Costa Group acquires Central Queensland citrus operation in export push
CRC industry partner Costa Group has diversified its business further by acquiring Queensland citrus-growing company 2PH Farms.
CRC industry partner Costa Group has diversified its business further by acquiring Queensland citrus-growing company 2PH Farms.
New research confirms Australia’s offshore wind resources offer vast potential both for electricity generation and new jobs.
If we’re to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, governments, industry and individuals need to do much more, suggest research findings from a multinational team that included UNSW Sydney Professor Tommy Wiedmann.
QUT researchers will lead the $6.5 million ARC Training Centre for Behavioural Insights for Technology Adoption (BITA) that aims to accelerate Australians’ adoption of innovation technologies in health, agriculture and cybersecurity.
In this thought-provoking paper, Sydney academic and urban planner Steven Liaros contends that ‘the transition to a fully circular economy will require a paradigm shift … away from large-scale industrial agriculture to a decentralised network of circular food systems’.
MMI Round 2 grant recipients in the food and beverage manufacturing sector include a pie-bakery keen to expand production, a recycled-packaging manufacturer, a soon-to-be-greener brewery, a supplier of beekeeping systems, and a business looking to install new freeze-drying and processing equipment and technology.
$50m in grant funding is on offer to help build supply-chain capabilities in two critical areas: biopharmaceuticals and agricultural production chemicals. Apply by COB 12 August.
Charles Darwin University chemists have developed a scent profile and artificial scent lures designed to help sniffer dogs detect citrus canker disease in Northern Territory citrus orchards.
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) at Charles Darwin University will be part of a National Network for First Nations Researchers, being established to help grow the next generation of research leaders.
Jim Fuller – chemical engineer, fine-dining chef, mycologist and now Chief Scientific Officer with Fable Food Co – was a recent guest on celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s podcast Heston’s Journey to the Centre of Food.