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5 global megatrends set to shape our agrifood future

March 26, 2021   /   COVID-19, Featured, News

A new report from ABARES details global megatrends set to shape the future of our nation’s agriculture sector – from data-driven disruption to dramatic climate change.

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Meet Wen Hu: IoT expert

March 14, 2021   /   COVID-19, Featured, News, Participants, Profiles, Projects

For UNSW Associate Professor and networked embedded sensor expert Wen Hu, automated farms supplying ‘smart cities’ with premium fresh food are the way of the future. And IoT systems are paving the way to this new, networked reality.

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Ripe for donation: 58-plus tonnes of trial fruit and veg nets NVPCC research team AIH award

February 17, 2021   /   COVID-19, News, Participants

Researchers from the National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre at Western Sydney University have netted an Award of Merit from the Australian Institute for Horticulture for donating their glasshouse-grown produce to those in need.

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Hort Innovation set to bring high-tech horticulture to Australia’s cities

January 29, 2021   /   News, Participants

Australia’s peak industry body for fruit and vegetable growers has teamed with Sydney-based researchers and agricultural experts to explore the potential social, environmental and economic benefits of intensive indoor urban cropping systems.

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2020 CRC Research Showcase round-up

December 15, 2020   /   Forums, News, Participants, Projects

On 2 December 2020, the CRC hosted its first online Research Showcase, highlighting projects approved, in progress and completed under our three Research Programs (RPs) over the CRC’s first full year of operation.

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Meet Gal Winter: microbial ecology expert

December 11, 2020   /   News, Profiles

For Dr Gal Winter, lecturer and microbiologist at northern NSW’s University of New England, studying the ecology of microbe colonies – most recently, those surrounding tomato plant roots – has been a cross-continental endeavour.

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Meet Chris Lehnert: automation and robotics expert

November 26, 2020   /   News, Profiles, Projects

QUT-based robotics engineer Dr Chris Lehnert specialises in solving commercial automation challenges, developing novel solutions for an array of real-world applications. Right now, he’s developing components for high-tech vertical farm modules in a CRC collaboration with Greenbio.

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Meet Priti Krishna: sustainable cropping expert

October 27, 2020   /   News, Participants, Profiles

For Priti Krishna, Foundation Chair of Sustainable Agriculture at Western Sydney University and lead researcher on the CRC’s Blueberry nutritional optimisation project, it’s not just about growing better crops; it’s about growing crops better.

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Phil Thomas: Seeking the microbial edge in hydroponic tomatoes

October 26, 2020   /   News, Profiles, Projects

For this IT-pro-turned-UNE-microbiology post-grad, the chance to study the root microbiome of greenhouse-grown tomatoes with Costa Group under the CRC was one too good to refuse.

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Helping commercial hydroponic growers combat humidity-loving pathogens

August 26, 2020   /   News, Projects

Hydroponic tomato grower Costa Group and scientists at UNE and WSU will explore microbial diversity in tomatoes’ root zones in a bid to find novel ways to combat disease in humid glasshouse environs.

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