AUSTRALIA'S DRIVE FOR FOOD SUPPLIES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 7

AUSTRALIA'S DRIVE FOR FOOD SUPPLIES

SCIENCE STEPS IN

Canning:, Drying And Stop Waste Campaign

Special Australian Correspondent. United Press Association.—Copyright. Rec. 1 p.m. SYDNEY, this dav.

For the first time in its history Australia is gravely concerned about something It has alwavs taken for granted—its food. The Commonwealth Food Council, set up to ensure that Australia's food resources are used to the best advantages, is now holding its first sitting. The Ccimmonwealth has plentv of food while the war lasts, according to the Federal Supply Minister, Mr. J. Beasley—if its "food resources are used right." The problem of the right use of those resources has been exercising the best scientific brains in Australia.

J ® war h as done nothing else it has given us tremendously valuable knowledge regarding the "drying, storing and canning of our foods," ssys the official Food Preservation Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. As an instance, it is recalled that before the war vegetable canning was only in its infancy. Now Australia is canning not only the peas of pre-war days, but also potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, beetroot, spinach and silver beet.