Resources

Tainted Ground: What Pesticide Residues Are Rea...

Legacy pesticides are still showing up in our soil and our food. This blog unpacks the real concern behind residue surveillance and the hopeful innovations that could lead us back...

Chew On This: The Cost of Drinking Your Calories

We explore the quiet cost of drinking our calories—from digestion and satiety to marketing promises and lost rituals. Sometimes, chewing really is the better medicine.

Flavour, Culture and Consistency: A Costly Trad...

A deeper look at the tension between flavour consistency and cultural reverence. What do we lose when food is designed for uniformity rather than meaning?

When Words Lie: The Emotional Pull of Unregulat...

Words like natural, honest, and nourishing are everywhere on food packaging—but in Australia, most of them are completely unregulated. This blog explores how emotional language manipulates consumer trust, and why...

The Selenium Story—And What It Means for Food B...

What happens when the numbers on your nutrition panel don’t match the food inside the pack? This piece unpacks what our selenium testing revealed—and why it matters for every food...

Truffle or Trickery? Reclaiming the Soul of Rea...

What happens when the soul of an ingredient is replaced by a synthetic shortcut? In this reflective piece, we explore the rise of artificial truffle flavour, the quiet pressure even...