Ag's 'vital industry' could improve nation's health

Ashley Walmsley
December 1 2017 - 1:00pm
MUTUAL BENEFITS: Increased consumption of fruit, vegetables and nuts in the Australia diet would relieve pressure on the health system and also bolster the local horticulture industry. Forming healthy eating habits in children could be the key.
MUTUAL BENEFITS: Increased consumption of fruit, vegetables and nuts in the Australia diet would relieve pressure on the health system and also bolster the local horticulture industry. Forming healthy eating habits in children could be the key.

HORTICULTURE is the golden child within the Australian agriculture landscape, with the potential to change the country's ailing health record. 

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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