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Cell-cultured chicken nuggets: soon on the menu at Singaporean eateries

December 7, 2020

In a world-first, chicken meat created from cultured live chicken cells by US-based company Eat Just has been approved for commercial production in Singapore.

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Nestlé makes major commitment to sustainability

December 7, 2020

Confectionery and dairy giant Nestlé has decided to ‘go greener’, releasing a roadmap for making substantive changes to its operations worldwide to shrink the footprint of agriculture.

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Urban farms thrive under COVID-19

October 29, 2020

From community vegie gardens to vast vertical farms, city-based cropping ventures are proliferating as the coronavirus pandemic up-ends food supply chains and heightens food-security fears.

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Coffs Creek, one of numerous waterways in the Coffs region. Credit: Coffs Harbour City Council

Coffs Harbour City Council wins environmental award for remedies to run-off

October 28, 2020

Coffs council’s work with Southern Cross University investigating the impacts of intensive-horticulture wastewater on local waterways has been recognised in the NSW Government’s annual Excellence in the Environment Awards.

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Queensland frozen-berry producer nets Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship

October 13, 2020

Queensland producer Stuart McGruddy has been awarded a Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship to explore how Australia’s berry industry can capitalise on the value-adding opportunities in freezing soft berry fruits.

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NFF sets zero-emissions target for 2050

September 2, 2020

Australia’s National Farmers’ Federation has pledged to cut the agriculture sector’s greenhouse gas emissions to zero within 20 years, with Chief Executive Tony Mahar citing the risk of adopting ‘a passive approach’ to combating climate change.

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Regional Development Australia ACT announces Canberra’s first urban vertical farm

August 27, 2020

The ACT’s first vertical farm installation has landed at Canberra’s Ginninderry development, a 6-star Green Star Community west of Belconnen.

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COVID-19 disruption drives interest in vertical farming

August 20, 2020

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.

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Bigger not always best: Agile and innovative smaller brands making waves in Australia

June 30, 2020

Big brands can no longer rely on their heavyweight clout for food business success in Australia, with consumers and retailers increasingly attracted to smaller ‘underdog’ start-ups, which they perceive to be more innovative.

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New UNSW professor to champion cellular agriculture

May 15, 2020

“It is cellular agriculture that will enable us one day to eat meat without having to kill an animal,” says recently arrived UNSW Professor Johannes le Coutre, who will lead the university’s research into this exciting emerging field.

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