Really short articles
As this is NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) the lead articles in this edition of Diggings deal with Indigenous Australian foodways. The first four of these …
Turning 11 acres of a NSW ‘dumping site’ into a world-class farm Hilly, overgrown and riven by two creeks, it had become a dumping site since the previous tenants abandoned their …
World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion Contemporary approaches to forest management in Australia are based on suppression – extinguishing bushfires once they’ve started, or seeking to prevent …
How to make the perfect pavlova, according to chemistry experts The pavlova is a summer icon; just a few simple ingredients can be transformed into a beautifully flavoured and textured dessert. But despite …
Barbara Santich Wakefield Press South Australia First published 2018 www.wakefieldpress.com.au ‘My typewriter sits forlorn, and my puny attempts to describe the idiosyncrasies of life in rural France go nowhere near capturing its complexities’. Santich …
Critics fear the merger of agricultural giants Bayer and Monsanto will drive an increase in use of pesticides. AgriLife Today/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Alana Mann, University of Sydney This article is part of an …
The Artist Who Plays with Her Food ‘Red began the project looking for inspiration around markets in Malaysia—her birthplace. “I would walk through markets and stare at vegetables and allow their …
Chef Paul Bocuse stands outside his famed Michelin three-star restaurant, L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, in Collonges-au-Mont-d'or in central France in March 2011. (Laurent Cipriani / Associated Press) Paul Bocuse, a …
Happy hols all :) Food Fight: the Battle Over Sri Lankan Food Production ‘The Sri Lankan government remains largely committed to models of economic development based on large-scale commercial agriculture. The President’s …
Thanks to my good mate Jim Jenkins for this edition's pic - a delightful mural on a Marrakesh wall bringing welcome relief to reading about Insectageddon, a noise-cancelling ramen fork …
Featured pic: Brickfields quietly and tastily counters the marriage equality naysayers worried that that cake makers won't be able to deny wedding cakes to LGBTIQ couples if the law is …
"The Social Food Project aims to create a more connected food system through interactive food events that have a focus on sustainability, education and story-telling." Came across this site via the Farmer to Table …
I love this pic - bottom panel is South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill raising a glass in the same pub in which the then South Australian Premier Don Dunstan raised …
