Australia’s first agrifood-focused Living Lab coming to Coffs
The City of Coffs Harbour, Queensland University of Technology and Future Food Systems will work together to establish an open-ecosystem ‘Living Lab’ where stakeholders can connect, collaborate and co-develop innovations that add value to Coffs’ agrifood sector. The first project for Lab members? Co-designing the concept for a new food innovation and logistics precinct for the region. Read more
FFS Masterclass: New Product Development
Wed 23 August, 9am-12.00pm AWST
Join other forward-leaning stakeholders in Western Australia’s agrifood sector on site at the new Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia for the latest in our free Masterclass series in partnership with FIPWA: a Workshop on developing new food and beverage products.
Planet-friendly food and beverage packaging projects unwrapped
Industry partner FP Paradigm is teaming with UNSW scientists in a series of projects that aim to develop food and beverage packaging that is smarter, safer and more sustainable. Read more
National map of protected cropping facilities launches
Launched in mid-July, Australia’s first national map of PC systems enables accurate yield forecasting and speedy, targeted response to natural disasters and biosecurity threats. Read more
Partner profile: Vertical Patch
FFS industry partner Vertical Patch grows leafy greens to order in its high-tech urban farm facility to service restaurants in the Seagrass Boutique Hospitality Group, which include premier waterfront steak restaurant 6HEAD. Watch as the Vertical Patch team explains the company’s state-of-the-art indoor growing system here, and Seagrass discusses its ongoing win-win relationship with this unusual supplier here.
Meet Elli Irannezhad: Freight transport and logistics expert
Thriving in the male-dominated fields of freight and logistics is no easy feat. But Dr Elli Irannezhad is a high achiever. She honed her engineering expertise on construction sites and with government transport bodies in Iran and ramped up her research skills with ARRB before joining UNSW where, alongside her own academic work, she supervises FFS PhD Kesewa Agyemang, who’s modelling agrifood supply chains. Read more
Mazadul Islam, PhD student: Making glasshouse fertigation more sustainable
Extensive studies in agriculture and horticulture, early industry experience, and “dedication to making a difference in the field of protective horticulture” made doctoral student Md Mazadul Islam the perfect fit for a role on the FFS-backed ‘Sustainable fertigation’ project, a collaboration between Western Sydney and Qatar universities with wide-reaching impact. Read more
FFS represents at flagship conferences & expos
In recent weeks, Future Food Systems staff, research leads and PhDs have presented FFS-backed project findings and furthered our mission at major conferences and industry expos across Australia, as far away as Chicago, USA, and at our own Research Showcase. Read (and see) more
PhD scholarships on FFS projects: Apply now!
Three Industry PhD scholarships are on offer at UNSW Sydney with industry-led FFS-backed projects. Put your mechanical and chemical engineering skills to use on the ‘Circular-economy construction materials’ ‘upcycling’ project with innovative SME EcoMag; work closely with Sanitarium Health Food Company to optimise its cereal-drying process in the ‘Art of grain drying’ project; or join the UNSW-Sanitarium team looking for smarter ways to test packaged dairy goods in the ’Non-destructive milk product testing’ project. Apply by 15 September.