CRC field trip: Sanitarium R&D facility
Fifteen members of the CRC cohort joined a recent daytrip to visit industry partner Sanitarium’s research facility on NSW’s Central Coast.
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More DPIRD funding for export-focused WA food producers
WA producers of honey, olive oil, free-range pork and seafood were among the latest recipients of DPIRD’s International Competitiveness Co-Investment Fund grants.
$13.6m R&D project set to add value to WA’s agrifood sector
WA DPIRD, Murdoch University and the CRC are teaming up to deliver R&D to agrifood firms via a purpose-built food-tech facility at FIPWA.
Rishi Ravindra Naik: exploring new ways to create functional plant-based foods
UNSW PhD student Rishi Ravindra Naik is looking to develop new products with ‘clean label’ and sustainability claims by modifying non-traditional plant proteins with seaweeds for improved techno-functionality.
Better traceability benefits WA food manufacturers’ bottom lines, finds DPIRD-GS1 report
Traceability Learning Journeys, a GS1 report commissioned by CRC partner WA DPIRD, is based on conversations with 20+ WA food and beverage firms about the benefits accrued and lessons learned from improving their traceability systems.
WA Future Food Network launches online platform to help producers forge profitable partnerships
This producer-focused network’s new, free-to-join web portal helps Western Australian food producers keen to value-add connect with providers right along the F&B supply chain.
Federal government pledges $19.1m to help F&B manufacturers go greener
Grants of up to $25,000 are available to assist food and beverage manufacturing SMEs in improving their energy-efficiency under the latest round of the Australian Government’s Energy Efficient Communities program.
Thought for Food: Lab Notes podcast
In this half-hour podcast, UNSW Professor and the CRC’s Research & Commercialisation Director Cordelia Selomulya talks about sustainable, STEM-enabled food systems and the role research-industry collaboration can play in realising these.
World’s first alternative sugarcane processing facility tipped for north Queensland
The CRC for Developing Northern Australia has teamed with Mackay-based Townsend Industries in a pilot facility to test a new sugarcane processing system capable of delivering an array of high-value products.
$8.78m MMI grant to further development of Sunshine Coast food-industry cluster
Among the food and beverage firms sharing $33+m under the federal government’s MMI’S Translation and Integration streams is FAN food-cluster member Turbine Sunshine Coast, which will use its $8.7m grant to establish a large-scale contract manufacturing and R&D precinct at Sunshine Coast Airport.