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Edition 48 - February 2009 > EXPAND ALL ARTICLES
Welcome to Food Bytes, which is produced by the Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) to keep stakeholders up to date with initiatives, events and opportunities relevant to the State's food and beverage industry.
NSW Wine Week
 
Thousands of wine lovers will sample NSW’s best wine offerings when the State's biggest wine promotion – NSW Wine Week – is held from 1-7 March. 
 
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What will we be eating in 2013?
 
With slower economic growth encouraging more frugal supermarket spending, and increasing health consciousness at the forefront of many shoppers’ minds, business information analysts IBISWorld recently released their forecast of products likely to be in Australian shopping trolleys in five years’ time.
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Unwrapped USA
 
A series of focus groups is being conducted by Austrade’s US team to help food companies receive critical feedback from a panel of food industry professionals on the potential of their products for retail market success in the USA, based on price, branding, sensory analysis and competitive factors.
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If Italy is in your sights …
 
The Italian Chamber of Commerce is encouraging NSW companies with “uniquely Australian” food or beverage products that are targeting the European and, more specifically, the Italian market to exhibit at Tuttofood, Italy’s major international food industry trade show, to be held in Milan from 10-13 June 2009.
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Beyond the Financial Crisis
Emerging export and investment opportunities in an uncertain world
 
Trade and investment specialists from Austrade and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) will be providing an update on doing international business in the current global economic climate at a special breakfast briefing in Sydney on 3 March.
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Energy Efficiency for Small Business Program
 
Businesses that use up to $20,000 in electricity a year can receive a subsidised personalised energy assessment and action plan and a 50% rebate of the cost of implementing identified energy efficiency improvements from the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC).
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Role of Agribusiness in the Carbon Offset Market
 
An Agribusiness Association of Australia business breakfast in Sydney on 18 March will look at the potential impacts of the Australian Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on Australian agrifood production.
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Decanter World Wine Awards
 
NSW wine companies have until 6 March to enter one of the world's most respected and influential wine competitions, the Decanter World Wine Awards.  
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Outlook 2009
 
This year’s Outlook Conference, to be held in Canberra on 3-4 March, features a strong lineup of international speakers, who will explore how Australia’s agrifood industries can respond and best adapt to such challenges as climate change and the global economic downturn.

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