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Cut rockmelons tracked from paddock to plate for the first time in Australia In an Australian first, Brad Dawson of Dawson Melon Co in Red Cliffs Vic, in collaboration with FreshChain Systems, NSW DPI and in-store support from specialty fresh food retailers Harris Farm Markets and Market Place Fresh have tracked whole and cut rockmelons from Dawson Melon fields in the Sunraysia region to plates across Australia. This initiative is part of the Federal Government Grants program encouraging greate...

Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, the Hon. David Littleproud MP Member for Mallee, Victoria and Chair of Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories, Dr Anne Webster MP Australian rockmelons from Red Cliffs, Victoria, are now being exported to Canada and the United Kingdom using innovative traceability technology. FreshChain Systems, which piloted a block-chain based system, was awarded a grant in the Traceability Grants Program in 2020. M...