Jan Davis

Time, tide and fresh produce wait for no one

OPINION: Jan Davis says we have overdone globalisation and our reliance on the free market

Prevention measures should be first port of call for disaster resilience

Ban irrigation? You might find Christmas lunch would look different, writes Jan Davis

As our reputation soars, food fakes follow

GMO crops have been shrouded in controversy, writes Jan Davis

Farm trespass laws long overdue

When will enough be enough?

A burning issue

Foods of the future

We’ve all heard the prediction that by 2050 there will be 9.6 billion humans living on Earth and they will all need to be fed. Experts say that, to meet this demand, consumption of animal products will increase by up to 70 per cent – and we’ll have…

Bringing in the harvest

Grim outlook for local weather forecasts

Food fraudsters should buzz off …

Testing at a leading international scientific lab that specialises in honey fraud detection last month found that almost half the honey samples selected from supermarket shelves were “adulterated”. This means they have been mixed with something other…

Time to choose which species to save

As consumers, we all have skin in the game

Glysophate has changed agricultural practices around the world

Rainy days and droughts …

Free trade numpties need a reality check

I try to be a glass-half-full type of person – I really do. However, all too often I end up being ‘not happy, Jan’. “Paying an extra $150 million a year to protect growers? That’s bananas!” boomed the headline on an article last week by an associate…

Fighting the fat epidemic

Not in my backyard

The great Roman poet Virgil died in the year 19 BC. He’s famous for warning people about the Trojan horse. “Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts,” he said. Move forward more than two thousand years, and now we are warned to…