Heinz tomato sauce factory closes
Iconic food company Heinz will fill its last bottles of tomato sauce in Australia today as the production giant ends its Australian tomato processing operations after 70 years.
View ArticleSecond offer looms for Heinz factory
The Goulburn Valley Food Action Committee is preparing to make a second offer for the Heinz factory at Girgarre.
View ArticleSecond bid looms for Heinz factory
The establishment of a new Goulburn Valley Food Cooperative will take another major step forward tomorrow.
View ArticleFinal bid for Victorian tomato processing plant
The final bid by a community cooperative for the abandoned tomato processing factory in northern Victoria, will be made today.
View ArticleHeinz rejects final offer for its tomato sauce factory
The final offer to buy a closed tomato sauce factory at Girgarre in northern Victorian has been rejected.
View ArticleCooperative won't boost bid for Heinz factory
A cooperative trying to buy a closed-down Heinz factory in Girgarre says it will not be making any more offers.
View ArticleAustralia's tomato industry - boom or bust?
Fresh food processors are closing, despite millions of dollars in new investments.
View ArticleOffer hopes remain for ex-Heinz factory
The co-operative hoping to take over the former Heinz factory in Girgarre says it has been told another organisation has made an offer for the site.
View ArticleStudy up-beat about food processing plans
The Goulburn Valley Food Co-op believes it has found a site to develop a new food processing plant that will offset the losses caused by the closure of Heinz at Girgarre.
View ArticleHeinz to sell Girgarre factory
Food giant Heinz says it has accepted an offer to buy its closed factory at Girgarre in northern Victoria.
View ArticleProbe continues into Girgarre shooting reports
Detectives from the armed offenders squad arrived in northern Victoria last night to take over the investigation of a possible shooting in the Goulburn Valley.
View ArticlePair arrested over armed robbery at Girgarre
Two men, including one with links to an outlaw motorcycle gang, have been arrested over an armed robbery at a property in northern Victoria.
View ArticleExploring food processing's future
Rural reporters explore the decline of food processing across Australia
View Article'We can't stretch our day out any longer'
Amid a downturn in milk prices and upheaval across the industry, hardworking dairy farmers like Cindy Attwell are still eking out an existence, making an essential product in what is increasingly a...
View Article'The stress of the job can be overwhelming'
Amid a downturn in milk prices and upheaval across the industry, hardworking dairy farmers such as Shane Attwell are still eking out an existence, making an essential product in what is increasingly a...
View ArticleDairy farmers persevere for sheer love of milk industry
Amid a downturn in milk prices and upheaval across the industry, hard-working, dairy-farming families are still eking out an existence, making an essential product in what's increasingly a labour of...
View ArticleTiny Victorian town shows ingenuity in the face of job losses
The closure of a regional town's major employer has become an all-too-familiar occurrence in Victoria in recent years, but the tiny town of Girgarre in the Goulburn Valley proves there is hope after...
View ArticleCountry town turns rubbish into tunes with junk orchestra
A violin crafted out of a car roof, dairy milking cups used as chimes and petrol cans turned into guitars — welcome to Girgarre's junk orchestra.
View ArticleAlpine brumby 'rehome or kill' plan by Victorian Government under fire
Animal advocates are up in arms over a strategy to remove wild horses from the state's High Country.
View ArticleFootball-netball clubs pivot to player, community mental health through pandemic
After a tumultuous two seasons with little sport played, football-netball clubs across Central Victoria have risen to the challenge to lead their clubs and communities' wellbeing support instead.
View ArticleTiny regional Victorian town plants 2,000 eucalypts to feed endangered koalas
With koala populations in steep decline, a group of volunteers in Girgarre are creating a forest of eucalypts to help feed animals displaced by natural disasters.
View ArticleMajor employer tweaks rosters to attract parents — mainly mothers — into...
Meat processor Don Smallgoods has created "school parent" shifts as it searches for 200 new staff across its three central Victorian facilities.
View ArticleHopes Girgarre footy success story will inspire next generation of country...
Promising teen Brayden George was picked up by North Melbourne in the AFL Draft last week, and his supporters believe his success could be just what country footy needs to entice disengaged youngsters...
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With the Heinz tomato processing factory in Northern Victoria closing and operations scaling back in Brisbane and Wagga, do we face threats to local food production and Australia's food security?
View ArticleFood processing closures force innovation in small farming towns
Former Heinz suppliers turning the tide
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