According to the ABC the Western Australian government have introduced new labelling to indicate locally produced food products.
''The "Buy West, Eat Best" campaign is designed to allow shoppers to identify products that have been grown, farmed or fished in the state,'' says the ABC and so far over 200 retail outlets have supported the campaign. Eating locally not only supports our neighbour farmers but cuts transport emissions. (Eat local AND organic and you'll be even kinder to the environment.)
It's a slightly gimmicky, but nevertheless worthy marketing campaign and one I reckon would be pretty interesting to tackle here in Queensland. The WA'ers have around 50 named local producers who have gone with the new labellling. I think we could easily reach that number just here in our SE corner of Queensland! To the right are some of my own fave QLD products- there are many many more I know, so let me know your faves.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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I like Gooralie Pork, Noosa Spanner Crab, New England Larder preserves , Maple Muesli, Vineyard Cottages Muesli, Kingaroy Cheese Stuart River Triple Cream Brie and Kooringal oysters - yum!
Having just been involved at the Greenfest exhibition at Southbank last weekend - there was a great showcase of locally grown organic products. Worth trying Coolmunda Organic Olives and Olive Oil(Inglewood) and the outstanding Barambah cheeses and dairy productare always valuable in your fridge...
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