Network analysis of tourism events: an approach to improve marketing practices for sustainable tourism (journal article)
by Anne-Marie Hede and Robyn Stokes
from Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, Vol. 26 No. 7, 2009, pp.656-669, 14p
"Farmers' markets have recently emerged as a new tourism event around the globe. Yet, little information is known about them. This article explores the network of stakeholders associated with farmers' markets through a qualitative analysis over a period of time of an Australian farmers' market. Multiple methods of data collection were used to build a case study of the farmers' market. The findings highlight the acute need for this farmers' market, and potentially many others that are similar, to strategically establish an appropriate and effective network of stakeholders for both organizational longevity and tourism sustainability."

The Great Sugar Rush (article)
by Michael Knox
from RBS Morgans. Economic Strategy. Sept 14 2009
"Steady growth in industrial demand for sugar for use as a bio fuel has outpaced its unsteady
increases in production. Right now the stocks-to-consumption ratio for sugar is the lowest
this century. Prices have run up rapidly. Buyers have run to buy the commodity. Producers
are enjoying this great sugar rush."

A time for Queensland to re-think? (journal article)
by John Hine
from Food and Drink Business, March 2009
"It is time for Queensland to re-think its basic approach to agriculture and food processing, given the long term problems of Golden Circle, the Queensland sugar industry, the virtual demise of KR ham and now Hans Smallgoods going into receivership..."
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