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Bravo™ Apple study coverage March, 2025	May 6, 2025	Bravo™ Apple study coverage
How will Australia’s food industry change over the next 10, 20 and 50 years Future Food Systems CEO Dr James Krahe, Research & Commercialisation Director Professor Cordelia Selomulya, and FOODiQ Global CEO Dr Flávia Fayet-Moore discuss the future of food, ecosystems, and value addition at For Food’s Sake in Coffs Harbour with ABC Reporter, Lauren Bohane` Publisher: ABC RADIO March, 2025	March 3, 2025
Looking ahead at the future of Australia’s food industry ABC Mid and North Coast Rural Reporter, Lauren Bohane talks to CEO, Dr James Krahe about Future Food Systems initiatives and the future of food Publisher: ABC Radio March, 2025	March 3, 2025
National food summit underway in Coffs Harbour Alison Paul covers the For Food’s Sake Summit for NBN Mid North News Publisher: NBN News February, 2025	February 27, 2025
New technology makes biosecurity responses easier for fruit growers $1.7 million Australian Tree Crop Map initiative uses mapping app to boost biosecurity for Australian fruit growers. The Australian Tree Crop Map project is delivered through Hort Innovation and led by an expert team at UNE’s Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre (AARSC) in collaboration with Future Food Systems. Publisher: Hort News February, 2025	February 24, 2025
Researchers from Murdoch University are trying to figure out if the burgundy colour of Bravo apples makes them healthier than other varieties. A former director of grains and innovation at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development says there are pros and cons for moving DPIRD’s headquarters to Northam, about 100 kilometres north-east of Perth. This follows a pledge from the Nationals WA to spend $176 million to relocate DPIRD headquarters to Northam, if it wins… Authors: Western Australia Country Hour Presented by Belinda Varischetti Publisher: ABC Radio January, 2025	January 12, 2025	Researchers from Murdoch University are trying to figure out if the burgundy colour of Bravo apples makes them healthier than other varieties. Western Australia Country Hour Presented by Belinda Varischetti
Ancient artichokes helping to unlock the secrets to good gut health The small Mt Lindesay farm in Denmark is providing some big insights into the health benefits of an ancient vegetable, the globe artichoke. Authors: Mel Williams Publisher: Farm Weekly November, 2024	November 12, 2024	Ancient artichokes helping to unlock the secrets to good gut health Mel Williams
Future Food Systems: connecting clusters, building ecosystems In this episode, Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry talks to the CEO of Future Food Systems, Dr James Krahe, discussing the concept of clusters and ecosystems, their importance in the future of successful food systems and how Future Food Systems Cooperative Research Centre (FFS CRC) is fostering their creation. Publisher: Food & Drink Business October, 2024	October 30, 2024
A farmer from the Great Southern has partnered with Murdoch University to trial different varieties of artichokes The livestock shipping company Wellard, almost returned to profitability at the end of the 2024 financial year, recording a loss of $US0.8 million, a big improvement on $US15.5 million loss the previous year. A new high yielding oat variety, called Goldie, will be available to growers this summer. A farmer from the Great Southern has… Authors: Program: WA Country Hour Publisher: ABC Radio September, 2024	September 12, 2024	A farmer from the Great Southern has partnered with Murdoch University to trial different varieties of artichokes Program: WA Country Hour
Banana industry turns to robots and AI for ‘dangerous’ packing-shed task of cutting fruit from stem It’s often top of the list of Australia’s most popular fruit, finding its way into lunch boxes and smoothies across the country every day. But it takes a bit of effort to get bananas from the farm to the fruit bowl, with growers relying on a significant workforce to pick and pack each harvest. Now,… Authors: By Daily Trust Publisher: Daily Trust February, 2024	February 12, 2024	Banana industry turns to robots and AI for ‘dangerous’ packing-shed task of cutting fruit from stem By Daily Trust
Robotic arm under development to automate banana de-handing The A$2m research programme will use computer vision and machine learning to find an automation solution Australian scientists are researching and developing new technology to build a robotic arm that will automate the repetitive and intensive parts of banana processing. The research will be delivered through Hort Innovation and led by the Queensland University of Technology… Authors: By Bree Caggiati Publisher: Fruitnet Produce Plus February, 2024	February 12, 2024	Robotic arm under development to automate banana de-handing By Bree Caggiati
Banana industry turns to robots and AI for ‘dangerous’ packing-shed task of cutting fruit from stem It’s often top of the list of Australia’s most popular fruit, finding its way into lunch boxes and smoothies across the country every day. But it takes a bit of effort to get bananas from the farm to the fruit bowl, with growers relying on a significant workforce to pick and pack each harvest. Now… Authors: By Lucy Cooper Publisher: ABC News February, 2024	February 17, 2024	Banana industry turns to robots and AI for ‘dangerous’ packing-shed task of cutting fruit from stem By Lucy Cooper
Microscopic organisms to increase crop yields Authors: Australian Tree Crop Magazine - Dec/Jan 2023 Publisher: Australian Tree Crop Magazine November, 2023	November 12, 2023	Microscopic organisms to increase crop yields Australian Tree Crop Magazine - Dec/Jan 2023
Micro-organisms to increase horticulture yield Authors: Farm Weekly - Dec/Jan 2023 Publisher: Farm Weekly November, 2023	October 12, 2023	Micro-organisms to increase horticulture yield Farm Weekly - Dec/Jan 2023
Coffs Harbour’s collaborative approach to the agrifood industry NETWORKING opportunities and creating new connections were declared as two winning outcomes from the 60-plus stakeholders who attended the Coffs Agrifood Living Lab (CALL) launch at Yarrila Place on October 25. Facilitated by the CALL project team, Dr Ozgur Dedehayir and Jack Adams from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the event provided a preview of… Publisher: News of the Area November, 2023	November 9, 2023	Coffs Harbour’s collaborative approach to the agrifood industry
Australian CEA mushroom production technology gets $2.1M research boost The Queensland research team will focus on exotic and native mushroom cultivation. Researchers at Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are rounding out the year with good news. They’ve been awarded $2.1 million to advance technologies aimed at expanding the country’s controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) exotic and native mushroom production. Driven in part by Australia’s burgeoning domestic demand… Authors: CEA inSight Publisher: CEA News November, 2023	November 12, 2023	Australian CEA mushroom production technology gets $2.1M research boost CEA inSight
Putting energy into things that matter – Mark McHenry ark McHenry is a physicist, an innovator and an explorer of clean energy solutions. He’s worked on research projects in America, the Philippines and Mozambique and is an Associate Professor at Murdoch Uni’s Harry Butler Institute. He is also an avid organic veggie grower who loves sharing his passion for all things “geeky”. “The way… Authors: By Serena Kirby, ARR.News Publisher: Australian Rural & Regional News October, 2023	October 2, 2023	Putting energy into things that matter – Mark McHenry By Serena Kirby, ARR.News
The scientific truth of things that matter Authors: Serena Kirby Publisher: Aurora Magazine - Winter edition June, 2023	June 12, 2023	The scientific truth of things that matter Serena Kirby
Making sunlight better: Using films to manage sunlight for crop productivity Today’s protected cropping systems have become astonishingly effective at extracting optimum potential from nutrients, water and plant genetics, while minimising harm from farming’s ancient adversaries, like insect pests. There is a variable still to be fully optimised, though: light and energy from the sun. Australian researchers are developing films that can be fitted to greenhouses… Authors: Matthew Cawood Publisher: COSMOS April, 2023	April 20, 2023	Making sunlight better: Using films to manage sunlight for crop productivity Matthew Cawood
National map of Protected Cropping Systems now available in draft This journal is the official publication of the Australian berry industries; Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries & Blackberries. This publication has been funded by Hort Innovation using the Blueberry, Strawberry and Raspberry and Blackberry R&D levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Authors: Australian Berry Journal - AUTUMN 2023 - Edition 14 Publisher: Australian Berry Journal March, 2023	March 3, 2023	National map of Protected Cropping Systems now available in draft Australian Berry Journal - AUTUMN 2023 - Edition 14
A world first: The first time metagenomics is being used to discover the microbe community – including pathogens – in hydroponic tomatoes. As anyone in the industry knows, root pathogens are a common issue in greenhouse production, in systems that use soil but also in hydroponics. But if it happens that hydroponic systems are contaminated with one or more pathogens, as Dr. Gal Winter at the University of New England (UNE) in Australia explains, the resultant disease… Authors: By TREENA HEIN Publisher: GREENHOUSE CANADA March, 2023	March 12, 2023	A world first: The first time metagenomics is being used to discover the microbe community – including pathogens – in hydroponic tomatoes. By TREENA HEIN
Deploying microscopic organisms to increase horticulture yields Scientists are investigating whether root systems packed with certain combinations of tiny living things – or microbiomes – result in a more productive plant with the aim of developing new products to increase yield. The $1.4M, four-year project is being delivered through Hort Innovation and led by Murdoch University with co-investment from the CRC for… Authors: Hort Innovation Publisher: Hort Innovation November, 2022	November 28, 2022	Deploying microscopic organisms to increase horticulture yields Hort Innovation
Exploring the tiny environments that can grow big vegetables Murdoch scientists are leading a project that explores how particular combinations of microbes can boost the growth of some of the country’s most valuable fruit and vegetable crops. The $1.4 million project, led by Associate Professor Kirsty Bayliss, aims to identify the microbes that influence the growth of potatoes, tomatoes and avocadoes and harness them… Authors: Murdoch University News Publisher: Murdoch University News October, 2022	October 14, 2022	Exploring the tiny environments that can grow big vegetables Murdoch University News
Northern Territory researchers successfully harvest native rice, opening opportunities for First Nations enterprise As the world regularly faces a shortage of one of its most important food staples, scientists in the Northern Territory are looking take advantage of the rice that grows naturally across Northern Australia’s wetlands. Authors: By Sarah Spina-Matthews & Mitchell Abram Publisher: ABC News October, 2022	October 9, 2022	Northern Territory researchers successfully harvest native rice, opening opportunities for First Nations enterprise By Sarah Spina-Matthews & Mitchell Abram
The word’s tiniest tomato How the merino sheep breed kick-started Australia’s wool industry; Using mules to move livestock in feedlots; Port Stephens oyster growers face devastating QX disease; plus the world’s tiniest tomatoes. Authors: ABC Landline Publisher: ABC TV July, 2022	July 10, 2022	The word’s tiniest tomato ABC Landline
Known best as the host of cryptocurrencies, experts and economists say blockchain technology could be the future of working life Lynsey Jackson was looking for a change when she quit her corporate finance job to assess her career options, before settling on a direction that would shock many. She sees her future in blockchain technology, beginning with a diploma of applied blockchain from TAFE Queensland. Most commonly known as the platform that hosts cryptocurrencies, blockchain is… Authors: Julius Dennis Publisher: aBC News June, 2022	June 9, 2022	Known best as the host of cryptocurrencies, experts and economists say blockchain technology could be the future of working life Julius Dennis
Technological innovations benefitting agriculture and the environment Technological innovations benefitting agriculture and the environment. Planting trees from the sky; Fighting unlawful water use; Using native fungi to combat weeds; Colourful light boosting technology helping to grow crops. Authors: ABC Landline Publisher: ABC TV June, 2022	June 19, 2022	Technological innovations benefitting agriculture and the environment ABC Landline
Country Breakfast features The potential for a native rice industry in Australia’s far north has been talked about for decades. Researchers say a significant milestone has now been reached, with demonstration plots of flooded and unflooded wild rice being grown on a research farm near Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory. (12:50 min in) Authors: Country Breakfast Publisher: ABC Radio June, 2022	June 9, 2022	Country Breakfast features Country Breakfast
Australian chemical company EcoMag turning the Pilbara’s waste into low-carbon plasterboard Australian chemical company EcoMag is working to turn Australia’s carbon footprint into homes and office buildings, with scientists producing plasterboard from waste. EcoMag utilises the waste from the Pilbara’s salt industry to extract magnesium for use in industrial, environmental and pharmaceutical applications. The company is now working with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of… Authors: Michelle Stanley Publisher: ABC News May, 2022	May 25, 2022	Australian chemical company EcoMag turning the Pilbara’s waste into low-carbon plasterboard Michelle Stanley
Australian native rice trial underway near Humpty Doo Researchers say a significant milestone has now been reached, with demonstration plots of flooded and unflooded wild rice being grown on a research farm near Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory. ABC Rural went to see the trial and spoke to Dr Penny Wurm from Charles Darwin University. Authors: NT Country Hour Publisher: ABC Radio May, 2022	May 25, 2022	Australian native rice trial underway near Humpty Doo NT Country Hour
Engineering Light For Better Farm Yield and Quality Did you know that light can be engineered to be more photosynthetically active, less heat energy intense and used to modify plant behaviour? Enormous gains have been made in the past few decades in plant production though modification of climate, nutrition, water supply and temperasture of protected crops. Now the last piece of the puzzle,… Authors: Farm Learning with Tim Thompson Publisher: YouTube May, 2022	May 1, 2022	Engineering Light For Better Farm Yield and Quality Farm Learning with Tim Thompson
Digital Disruptors In this series we’ll celebrate the outstanding tech talent in Australia and recognise the innovators, disruptors, leaders and superstars of tomorrow, who are making a difference and shaping our future. Authors: Gabriella Power Publisher: Sky News February, 2022	February 9, 2022	Digital Disruptors Gabriella Power
NT Researchers take a new approach to growing rice It may be one of Australia’s most sought-after foods, but the art of rice production isn’t always at the forefront of shoppers’ minds. Now, a team of researchers in Darwin are taking a new approach to growing the ancient grain – and yielding unexpected results. Authors: ABC News Publisher: ABC TV February, 2022	February 9, 2022	NT Researchers take a new approach to growing rice ABC News
Agricultural traceability: Benefiting the future of farming The Australian government recently revealed that $68 million will be invested into a national agricultural traceability program which will help Australian farmers increase their export value. Agriculture traceability, to put in simple terms, is the journey of produce from paddock to plate. NewsCop talked to Dr Shoufeng Cao, an expert in blockchain agriculture traceability and… Publisher: NewsCop January, 2022	January 9, 2022	Agricultural traceability: Benefiting the future of farming
The world’s first fully blockchain-enabled credential led marketplace QUT Design Lab and Smart Trade Networks are set to launch and demonstrate the world’s first fully blockchain-enabled credential led marketplace. The Smart Trade Networks marketplace is an eCommerce 3.0 platform allowing traders and investors of all sizes to track, trace and trade. The launch will also reveal a ‘Global Portfolio’, with more than 30… Authors: Ryan Morris-Reade Publisher: eCommerceNews August, 2021	August 9, 2021	The world’s first fully blockchain-enabled credential led marketplace Ryan Morris-Reade
UNE and Costa team up to help improve hydroponic cropping WORLD first Australian research is looking to better understand microbial colonies in the root zones of hydroponically grown greenhouse tomato crops. Authors: Queensland Country Life Publisher: Queensland Country Life August, 2021	August 12, 2021	UNE and Costa team up to help improve hydroponic cropping Queensland Country Life
UNE and Costa team up to help improve hydroponic cropping WORLD first Australian research is looking to better understand microbial colonies in the root zones of hydroponically grown greenhouse tomato crops. Authors: farmonline NATIONAL Publisher: farmonline NATIONAL August, 2021	August 6, 2021	UNE and Costa team up to help improve hydroponic cropping farmonline NATIONAL
UNE and Costa team up to help improve hydroponic cropping WORLD first Australian research is looking to better understand microbial colonies in the root zones of hydroponically grown greenhouse tomato crops. Authors: THE LAND Publisher: THE LAND August, 2021	August 6, 2021	UNE and Costa team up to help improve hydroponic cropping THE LAND
Costa teams up for tomato study A world-first study using DNA samples from hydroponic tomatoes is being undertaken through a collaboration between Costa and University of New England (UNE). The ‘tomato rhizobiome’ project’ – which will be part of the Future Food Systems Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) – is designed to further the understanding of microbial colonies in the root zones… Authors: By Liam O'Callaghan Publisher: ASIAFRUIT July, 2021	July 6, 2021	Costa teams up for tomato study By Liam O'Callaghan
A tri-polar privacy world: China, EU, US conflict on rights regimes There’s an old African saying: When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. And when elephants make love, it is the grass that suffers. Libertine innuendo aside, what happens when three elephants rub elbows? That is the as-yet unanswered question that insiders are asking about data privacy regimes, especially those involving biometrics collected… Authors: Jim Nash Publisher: Biometricupdate.com June, 2021	June 9, 2021	A tri-polar privacy world: China, EU, US conflict on rights regimes Jim Nash
What is ‘DeFi’, and how might the blockchain tech behind bitcoin cost bankers their jobs? Imagine a world where you can purchase a house directly from the seller, without needing to go through banks, lawyers and real estate agents. That idea sounds like heaven for some people. It might be possible to cut out all those middlemen one day, thanks to an idea called de-centralised finance (“DeFi”) — which runs on blockchain (a technology… Authors: By business reporter David Chau Publisher: ABC News June, 2021	June 24, 2021	What is ‘DeFi’, and how might the blockchain tech behind bitcoin cost bankers their jobs? By business reporter David Chau
A company called EcoMag plans to turn waste from a Western Australian salt production site into all sorts of things including products for the health industry Widespread weekend rainfall reached most of the state’s grain growing regions and even got into parts of the state’s northern and eastern areas. Aggie Forrester, from Winning Station, 250 kilometres north of Carnarvon, poured 66 millimetres out of the gauge said the rain is fantastic. Demand for some canola seed varieties has increased by as… Authors: Western Australia Country Hour Presented by Belinda Varischetti Publisher: ABC Radio May, 2021	May 31, 2021	A company called EcoMag plans to turn waste from a Western Australian salt production site into all sorts of things including products for the health industry Western Australia Country Hour Presented by Belinda Varischetti
Native rice could be farmed in Katherine region Research on native rice found near Katherine has received $1.4 million in cash funding… Publisher: Katherine Times November, 2020	November 12, 2022	Native rice could be farmed in Katherine region
Native rice trials begin in the Northern Territory The project led by CDU, is funded through the Future Food Systems Cooperative Research Centre, and has attracted commercial partners in Pudakul Aboriginal Cultural Tours (NT), Olive Vale Pastoral Pty Ltd (QLD) and Myera Group (Canada). ABC Rural went to see the trials and spoke with senior lecturer Dr Sean Bellairs. Authors: NT Country Hour Publisher: ABC Radio November, 2020	November 11, 2020	Native rice trials begin in the Northern Territory NT Country Hour

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