Working with our local communities to encourage exercise and healthy eating
Costa’s Mernda mushroom farm is supporting its local community through developing relationships with primary schools in the City of Whittlesea. One of these schools is St Mary’s Primary School in Whittlesea, a semi-rural school situated on eight acres of land. In April 2017, Bryan Ashworth Costa Mushroom Category National OHS Manager arranged for the mushroom […]
Costa attends launch of City of Logan Food Capability Guide
The team from Costa’s Queensland mushroom farm located in the City of Logan were pleased to attend the official launch of the City of Logan Food Capability Guide by Logan Mayor Luke Smith and Logan’s Official Food Ambassador, celebrity chef and SBS cooking show host, Poh Ling Yeow Local producers and growers in the City […]
Costa Mushroom Category – Working with local primary schools to promote healthy living through learning and activity programs
Costa’s Victorian mushroom farm located at Mernda is supporting its local community through developing relationships with two primary schools located in the City of Whittlesea. Recently Costa employees paid a visit to Mill Park Heights Primary School where they presented a cheque for $1,500 and delivered over 1,000 bananas (or 1,000 serves of fruit!) to […]
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill announces $1.8 million government funding for Costa’s Monarto mushroom farm expansion
The Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill and Minister for Trade, Martin Hamilton-Smith today visited Costa’s South Australian mushroom farm at Monarto to announce their government’s $1.8 million funding contribution toward a $60 million expansion of the facility. In announcing the funding, Premier Weatherill said the expansion of Costa’s Monarto mushroom farm will see South […]
PMA Produce Plus Marketer of the Year Award 2017-Finalists
PMA Australia-New Zealand and Produce Plus Magazine have announced the finalists for the PMA-Produce Plus Marketer of the Year Award 2017. We are excited to share that the Costa Group, in collaboration with Flavorite and Perfection Fresh have been seleced as one of the five finalists for the, Australia Truss Tomatoes “Vine Ripened. Hand Picked. Never […]
Costa continues its support of the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal
Costa is once again proudly supporting the Good Friday Appeal Children’s Day Out. A volunteer support team of staff members from the Costa Mushroom Category will be helping kids to harvest mushrooms and talking to them about the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables, such as mushrooms. All money raised goes directly to the Good […]
CSIRO Report warns Australian diets lacking in fruit and vegetables
Australia’s largest ever fruit and vegetable survey conducted by the CSIRO has found that four out of five Australian adults are not eating enough fruit and vegetables in order to meet the Australian Dietary Guidelines. Key survey findings: The CSIRO surveyed 145,000 adults and found only 24 per cent of […]
Costa announces sponsorship of Fresh Produce Safety Centre
Costa today announces its sponsorship of the Australia and New Zealand Fresh Produce Safety Centre (FPSC) – https://freshproducesafety-anz.com/ The FPSC is an industry led and supported not-for-profit Company, established to enhance fresh produce safety across Australia and New Zealand through research and education. “Becoming a sponsor of the FPSC is further recognition by Costa that the […]
Inaugural recipient of Costa – University Tasmania scholarship achieves first class results
Emma Nightingale the inaugural recipient of the Costa North West Tasmania Honours Scholarship in Agricultural Science has this week graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science – First Class Honours. “This year I was pleased to receive the Costa Honours Scholarship in Agricultural Science which supported me to work with […]
Costa announces agreement for acquisition of Avocado Ridge
Costa Group Holdings Limited (Costa; ASX: CGC), Australia’s leading horticultural company advises that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the Avocado Ridge orchards and packing operations from the Carney family. Avocado Ridge is a grower of avocados with high quality farms located in the Childers and Kumbia regions of central Queensland, with […]