WA’s First Commercial Walnut Orchard Gets Cracking and Packing

Australia’s third biggest walnut production facility, Omega Walnuts, opens in Manjimup Premium and organic walnuts showcase the fresh Western Australian produce on offer 110 tonnes of Western Australian locally grown walnuts to be harvested in 2018 Agricultural growth...

Healthy Soils, Means Healthy Farms, Means Healthy Australians

World Soil Day on 5 December is an opportunity to highlight the significant role that healthy and productive soils play in the lives of all Australians. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Luke Hartsuyker, said the Coalition Government is investing...

A Handful or 2 of Walnuts Daily Is Good for You

Scottish research examined how eating half a handful of walnuts each day (15g or five whole nuts) over a four week period impacts cardiovascular risk (lipid profile, arterial stiffness and platelet activation) in 30 young healthy males.[#2] Walnuts are rich in alpha...

Australians Eat More Nuts

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has recently released the “Australian Food Statistics 2009-2010”. It notes that in the 20 year period between 1987 to 2007 the consumption of tree nuts has increased by 157%. According to the Department,...

Walnuts Are the Healthiest Nut, Say Scientists

Walnuts are the healthiest of all the nuts and should be eaten more as part of a healthy diet, US scientists say.   Scientists from Pennsylvania told the American Chemical Society that walnuts contain the highest level of antioxidants compared to other nuts....