The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ food’
Cricket, life & concerns over very cheap milk
3 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, milk in Australia has never been cheaper, with the two major supermarket chains slogging it out in a price war. But what about the dairy farmers? Also on the program, the police take on a team of international students in a community cricket match, and Olympic Bobsleigher Jeremy Rolleston, talks about his new book, A Life that Counts
Cheese, “toughness” & a legend of motor sport
28 October 2010
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This week on the Bite, journalist Colin Fulton talks about his new book that looks at the early years of Australian racing legend, Peter Brock. we’ll hear how acting tough on a mine site is not necessarily good. And with the European Union looking to pursue tighter rules on what people from elsewhere can call their cheeses, we find out what two Australian cheesemakers think.
Eyesight, truffles and a school in East Timor
9 September 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Jennifer Gersbeck, the CEO of Vision 2020 Australia tells us about the importance of eye health, and what Australian organisations are doing to help reduce avoidable blindness in the region. We take a trip to a remote mountain village in East Timor, where a team of Brisbane high school boys have been helping build a primary school. And truffles – they’re an expensive delicacy that’s highly valued in international cuisine, but did you know they’re being grown in Western Australia?
Aussie Rules, food waste & music of the Torres Strait
3 June 2010
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Australians throw away 3 million tonnes of food every year at a time when a growing number of people are lining up for food aid. This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll hear how two organisations have joined together to rescue food that businesses are thowing away, and deliver it to charities in Sydney. We’ll also have a chat about the place of football and netball in rural community life with mother of fifteen, Marie Clark. And musicologist Karl Neuenfeldt talks about his work recording and researching the music of the Torres Strait islands.
