

media ownership, 1

methane gas, 1

mid-sized farms

Australian experience, 1

future of, 1

not competitive, 1, 2

US experience, 1

milk

costs and pricing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

generically labelled sales, 1, 2, 3

price war, 1, 2, 3

screening programs, 1

seasonal production, 1

treatment, 1, 2

mining sector competing with farmers, 1

mistletoe, 1

Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals, The, minimum standards, 1, 2, 3

Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Domestic Poultry, The battery cages, 1, 2

‘blackout training period’, 1, 2

destruction of day-old chicks, 1

forced moulting, 1, 2

Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Pigs, The 2007 changes, 1

permitted practices, 1

moisture infusion, 1

monocrops, development of, 1

monocultures, 1

Monsanto, 1, 2

moulting, forced, 1, 2

Mozambique sugar industry, 1, 2

multinational chemical companies, 1

multinational companies

GM seed market, 1, 2

meat processors, 1, 2

Murray–Darling Basin (MDB)

salinity problem, 1, 2

water extraction, 1, 2, 3

water rights sale, 1

Murray–Darling Basin Plan, 1, 2, 3

mutilation practices, 1, 2

mutton, annual consumption, 1

N

National Farmers’ Federation (NFF)

big farm interest, 1

opposed to pricing carbon, 1

on pesticide safety, 1

on production costs, 1

National Party, 1

National Residue Survey (NRS), 1, 2

National Toxics Network, 1, 2, 3

neo-liberalism, 1

nerve agents, 1

neurotoxins, 1

New Zealand lamb production, 1

NFF

see National Farmers’ Federation (NFF)

nitrogen fertiliser, 1

nitrous oxide gas, 1

Noisy Miner birds, 1, 2

O

opposition to restrictions, 1, 2

OBE Beef Group, 1, 2

obesity, 1, 2

oestrogen in male chickens, 1, 2

oil prices, effect on food production, 1, 2

Olam International Ltd, 1, 2

1-methylcyclopropene, 1

oranges

Brazilian juice concentrate, 1

Californian navel oranges, 1

fruit juice processing, 1

see also citrus growers

organic farming

production costs, 1

revenue, 1

WA cross-contamination, 1

working with nature, 1, 2, 3

organic meat, raising and processing, 1

organic produce

pros and cons, 1, 2, 3

studies on, 1

organochloride fungicides, 1

organochlorine insecticides, 1

organochlorines

early generation, 1, 2

endocrine disruptors, 1

organophosphates

ADHD link, 1, 2

neurotoxins, 1

oversupply of produce, 1

ownership of food processors, 1, 2

P

packaging, psychology of, 1

Packer, James, 1

paddock preparation

glyphosate, 1, 2

herbicides, 1

Paraway Pastoral Company, 1

Parmalat Finanziara SpA, 1, 2

pasteurisation, effects of, 1, 2

pastoral industry

first pastoralists, 1

water supply and food, 1

see also cereal crops

Pauls Dairy, 1

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), 1

Perlman, Greg, 1

permeate, in home brand milk, 1

persistent organic pollutants (POPs), 1

pesticides

application of, 1

claimed health effects, 1

impact of stopping use of, 1, 2

impact on plant’s defence, 1

key to safe use, 1

residues, 1, 2, 3

‘safe’ levels, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

slow banning process, 1, 2

Petrini, Carlos, 1, 2

petrol, bio-fuel addition, 1

phenolics, 1

phosphine fumigants, 1, 2

phosphine over the MRL, 1

phosphorus, 1

pigs

antibiotic treatment, 1

free-range production system, 1, 2

genetically modified, 1

large-scale piggeries, 1

living conditions, 1, 2

natural living habits, 1

trade liberalisation, 1, 2

use of HGPs, 1, 2

see also pork

plant-growth regulators, 1, 2

Pollan, Michael, 1, 2

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 1

pork

annual consumption, 1

labelling options, 1

see also pigs

potato, genetically modified, 1, 2

poverty, food affordability, 1

precautionary principle, 1, 2

‘prescribed sensitive sectors’, 1

preservation processes

chicken meat, 1, 2

most common, 1, 2

reasons for, 1

tomatoes, 1, 2, 3, 4

price of food

see food prices

Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) food security challenges, 1

processed foods, 1

production of food

see food production

protectionism

Australia, 1

Europe, 1

Q

quarantine-based import restrictions, 1, 2

Queensland Country Life, 1

Queensland Egg Farmers’ Association, 1, 2

quotas

on Australian imports, 1

protectionist tool, 1

R

Ramadan, 1

raw milk, 1

red meat sales, 1

regionalised food system, 1

residues

Australian results, 1, 2, 3, 4

beef shipments to Asia, 1

not picked up, 1, 2

organochlorine insecticides, 1

pesticides, 1, 2, 3

‘safe’ level debate, 1, 2, 3, 4

rice

synthetic human genes, 1

vitamin A gene, 1

Rivalea, 1

roles of food, 1, 2, 3

Ropeik, David, 1

Rosset, Dr Peter, 1, 2

Roundup^®, 1, 2, 3, 4

Roundup Ready^® crops, 1, 2, 3

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1

RSPCA and caged egg production, 1, 2

Rudd, Kevin, 1

rumen modifiers, 1

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), 1

rural media, 1, 2

Rural Press Ltd, 1

‘safe’ level residue debate, 1, 2, 3, 4

S

salinity

dry land, 1

Murray–Darling Basin, 1, 2

WA’s inland water systems, 1

waterways, 1

Salmonella enteritidus (SE), 1

salt scalds, 1

Scruton, Roger, 1

seasonality of food, 1, 2

security, food

see food security

seeds, GM

see GM

seed market shortages

see food shortages

shrub understorey, need for, 1, 2

Silent Spring, 1

silos, insecticide treatment, 1

Singer, Peter, 1

slaughter methods

broiler chickens, 1

day-old male chickens, 1

Halal and Kosher, 1

sheep exported to Middle East, 1

Slow Food Movement, 1, 2

small farming

advantages, 1, 2

benefits of, 1, 2, 3

future of, 1

less profitable ventures, 1

traditional lifestyle, 1

US experience, 1, 2, 3

Smith, Adam, 1

Smith, Dick, 1

soils

acidification, 1, 2

Australian conditions, 1, 2

erosion, 1, 2

organic content, 1, 2

salinity, 1

Soldier Settlement Schemes, 1, 2

South Australian River Communities Group, 1, 2

sovereignty

see food sovereignty

sow stalls

Australian changes, 1

effect of, 1

purpose, 1, 2, 3

UK ban, 1

soybeans, 1

SPC Ardmona, 1, 2

spin-chilling, 1, 2

spring lamb, 1

squatters, 1

statutory marketing boards

gone, 1

opposition to, 1, 2

Steggles chicken brand, 1

stilbenes, 1

storage

see cold storage

subsidies

benefiting farmers, 1

gone, 1

overseas comparisons, 1

protectionist tool, 1

‘substantial food equivalence’, 1

sugar production industry, Australian, 1

suicide rates, farmers’, 1, 2

sulphites, 1

sulphur dioxide, 1

SunRice, 1

supermarkets

future prediction, 1

‘marketplace’ sections, 1

product position, 1

reject imperfect produce, 1

role, 1

wastage, 1, 2

superphosphate, 1, 2

sushi, 1

Syngenta

argument for GM technology, 1

controls GM seed market, 1, 2

synthetic food flavours, 1

T

tail docking, 1, 2

tariffs

on Australian imports, 1

gone, 1

imported orange juice, 1

protectionist tool, 1

terms of trade

agricultural products, 1

increased, 1

Terra Firma, 1

Tessmann, Bryan, 1

Teys Bros Ltd, 1

Third World peasant farmers market economics, 1, 2, 3

tomatoes

after-harvest treatment, 1

endosulfan residue, 1

genetically modified, 1, 2

preservation processes, 1, 2, 3, 4

ripening process, 1, 2

‘too red’, 1

trade liberalisation

Australian farmers, 1, 2

pig industry, 1, 2

theory of, 1, 2

trade terms

see terms of trade

trans fats, 1, 2

transgenic technology

concerns about, 1, 2

genes transferred between species, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

introducing new allergens, 1

new cultivars, 1, 2, 3

transplant process, 1

see also genetic engineering

transportability of produce, 1, 2, 3

transportation of food, 1

Truss, Warren, 1

Tully Sugar, 1

TV cooking shows, 1

2,4,5-T herbicide, 1

U

ultra-high temperature treatment (UHT), 1

understorey of shrubs, need for, 1, 2

United Kingdom management of pigs, 1

United States

acceptance of GM food, 1, 2, 3, 4

caged-egg production, 1

free trade agreement, 1

mid-sized farms, 1

small farming and CSA, 1, 2

unsaturated fats, 1, 2

use-by-date system, 1

V

vaccines

edible, 1

non-toxic anthrax, 1

purpose, 1

use, 1

vacuum-packed meat, 1

veal

Australian areas, 1

overseas practices, 1, 2

rearing practices, 1, 2

sources, 1, 2

see also calves

veterinary drugs for feedlot animals, 1

veterinary medicines, 1, 2, 3, 4

Vietnamese fast food, 1

vitamin A gene, 1

W

Wagyu beef, 1

wastage

household food, 1, 2

supermarkets, 1, 2

water trading, 1

weeds

herbicide-resistant, 1, 2

small farming, 1

Western Australia

land clearing, 1

salinity problem, 1

soil conditions, 1

wheat

AWB market control, 1, 2

fungicide treatment, 1

milling process, 1, 2

Wheatbelt, the (WA), 1

Wilson, Tim, 1

Woolworths

beef suppliers, 1

distribution centres, 1, 2

World Bank, 1, 2, 3

Z

Zumbo, Associate Professor Frank, 1