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NRF FOOD AND BEVERAGE RESILIENCE STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN SURVEY WE NEED YOUR INPUT!   How do we manage risk in our local food industry? In the past decade most businesses in this region have been impacted by natural disasters in some form. We have seen a deluge of challenges impacting business operations within the region in the last two years – drought, floods, bushfires, and a global pandemic. It is safe to say no one saw a global pandemic coming!!! The year 2020 profoundly changed life as we know it, and highlighted how...

Member Stories: Rebecca Barnes, Playing with Fire Native Foods

Rebecca Barnes heads up Playing with Fire Native Foods, a local Northern Rivers NSW company that is working hard to promote the virtues of our amazing Australian native food industry.   She hasn’t always worked in the food industry – originally, she worked in the insurance industry but was looking for a career change that was a little more family friendly. Rebecca moved to the Northern Rivers NSW region back in 1996.  She found inspiration one day when wandering through the bush with a friend and discovered the delights of native raspberries....