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Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge 2022: to grow lettuce using only AI

February 8, 2022

This year, five top-ranked international teams compete to grow lettuces entirely without human intervention in Wageningen University’s high-tech experimental greenhouse.

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Is the future of farming indoors?

November 18, 2021

This short film depicts the work of protected cropping experts at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment supporting India’s efforts to develop sustainable future food production solutions.

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How shipping food minus the water can help save money and the planet

October 6, 2021

The latest freeze-drying techniques mean food manufacturers can eliminate the cost and carbon footprint of transporting food by eliminating water content, while retaining flavour and nutrients.

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NSW grower saves surplus strawberries by making (a lot) more jam

September 15, 2021

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.

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Applying NASA speculation and Nobel Prize-winning science to future food-supply challenges

August 3, 2021

Innovative ag-tech start-up Air Protein is applying century-old tech and astronauts’ ideas to the challenge of making more (food) from less. In this case, a whole lot less.

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Securing a profitable future via high-value CEA crops

July 6, 2021

Growers investing in high-value crops such as saffron and vanilla, and in varieties bred for sustainability, are fuelling diversity in indoor cropping, found a panel of experts at the recent Indoor AgTech NYC Innovation Summit.

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Wageningen University launches third, 100 per cent Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge – with lettuce

July 2, 2021

In Wageningen’s third Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, international teams swill compete to grow the most profitable indoor lettuce crop from seed, entirely without human intervention.

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Cattle at SA’s new $90m sustainable processing plant will eat seaweed

June 27, 2021

A seaweed-laced feed that curbs cows’ methane emissions by up to 99% is just one of the ‘green’ innovations at Pirie Meats’ new processing facility. 

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COVID-19 adds fuel to four big beverage trends in APAC region

June 24, 2021

Four big trends are fuelling beverage innovation across the APAC region, and they’ve only been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Federal Government launches $30m Commercialisation Fund

March 11, 2021

Announced on 10 March 2021, the federal government’s new Commercialisation Fund offers dollar-matched grants of between $100,000 and $1m to small-scale, collaborative manufacturing projects.

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