Suppliers with surplus food provide product details and information to Yume, which is uploaded to the marketplace and made available to a growing network of buyers. www.yumefood.com.au
The mission of the Mai Wiru Sugar Challenge Foundation is to improve the health of Aboriginal people by focusing on the community stores that provide healthy food. They then hope to roll out the program to other Aboriginal communities across Australia. www.maiwirufoundation.org
Tomato festivals are now becoming popular around the world. They range from La Tomatina, a food fight festival held in August each year in the town of Bunol near Valencia in Spain, to the more upmarket festival at the Royal Botanic Garden by the harbour in Sydney in February which is jam-packed with activities.
