Videos

Dr Richard Thomas and Gareema Pandey – Optimising blueberry fruit nutritional quality

Dr Richard Thomas (WSU and FFS project leader) and Gareema Pandey (WSU & FFS PhD student) – 'Optimising blueberry fruit nutritional quality using controlled spectra and mild stress treatment via polytunnel innovation' (FFS Research Showcase 2024)

Dr Lisa Tam – How can the attributes consumers value be determined for NSW horticultural products

Dr Lisa Tam (QUT and FFS project leader) – 'How can the attributes consumers value be determined for NSW horticultural products' (FFS Research Showcase 2024)

‘Coffs Agrifood Living Lab’ with Dr Jack Adams

Dr Jack Adams discusses the 'Coffs Agrifood Living Lab' project's background and goals.

‘Improving plant proteins functionality and bioactivity’ with Dr Rishi Naik

Watch Dr Rishi Naik talk about the 'Improving plant proteins functionality and bioactivity' FFS project

‘Atmospheric Freeze-drying’ with Dr Francisco Trujillo & Nikunj Naliyadhara (PhD student)

Watch Dr Francisco Trujillo & Nikunj Naliyadhara (PhD student) talk and give details about the 'Atmospheric Freeze-drying' FFS project

Mt Lindesay

Dr Mark McHenry and his wife, Dr Julia Anwar McHenry grow specialty globe artichokes on Mt Lindesay Farm, near Denmark, WA. As partners in a four-year, Future Food Systems-backed project, they work with researchers at Murdoch University including ANPC scientist Dr Ruey Leng Loo and PhD student Andrew Tilley to quantify beneficial properties in globe artichokes, notably long-chain inulin.

Mahesh Galappaththi, PhD student

Working with mycologists at Murdoch University and with innovative growers Drs Mark and Julia Anwar McHenry on their farm near Denmark, WA, FFS-backed PhD student Mahesh Galappaththi, originally from Sri Lanka, is exploring ways to ensure successful colonisation of host trees’ root zones by some of the world’s most delectable truffle species.

Vertical Patch

The Vertical Patch team explains the company’s state-of-the-art indoor growing system.

6HEAD

Here, the Vertical Patch team explains the company’s state-of-the-art indoor growing system and Seagrass discusses its ongoing win-win relationship with this unusual supplier.

Andrew Tilley – Phenolics in Globe Artichokes (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

Murdoch University PhD student Andrew Tilley presenting 'Phenolics in Globe Artichokes' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Assoc. Prof. Kirsty Bayliss – Novel microbiome technologies to increase profitability for Aus horticulture (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

Murdoch University Assoc. Prof. Kirsty Bayliss presenting 'Novel microbiome technologies to increase profitability for Aus horticulture' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Dr Ruey-Leng Loo – Advanced Analytics for Value-Added Solutions (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

Murdoch University's Dr Ruey-Leng Loo presenting 'Advanced Analytics for Value-Added Solutions' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Dr Hongwei Liu – Novel bio-based solutions for effective management of key root pathogens (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

WSU's Dr Hongwei Liu presenting 'Novel bio-based solutions for effective management of key root pathogens' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Prof. Zhonghua Chen – Sustainable fertigation for high yield and quality vegetables in PC (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

WSU Prof. Zhonghua Chen presenting 'Sustainable fertigation for high yield and quality vegetables in Protected Cropping' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Phil Thomas – Microbial rhizosphere diversity in glasshouse hydroponic crops (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

UNE PhD student Phil Thomas presenting 'Microbial rhizosphere diversity in glasshouse hydroponic crops' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Lijun Summerhayes – How does urban food planning occur in Australia? (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

QUT PhD student Lijun Summerhayes presenting 'How does urban food planning occur in Australia?' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Prof. Hoon Han – Towards a Smart Agribusiness Sector in the Namoi (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

UNSW Prof. Hoon Han presenting 'Towards a Smart Agribusiness Sector in the Namoi' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Natalie Aaron – Circular economy framework to manufacture sustainable construction materials (FFS Research Showcase 2023)

UNSW PhD student Natalie Aaron presenting 'Circular economy framework to manufacture sustainable construction materials' at the 2023 FFS Research Showcase

Namal Jayasuriya, PhD student

Eranda Namal Jayasuriya moved from Sri Lanka to Singapore to Sydney to pursue a passion for computer science. As part of the CRC’s ‘IoT for indoor cropping’ project team, he’s conducting sophisticated image analysis to monitor indoor crops

Prof. Zhonghua Chen

Prof. Zhonghua Chen, globally lauded scientist and Education Leader at Western Sydney University’s National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre, talks about two projects he leads for FFS, exploring strategies for cooling and sustainable fertigation in glasshouse vegetable production.