Could Aussie bees’ potent propolis fuel a profitable homegrown health industry?
Sunshine Coast scientists have identified high-grade nutrient-rich propolis in beehives nationwide that could fuel a lucrative homegrown health-food industry.
Sunshine Coast scientists have identified high-grade nutrient-rich propolis in beehives nationwide that could fuel a lucrative homegrown health-food industry.
New research from FFS partner institution UNE research shows that upcycling food waste into commercial chicken feed would save Australia’s poultry industry around $500m per annum and cut our total greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent.
FFS partner Hort Innovation and grower-led upcycling venture Nutri-V teamed up to create healthy gelato using surplus cauliflower and pumpkin, thereby helping to combat on-farm food loss.
The Australian Government’s fast-tracked review of supply chains and freight should include re-thinking road and rail transport, says FFS partner NSW Farmers.
Tech-enabled solutions that streamline supply chains and curb food loss en route from farm to fork boost sustainability and food securiity, says Morris Guest, Australian operations lead for global logistics firm Lineage.
Research indicates that a net-zero-emissions food system depends on reducing food loss and waste and adopting plant-heavy diets.
An Australian beverage brand has launched its purified, nutrient-rich water, ‘harvested’ from fruit and veg processing, in Coles supermarkets nationwide.
A Mid North Coast pick-your-own fruit farm hit by a lockdown-linked lack of visitors has saved truckloads of strawberries by paying a local contract manufacturer to turn them into 25,000 jars of jam.
Organic banana-grower cooperative Pacific Coast Produce has teamed with Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to find ways to reduce in-transit waste and deliver fruit of reliable quality.
China is boosting its resilience to supply-chain shocks by building high-tech vegetable-growing facilities close to cities across the nation.