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A new, Cisco-funded Research Director in Digital Transport at UNSW will guide the development of a technological agenda to improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of our future transport systems.
Major Australian dairy processor Bega Cheese is developing a new IoT-based online service that optimises milk pick-up schedules and cuts transport and distribution costs.
As British farmers struggle to provide fresh food for the UK’s citizens, grappling with labour shortages and complex export supply chains, vertical farm facilities are attracting increasing interest.
Rebuilding the global economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic offers us the chance to revamp our dysfunctional food systems, making them more resilient, sustainable, healthy and equitable, say three IMF bloggers.
Several of Australia’s largest food brands will collaborate with financial services companies in an initiative helmed by Food Agility CRC to streamline agribusiness supply chains post-pandemic.
Western Sydney Aerotropolis’s planned Integrated Logistics Hub, part of the new Agribusiness Precinct, will deliver ‘a multi-modal supply chain solution for the Aerotropolis, Greater Sydney and regional NSW’, says WCAA.
Manbulloo, Australia’s largest producer of mangoes for domestic and export markets, has updated its GS1 labelling to improve the transparency and traceability of its supply chains.
A new national traceability program rolling out from July will help Australia’s food supply chains achieve end-to-end traceability and lift capability across the sector.
Its export and restaurant markets disrupted by COVID-19, MainStream Aquaculture accelerated plans to build a new customer base via direct sales. In the process, it has more than doubled retail sales of its premium ‘Infinity Blue’ barra.
Glasshouse producer-marketer Flavorite is emulating the European horticulture sector, growing cucumbers in high-tech glasshouses in a bid to bring year-round consistency to Australia’s cucumber supply chain.