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Growers said they are thousands of dollars out of pocket as transport firms face increased fuel and travel time costs due to key routes damaged by TC Jasper.
Australians may have to pay more for tropical produce as farmers reel from crop damage caused by ex-cyclone Jasper
Australian coffee growers get innovative to encourage consumers to drink local ABC Business 27/02/2021 By Halina Baczkowski and Anna Levy © Provided by ABC Business Australia's small coffee-growing industry wants you to consider trying a local bean. (Unsplash: Matt Brett) Australia is known as a nation of coffee obsessives, but few have tried a local cup. Enter any cafe and you'll likely find a selection of beans from Papua New Guinea, Brazil and Colombia, the biggest suppliers of the market. Less than 1 per cent of coffee consumed in Australia comes from Australian beans...
Jerusalema African dance craze popular at Mareeba tropical fruit plantation Seasonal workers at the Skybury Tropical Plantation have found an unlikely way to stay motivated and happy: they have embraced the "Jerusalema Challenge" — a social media phenomenon which started during the height of the global pandemic. The gospel-inspired song, by South Africa's Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode, topped the charts there in 2019 and at the start of the pandemic in 2020 people began posting videos of themselves dancing to it with a series of simple of moves, which were replicated by others, first across ...