LLEAF takes its sunlight-shifting, growth-enhancing films globalSydney-based SME LLEAF has secured a global distributor for its innovative light-spectra-shifting agricultural film, shown to boost crop yields by up to 20%.
LLEAF launches vast ‘solar lab’ on Sydney’s Northern BeachesFFS partner LLEAF has opened a large-scale ‘solar laboratory’ to trial its light-spectrum-shifting, crop yield-boosting agricultural films in commercial glasshouse conditions.
Foundations laid for manufacturing CE construction materialsA UNSW-EcoMag project team is exploring cost-effective ways to turn agricultural and industrial waste into low-carbon plasterboard and cladding.
Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia launchesOn Friday 24 February, the multi-million-dollar Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia, aka Mereny Bidi Boodja, was formally opened at Peel Business Park in the state’s south-west.
Key leaders appointed to Western Australia’s new food technology facility, SIFTMurdoch University’s Food Futures Institute has appointed key leaders to drive operations at its Food Technology Facility. Future Food Systems CRC is a major partner in the operations of the FTF.
Future of Food Summit: International speakersExperts in infrastructure planning and transport logistics, advanced nutritional analysis and innovative, Indigenous-led agrifood systems from the Netherlands, UK and Canada gave attendees of the 2022 Future of Food Summit much food for thought.
Future Food Systems CRC backs CERS-hosted alt-proteins tastingOn 8 September, the UNSW-based Chemical Engineering Research Society (CERS) hosted a well-attended tasting of Love BUDS, the new alt-meat range from CRC participant All G Foods.
EcoMag, UNSW to upcycle agrifood waste into low-carbon construction materialSME partner EcoMag and UNSW scientists have teamed up in a CRC project to upcycle waste from industrial processes, agriculture and salt production into a sustainable building material, helping to shrink the construction industry's carbon footprint.
Australian native rice is one step closer to appearing on restaurant menusPutting Australian native rice on our plates and in restaurants is one step closer after a successful harvest of three species sourced from Northern Australian wetlands.
Laying the groundwork for Australian truffle industry expansionPremium WA food supplier Silverplace is looking to Mt Lindesay farmers and Murdoch University scientists to help develop the know-how required to expand Australia's high-value truffle industry.
EcoMag signs with Cofermin spin-off to supply high-grade Mg to EuropeCRC industry partner EcoMag is set to supply its high-purity Mg products to buyers across Europe and beyond via IMagine, the new magnesia arm of major industrial minerals distributor Cofermin Group.
CSIRO-BCA report: Translating research innovation into commercial realityA new report from CSIRO and the Business Council of Australia aims to arm business leaders with strategies for translating research outcomes into scaleable commercial innovations.
Northern Australia’s native rice: ripe for commercialisationIn stage 1 of this multi-year collaboration, two CRC partner universities, NT Government and three First Nations enterprises have joined forces to collect, analyse and develop protocols for the world's first broadacre plantings of native wild rice in Northern Australia.
New discoveries pave the way for an algal boomIt's clean, green, and nutritionally potent. Murdoch University researchers have found a number of uses for microalgae, from animal feed to beta-carotene supplements.
QUT Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant to get capabilities upgradeThe federal government has pledged $5.2m to upgrade the capability of QUT Mackay's biomanufacturing scale-up facility, used to demonstrate the viability of new technologies and produce products in sizeable quantities.
A new roadmap for Australia’s research infrastructureThe federal government has appointed an expert working group to develop a roadmap setting out Australia’s research infrastructure needs and priorities for the coming five to 10 years.
Peel Business Park calls for EOIs from innovative agrifood businessesWA’s Peel Business Park, site of the soon-to-be-built WA Food Innovation Precinct, is seeking expressions of interest from agrifood and ancillary businesses keen to carve their own footprints in the precinct.
The rise and rise of Fable Food Co: Michael Fox talks businessMichael Fox, co-founder and CEO of thriving alt-meat SME Fable Food Co, has been busy running the company - and guesting on podcasts Curveball and The Mentor, where he discussed sustainable food production, pandemic pivoting and how he secured investor backing for Fable.
Food Innovation Precinct WA to drive growth in premium value-added foodsConstruction has begun on WAFIP, which will include an advanced food-manufacturing facility and food science, processing and educational facilities. The CRC will work with its WA partners to deliver R&D services within the precinct.
UNSW spray dryer produces perfectly dry, 99.8% pure magnesium citrateIn an initial trial in the UNSW-EcoMag project, chemical engineers at UNSW were able to produce very high-purity Mg citrate using their state-of-the-art spray dryer. It's a first, successful step towards EcoMag's goal of scaling up to commercial production using the new process.
