compost

Great Aussie composting roadshow

ABOVE: A key learning distinction was made between compost – which has been matured or cured for over 16 weeks – and ‘hot mix’, which commonly undergoes only the first pasteurisation step of composting and is then used for further composting activities. Recently, I headed to Tocal to hear from global experts on the latest…

meat

Australian supermarket meats found to contain superbugs

ABOVE: The report revealed the presence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria in chicken and pork meat sold in Australian supermarkets New research highlighted recently on ABC’s 7.30 Report revealed the presence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria in chicken and pork meat sold in Australian supermarkets. The most alarming discovery was bacteria harbouring three different variants of a gene…