Future foods facility to fast-track new product development in WAMurdoch University is the first Western Australian university to partner with the state government in a new commercial food factory that will help food and beverage businesses develop value-added food products for local consumption and global export. The Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies (SIFT) Centre – the result of a WA Government partnership with Future Food…
Future of food: what’s on the menu in 2050From insects to cultured meat, nothing is off the table when it comes to feeding the world’s growing population, says UNSW professor Johannes le Coutre.
Collaboration can spark innovation: Summit takeawaysThe inaugural Future of Food Summit highlighted some of the key challenges facing global food supply, and identified innovative and sustainable solutions.
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 of Food Summit 2022 – Tickets on sale!Join Future Food Systems CRC and QUT at an event exploring smart, sustainable solutions to key food production and distribution challenges.
2022 Future of Food Summit: more speakers announcedOur expanding Summit speaker contingent includes industry, academic and government leaders from across the CRC’s cohort and beyond.
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.
NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology visits Future Food Systems HQOn 29 August, Ms Robyn Preston MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology and Member for Hawkesbury, stopped in at Future Food Systems CRC HQ on UNSW’s Randwick campus as part of a broader visit to UNSW Sydney.
CRC field trip: Sanitarium R&D facilityFifteen members of the CRC cohort joined a recent daytrip to visit industry partner Sanitarium’s research facility on NSW's Central Coast.
Major Australian supermarket chain invests in alt-protein start-up All G FoodsWoolworths’ venture capital and growth fund W23 has made a multi-million-dollar capital injection into alt-protein and precision-fermentation start-up All G Foods.
Meet Ozgur Dedehayir: Innovation ecosystems expertQueensland University of Technology’s Dr Ozgur Dedehayir researches the strategic implications of technological evolution, disruptive innovations and their impacts on society. Most recently, he's been focused on food innovation ecosystems – a topic that resonates with this keen home chef.
Five ways going vegan could change your social life – not just your healthWith veganism a growing trend, researchers are documenting its positive impacts. Notably, finds Cambridge research associate Catherine Oliver, veganism allows people to feel good – not just in their health, but in having made planet-friendly choices aligned with their ethics.
Fable Food Co’s Chief Scientific Officer talks with his celebrity chef idolJim Fuller - chemical engineer, fine-dining chef, mycologist and now Chief Scientific Officer with Fable Food Co - was a recent guest on celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's podcast Heston's Journey to the Centre of Food.
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.
Market opportunities abound across ASEAN for Australian food products and ag-techAustrade’s latest export market updates indicate significant potential for Australian food and ag-tech exports across the ASEAN region – and even some bright spots in China.
Sanitarium Health Food Company launches Weet-Bix for Little Kids EssentialsIconic Australian health food brand Sanitarium has developed a new breakfast cereal designed specifically for toddlers and preschoolers: Weet-Bix Little Kids Essentials is high in fibre and essential micronutrients, low in sugar and has no artificial flavours, colours, preservatives or added salt.
5 global megatrends set to shape our agrifood futureA new report from ABARES details global megatrends set to shape the future of our nation's agriculture sector – from data-driven disruption to dramatic climate change.
WA lupin genome breakthrough paves the way to superior plant-based proteinsScientists from Murdoch University and WA DPIRD have published an improved reference genome for narrow-leafed lupins, paving the way to new high-performance varieties of the protein-rich pulse legume.
How Hort Innovation is helping get kids to eat their greens – happilyAustralia's leading horticultural-industry body has launched an initiative to teach kids the connection between fresh, healthy foods and better moods.
Meet Pat Spicer: complex fluids and nanomaterials expertUNSW Associate Professor Pat Spicer’s broad-ranging career spans industry, academia and two continents. The constants? Complex fluids and collaboration.
