Greater sustainability and improved nutrition through smart technology and supply chain logistics
Michael Fox, co-founder and CEO of thriving alt-meat SME Fable Food Co, has been busy running the company – and guesting on podcasts Curveball and The Mentor, where he discussed sustainable food production, pandemic pivoting and how he secured investor backing for Fable.
The focus of the Food in the Capital conference, held over two days in October 2020 and May 2021, was on the critical role food production, consumption and new technology will play in helping Canberra to become a fully sustainable city.
From the CEO On April 7, the NSW Government, the Namoi Joint Organisation of Councils (JO) and the CRC announced that the Namoi region would become the state’s fourth Regional Jobs Precinct. The CRC has been working with the JO for the past six months to develop a super-cluster initiative […]
From the CEO This month, we introduce you to UNSW’s Associate Professor Pat Spicer, who traded a product-development position with Procter & Gamble in the United States to pursue a research career in Sydney. Right now, Pat is bringing his passion for developing new products and solutions – and his […]
From the CEO November has been an exceptionally busy month for the CRC with a raft of new projects in development, the CRC’s Annual General Meeting, and preparation for our annual Research Showcase event. On the research front, a smart greenhouse project with the Greenbio Group has commenced and a […]
From the CEO It’s been a productive month as the team works with industry and research partners to complete a raft of new project agreements before the end of the year. New projects in the works include three with Western Australian partners, a Greenbio/QUT vertical farming initiative, and a major […]
From the CEO This month, the CRC has taken its food-industry cluster and value-chain transformation activities to a new level, with major projects in discussion in both Peel, Western Australia, and the Namoi region of New South Wales. These projects will align closely with local, state and Commonwealth Government programs […]
From the CEO This month, the CRC entered into a new regional development alliance with Namoi Unlimited, a consortium of five NSW councils in one of Australia’s most productive agricultural regions. The initiative has attracted significant local media coverage and community support, and is just one example of the national […]
Bruker technology powers the Australian National Phenome Centre The new Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC), opened formally on 4 October by Acting Premier of Western Australia and Health Minister, the Hon. Roger Cook, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Hon. Ben Morton, and the Governor of Western […]
A new CRC project is comparing two novel light-spectra-shifting films on energy-efficiency and crop productivity in greenhouse-grown lettuce.