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Better Health Channel is funded by the Victorian State Government, so this information is specific to the governments health guidelines and created for the general public.

An overview of how many pesticides are in foods.

Food Standards Australia respond to the Dirty Dozen

See in particular from menu on left Chemicals in Food and Food Issues.

Are imported vegetables more likely to be contaminated with pesticides than Australian produce?

Climate Council findings of study into Climate Change's Effects on food and farming.

This is a digital resource containing a series of videos in which people from around the world tell their stories about the impacts and challenges that climate change poses for themselves and their communities. It includes Ethiopian crop farmers, Vietnamese rice farmers, an Australian fisherman, and communities in Bangladesh and the Pacific. It shows the variety of ways that climate change is affecting the environment and peoples' abilities to grow and produce food for their families and communities.

The 'Seed Hunter', Australian scientist Dr Ken Street, is on a quest to find plants that have genes to withstand our changing climate.

Could the wild chickpea be one such plant?

If so, are there any left to be found?

This is a video and web page about the importance of preserving biodiversity, with a particular focus on the issues associated with the industrialised food system. The video includes information about evolution; the extinction of species of animals and plants; the environmental problems humans have created; the importance of a wide number of plant and animal species for food, health and culture; and four projects that aim to enrich biodiversity in the food system. Additional information and web links are included on the web page. The resource was developed by Slow Food USA, a non-profit organisation.