Chinese online BBQ seller's Colonel Sanders dream
2014-03-12 14:27:30
Li Ye's parents expected their son's crazy idea of opening an online barbecue store to flop.
50 mln tonnes of grain lost, wasted annually in China
2014-03-11 14:09:55
About 50 million tonnes of grain are lost or wasted each year in China, the State Administration of Grain director Ren Zhengxiao said in Beijing on Wednesday.
Water recycling showcases to encourage best practice
2014-03-11 13:43:42
A panel of six environmental experts has started bidding for governmental and private funding to help build a waste water treatment a plant designed to showcase the best practice in this field.
New Zealanders want dairy farmers to clean up their act
2014-03-11 11:17:29
New Zealand's dairy farmers, who have intensified and expanded their industry over two decades of chasing emerging export markets, are alienating the public with the consequent degradation of the nation's waterways.
Greece's legendary winery looks to future to China
2014-03-10 16:06:25
On a green hill at the outskirts of the city port of Patras at Peloponnese peninsula, some 200 km west of Athens, are the headquarters of Achaia Clauss, a legendary winery in Greece with a history going back to the 19th century.
Dairy, meat exports drive record rise in New Zealand manufacturing sales
2014-03-10 10:34:21
Dairy and meat products drove a record rise in New Zealand's manufacturing sales in the December quarter last year.
China's inflation moderates in Feb
2014-03-10 09:54:44
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased 2 percent year on year in February, marking easing inflationary pressure since the end of last year.
Agriculture minister reaffirms safety of GM foods
2014-03-07 07:20:15
In a rare display of confidence in the country's management of genetically modified food, China's top agriculture official said he eats GM food.
New Zealand PM to offer food safety assurances in China
2014-03-04 09:30:57
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Monday that he will visit China this month to assure Chinese leaders and the public that New Zealand food products are safe after last year's global botulism scare.
Guangzhou reopens live poultry markets
2014-03-04 09:21:39
Poultry markets in south China's Guangzhou reopened for trading on Saturday after a two-week suspension over bird flu scares.
China order food producers to appoint chief safety officers
2014-03-04 09:15:58
The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on Monday announced the launch of a trial program in which food producers will be asked to appoint a chief safety officers.
China's taste buds guiding New Zealand infrastructure development
2014-03-03 11:18:13
Changing diets in a developing China are forcing the New Zealand government to rethink its infrastructure investment.