‘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 projectWatch now
Mt LindesayDr 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.Watch now
Mahesh Galappaththi, PhD studentWorking 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.Watch now
Vertical PatchThe Vertical Patch team explains the company’s state-of-the-art indoor growing system.Watch now
6HEADHere, 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.Watch now
Namal Jayasuriya, PhD studentEranda 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 cropsWatch now
Prof. Zhonghua ChenProf. 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.Watch now
Dr Alex Soeriyadi – LLEAFHear Sydney-based agripreneur Alex Soeriyadi, an industry partner in the FFSCRC’s ‘Smart glass’, ‘Glasshouse films’ and ‘Methane reduction’ projects, discuss his light-spectra-shifting, crop-enhancing agricultural film LLEAF-Red and the trials it is undergoing at Western Sydney University.Watch now
Prof. Oula GhannoumHear Western Sydney University Professor Oula Ghannoum, crop scientist, key researcher on several FFSCRC projects and the project lead for the new $6.8m 'Automated Crop Monitoring for Protected Cropping Systems' project.Watch now
Dist. Prof. David TissueHear Dist. Prof. Tissue talk about the ongoing trials of new retrofit films that aim to reduce heat and boost growth and yield in glasshouse-grown crops, involving Western Sydney University scientists, Hort Innovation, various industry partners and FFS.Watch now
Commercialisation of Australian native rice – Prof. Sagadevan G. MundreeProfessor Sagadevan Mundree, Head of QUT’s School of Biological and Environmental Science, is helping to turn a low-value commodity, faba beans, into healthy, high-value baked goods. Hear Prof. Mundree talk about his work in value-adding and future foods, at 2020's Research ShowcaseWatch now
EcoMag videoCRC industry partner EcoMag has successfully scaled up production of its high-grade magnesium ingredients thanks to a Future Food Systems CRC project with UNSW, Now, it’s selling its products worldwide.Watch now
Sanitarium development and innovation research projects – Dr John Ashton (Sanitarium)Sanitarium’s Head of Research talks about Australia’s iconic health food brand and why it chooses to collaborate with university scientists on cutting-edge research under Future Food Systems CRC.Watch now
Shanan Birkin (Abundant Natural Health) & Tony Crimmins (EcoMag)Shanan Birkin from CRC industry partner EcoMag’s sister company, Abundant Natural Health, is producing a range of natural pain relief treatments and nutraceuticals based on high-grade magnesium ingredients spray-dried at scale by EcoMag for US Chain Walmart, among others.Watch now
Collaboration in process improvement: Spray-drying of EcoMag magnesium-based products at UNSW – Dr Tam Tran (EcoMag)Dr Tran talks about the CRC project that’s enabling EcoMag to deliver commercial quantities of high-grade Mg ingredients to two of the US’s largest franchises: CVS and Walmart.Watch now
Luminescent Light Emitting Agricultural Film (LLEAF): The next evolution of protected cropping to increase crop productivity sustainably – Dr Alex SoeriyadiLLEAF P/L CEO Dr Alex Soeriyadi is working with Hort Innovation, DPI and Western Sydney University scientists to trial his prototype agricultural films on glasshouse-grown blueberry and lettuce crops. Here, he explains how it all works.Watch now
Analytical techniques for value-added solutions – Dr Ruey-Leng LooDr Ruey-Leng Loo, part of the expert team at Murdoch University’s world-leading Australian National Phenome Centre, leads the CRC’s flagship ‘Metabolomic food library’ project, producing detailed ‘chemical fingerprints’ of Western Australian food products that prove their provenance and nutritional credentials. Here, she explains how the process works and why it will help producers’ bottom lines.Watch now
Sowing seeds to grow the Coffs Coast food ecosystem – Dr Ozgur DedehayirHear Dr Ozgur from the Queensland University of Technology talk about the recently completed project 'Understanding the Food Innovation Ecosystem in Coffs Harbour'Watch now
General purpose digital infrastructure enabling cross-border trade – Adj. Prof. Warwick PowellHear BeefLedger Chair Warwick Powell discuss the ‘Smart trade’ team’s blockchain-backed digital platform and its potential to streamline cross-border trade.Watch now