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The new home of food innovation in Western Australia

A specialised Food Science and Nutrition campus run by Murdoch University has launched at the Food Innovation Precinct WA.
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Mapping Southern Queensland's agrifood ecosystem

Limited knowledge of the food and agribusiness ecosystem in the Sunshine Coast and Noosa restricts access to distribution and infrastructure. This project will study ecosystem members, roles, resources, and infrastructure to drive sector growth and innovation.
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Food quality and nutritional analysis

This project concerns the validation of claims on the levels of multiple phytochemicals in a range of foods and food products, and variations through the production to consumer pipelines.
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Colourimetric sensor labels for food

This project aims to develop colourimetric sensor indicators attached on packaging that enables real-time monitoring of fresh produce quality by visual colour changes.
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For Food’s Sake 2025

For Food’s Sake 2025

Tickets are on sale for our next For Food’s Sake Summit in Coffs Harbour.

Take 5 w/ Dr Ayesha Tulloch, FFS Project Leader

Take 5 w/ Dr Ayesha Tulloch, FFS Project Leader

Q&A with Dr Ayesha Tulloch, FFS Project Leader

Evaluation of screening technologies for detection of foreign bodies including soft plastics

Evaluation of screening technologies for detection of foreign bodies including soft plastics

This project will investigate sensing technologies and their ability to detect foreign bodies, in particular soft plastics.

'Atmospheric Freeze-drying' with Dr Francisco Trujillo & Nikunj Naliyadhara (PhD student)

'Atmospheric Freeze-drying' with Dr Francisco Trujillo & Nikunj Naliyadhara (PhD student)

Watch Dr Francisco Trujillo & Nikunj Naliyadhara (PhD student) talk and give details about the 'Atmospheric Freeze-drying' FFS project

Banana de-handing project

Banana de-handing project

Banana de-handing is a core process at all banana processing facilities. It is a repetitive and physically demanding activity that if automated, could improve processing efficiencies and provide a valuable integration point for robotics systems.

Dr Jack Adams – Coffs Agrifood Living Lab (CALL) (Research Showcase 2024)

Dr Jack Adams – Coffs Agrifood Living Lab (CALL) (Research Showcase 2024)

Dr Jack Adams (QUT) – 'Coffs Agrifood Living Lab (CALL)' (FFS Research Showcase 2024)

Andrew Tilley – Value-adding to Globe Artichokes (Research Showcase 2024)

Andrew Tilley – Value-adding to Globe Artichokes (Research Showcase 2024)

Andrew Tilley (Murdoch University and FFS PhD student) – 'Value-adding to Globe Artichokes' (FFS Research Showcase 2024)

Dr Richard Thomas and Gareema Pandey – Optimising blueberry fruit nutritional quality

Dr Richard Thomas and Gareema Pandey – Optimising blueberry fruit nutritional quality

Dr Richard Thomas (WSU and FFS project leader) and Gareema Pandey (WSU & FFS PhD student) – 'Optimising blueberry fruit nutritional quality using controlled spectra and mild stress treatment via polytunnel innovation' (FFS Research Showcase 2024)

‘Coffs Agrifood Living Lab’ with Dr Jack Adams

‘Coffs Agrifood Living Lab’ with Dr Jack Adams

Dr Jack Adams discusses the 'Coffs Agrifood Living Lab' project's background and goals.

‘Improving plant proteins functionality and bioactivity’ with Dr Rishi Naik

‘Improving plant proteins functionality and bioactivity’ with Dr Rishi Naik

Watch Dr Rishi Naik talk about the 'Improving plant proteins functionality and bioactivity' FFS project

CEO update

CEO update

It has been an action-packed few months here at Future Food Systems (FFS), with new partnerships announced and exciting initiatives in the pipeline.

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Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies Centre

Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies (SIFT) Centre Project is a collaboration between WA State Government, the CRC Entity and Murdoch University. SIFT will be an open access facility that food companies can use to research and develop new products.

Phenotyping for heat tolerance in crops

Phenotyping for heat tolerance in crops

Globally, climate change-induced warming is posing a major challenge to increasing crop yields in cropping systems including protected cropping systems. Research to improve heat tolerance in these systems have largely focused on leaf traits, in part due to limitation in techniques for investigating other plant parts.

Nano sensor technology

Nano sensor technology

This project aims to develop a nano sensor manufacturing technology for real-time monitoring of food and food packaging quality.

Proximal and remote sensing for water stress, and yield monitoring

Proximal and remote sensing for water stress, and yield monitoring

The research uses a unique combination of remote sensing and proximal weather, soil, and tree-based sensors, which can be deployed in open and protected cropping scenarios, to investigate the effects of water stress thresholds on the yield, quality, and health of Australian olive tree crops.