Jane Mcnaughton

The cost of a lamb leg in the shops has nearly doubled in the past 18 months as the drought bites.

Experts are on edge, fearing this will be the spring that the "catastrophic" H5 strain of bird flu arrives in Australia. 

Coles says the cost of living and supply chain disruptions are behind its decision to continue selling caged eggs until 2030. A consumer expert says it is likely the supermarket's competitors will follow suit.

Eggs are back on supermarket shelves in abundance after shortages caused by bird flu. But do you know what labels like caged and barn-laid mean?

UNICEF says more children are now overweight and under-nourished than too thin, stirring fresh calls by health experts and farming bodies to tax ultra-processed food producers. 

The latest casualty in a year of delayed crops is the cherry, with cold weather in some growing regions setting the festive favourite "weeks" behind schedule.

Rita Soares says although she is grateful to still have a home, she would have sacrificed her house to save her llamas.

The lives of caged hens are set to improve as Victoria implements new welfare laws, but farmers say they have not been consulted.  

Farmers ask for a 30-cent-per-litre price rise for milk as fuel and fertiliser prices surge.

Doreen Egg admits it sold eggs labelled as "free range" despite its hens not having access to an outdoor range, as required under Free Range Egg Labelling Information Standard.