Spring is the time we emerge from the dark and damp of winter and start to enjoy food outdoors again.
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This Spring edition of Food Talk is dedicated to such dining, in particular the first class seafoods of South Australia. Some exciting development are taking place in the seafood industry, particularly at Port Lincoln. We have some special stories on those developments...hope you enjoy them. Continuing with this theme, Michael Angelakis, South Australia's Mr Seafood himself, is this edition's face of food. Food Talk, Spring 2005 (Issue 21) (pdf, 601kb) You may need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the magazine. |
Survey: A snapshot of food in SA and its futureFood South Australia conducted a Regional Food Enterprise Survey for three months ending last February. |
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Lincoln leading the way in new sardine industrySardines have been in the seafood market for years. Mostly canned, they all come from overseas suppliers. That is all on the verge of changing. |
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The 'Fisher King'Walk into the office of Michael Angelakis and the framed certificates and commendations are everywhere. |
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The world is your musselMussels look like being the next big thing in South Australian seafood. Mussel farms are springing up all over the State’s waters and products coming out of Port Lincoln have all the hallmarks of taking off. |
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The Good LifeFor two years running Good Life Organic Pizzas has won the best pizza award in the SA Restaurant and Catering Association Awards. |
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Who will be the first Hall of Famer?A Hall of Fame has been created for the food industry in South Australia as part of the Premier’s Food Awards that are now open for nominations. |
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Judging the Fiesta!Fleurieu Peninsula Food has attracted high quality guest judges for the 2005 Fleurieu Peninsula Food Chef of the Region Challenge as part of the Fiesta! program. |
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This cat’s got the (ice) creamThe name Golden North says it all, the South Australian ice cream producer has been a golden bonanza specially for the mid north. |
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Taste! Grows at the ShowTaste! South Australia is one of the State’s main food and beverage exhibitions promoting the many quality products grown and produced across the State. |
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SA company wins liquid cheese dealA small South Australian food manufacturing company has broken into a lucrative Asian market with the first container of their frozen liquid cheese leaving for Taiwan early in July. |
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Yuk? It’s lovely!It’s an environmental nightmare and the bane of inland fishing folk. Thousands of them are caught in our rivers and left to die. It's illegal to throw them back. |
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One man’s trash...Many fishing folk cleaning their catch have a simple method of dealing with leather jackets. |
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Flying oysters of Coffin BayOysters literally fly through the air when they are being processed at Pristine Oysters factory at Coffin Bay. |
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Aichi World Expo JapanJapan is South Australia’s most important food industry export destination and to recognise and strengthen those markets, a delegation of industry and Government representatives took advantage of the current Aichi World Expo to further strengthen our connections with Japan. |
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Environmental sustainabilityEnvironmental sustainability is an important issue for the Food Industry in South Australia. |
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What is the future of food?What and how will we be eating in the future? What are the future challenges for food producers, marketers, chefs, restaurateurs - and consumers? How are key questions of water and land use to be answered? How can we increase our exports? |
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Being there without really being thereYou can now go to Kangaroo Island without really being there, although Islanders still like to see visitors. |
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Restaurant and Catering AwardsRestaurant and Catering SA held its annual awards early in August. |
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Does your business have the appetite for growth?Business expansion is a critical decision in the operations of any food business, and any decision to expand should be made carefully, with regard to the need to remain competitive and ensure commercial viability. One of the main factors in such a decision is how that expansion will be funded. Whether expansion involves a move to new facilities or the purchase of new equipment or technology, management will need to decide if funds can be sourced internally or whether the business will need to look to external sources. There are a range of options available. |
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