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Article by David Ellis
'Ethical' Shoppers Find Food Labelling Inadequate
What do food labels teach people about food ethics?
A new publication from the Food Values Research Group examines the idea of ethical food labels as pedagogy (or a way of teaching).
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ARC Discovery grant success for Prof Rachel Ankeny
Prof Rachel Ankeny was successful in the most recent ARC Discovery Project grant round for her project “Organisms and Us: How Living Things Help Us To Understand Our World” with Prof Michael Dietrich from Arizona State University and A/Prof Sabina Leonelli from the University of Exeter.
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ACOLA report on Australia's Agricultural Future
Food Values Research Group convener Professor Rachel Ankeny recently contributed to the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) report Australia's Agricultural Future.
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Hey Melbourne! What do you think of farm animal welfare?
Rearchers from the Food Values Research Group are heading to Melbourne next week to conduct interviews and focus groups for the Australian Research Council Linkage Project "Getting to the Meat of the Matter: Social and Economic Issues in Animal Welfare in Australia's Livestock Industry".
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Dr Heather Bray talks about public understanding of science with Victoria Country Hour
Today I spoke with Warwick Long from ABC Rural's Victoria Country Hour about why people seem to pick and choose different aspects of science to accept or reject.
New study: How happy are Aussies to eat insects?
Researchers from the Food Values Research Group are part of a research team led by Associate Professor Kerry Wilkinson, from the University’s School of Agriculture, Food and Wine investigating consumer perceptions and attitudes to eating insects.
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Need 'social' in the Food Science and Research Priority
Recently Prof Rachel Ankeny contributed to a commentary on the Science and Research Priorities announced by the Federal Government.
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