Save the date: Future of Food Summit 2022
This year, the CRC’s annual event will be a two-day, public-facing Summit with keynote speakers, expert panels, a student showcase, gala dinner, tours and networking events. Together, we’ll be exploring collaborative solutions for sustainable food supply in a fast-changing world – and we’ll be showcasing the CRC’s people, projects and real-world impact. Save the date, and stay tuned for further information. Register your interest here
CRC project to lay groundwork for Australian truffle industry expansion
Premium WA food supplier Silverplace is working with a Mt Lindesay farming operation and Murdoch University scientists to attain the technical and agronomic knowledge required to reap greater returns from the world’s most valuable edible fungus. Read more
International research collaboration for cost-effective fertigation
CRC partner Qatar University is drawing on the expertise and high-tech facilities at Western Sydney University to help it find sustainable fertigation solutions for indoor vegetable growers. Read more
CRC indoor-cropping projects feature on ABC Landline
Western Sydney University scientists are trialling LLEAF’s ‘spectra-shifting’ agricultural films in a trio of CRC projects that are the focus of a recent Landline segment. Read more
Better glasshouse crops with LLEAF: Dr Alex Soeriyadi
LLEAF P/L CEO Dr Alex Soeriyadi is working with Hort Innovation, DPI and WSU scientists to trial his light-bending films on glasshouse-grown crops. Here, he explains how it works. Watch video
Namal Jayasuriya, PhD: image analysis to monitor indoor crops
Namal Jayasuriya moved from Sri Lanka to Singapore to Sydney to pursue a passion for computer science. Now he’s part of the CRC’s ‘IoT for indoor cropping’ project team. Read more
Sanitarium opens R&D facility for CRC field trip
Industry partner Sanitarium Health Food Company recently welcomed CRC members to its Central Coast facility for guided tours of the cereal and beverage pilot plants. Read more
WA FFN Food Industry forum takeaways
WA Future Food Network and the CRC hosted a recent roundtable with WA food and beverage sector stakeholders to identify industry challenges to value-adding. Read more