What is blockchain?
A two-minute introduction to distributed ledger technology
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Cellular Agriculture: An opportunity to diversify Australia’s
This White Paper details the challenges faced by the cellular agriculture industry and makes three key recommendations Cellular Agriculture Australia believes would enable the industry to reach its full potential and become globally competitive. In summary, they are: growing the pool of Australian graduates skilled in relevant areas (biomedical engineering, food science, agricultural science and synthetic biology); adding cross-disciplinary expertise from biotechnology, agriculture and food science, and from industry, to Australia’s cellular agriculture research; and establishing at-scale manufacturing capabilities and infrastructure, including publicly-funded facilities, to support viable commercialisation of the industry.
Celebrating Australian Food and Agribusiness Innovations
The Australian agrifood sector’s willingness to innovate and add-value are key ingredients for success, as exemplified by the 50 innovations profiled in the 2021 edition of FIAL’s annual Australian Food and Agribusiness Innovations compendium.
Food Trends of the Future
In 20 years, will we swap beef for crickets, 3-D print food or grow leafy greens on vertical farms in our cities? And what will changes in our diet mean for Australia’s agrifood sector? CSIRO’s Kate Langford looks at the trends and reports on key trends in food production and consumer dietary preferences.
Plant-based and cell-cultured proteins: research and grant funding opportunities database
Global non-profit group the Good Food Institute’s research grants and database gives interested parties access to the latest research in plant-based and cell-cultured alternative proteins, and to an array of research grant funding opportunities.
GFI 2020 Annual Report
GFI’s latest annual report looks at achievements and milestones in the plant-based foods space from across the globe over 2020. The UK-based Good Food Institute (GFI) engages companies across the supply chain, from start-ups to conventional meat firms, food businesses, major restaurant chains and retailers, as well as scientists, policymakers, investors and entrepreneurs.
2020 State of the Industry: Australia’s Plant-Based Meat Sector
This report covers the story of Australia’s plant-based meat sector over the 2020 Financial Year.
Reports, publications and fact sheets
An array of useful information for growers from the peak industry body for Australia’s horticulture sector, an estimated 30 per cent of which consists of low-, medium- and high-tech commercial protected-cropping operations that range from major growers to boutique operations located across all states and territories. PC operators grow a broad variety of fruits and vegetables including blueberries, strawberries, rubus (raspberries, blackberries), tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, capsicum, salad (including Asian) greens, herbs, chillies, eggplant and more.
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2019/20
Information on the four subsectors listed above are available to download free of charge as four separate pdf documents.
Improvements of plant protein functionalities by Maillard conjugation and Maillard reaction products
This review covers recent advances in plant-derived protein modification using Maillard conjugation, including different pretreatments to modify the functionality and bioactivity of plant proteins and their potential uses in practice. An overview of different properties of conjugates and MRPs, including food safety aspects, is given.