Networking Night and AGM wrap up a year of success for FFSBack-to-back events at UNSW Sydney's CBD campus on 6 and 8 December capped off another successful year for Future Food Systems CRC.
Victualis 2 highlights ACT’s food resilience challenges – and the power of collaborationHosted by FFS partner RDA ACT, the Victualis 2 dinner brought together key players in the region’s agrifood sector for an info-packed evening focused on sustainable, resilient urban food systems.
Crack research team to extend Australian Tree Crop Map in $1.7m collaborationUniversity of New England mapping experts are again teaming with Hort Innovation in a significant collaboration to extend the national tree-crop map.
LLEAF takes its sunlight-shifting, growth-enhancing films globalSydney-based SME LLEAF has secured a global distributor for its innovative light-spectra-shifting agricultural film, shown to boost crop yields by up to 20%.
Queensland’s largest Asian mushroom grower joins Future Food SystemsIn September, Future Food Systems welcomed Sunshine-Coast-based sustainable exotic mushroom grower Kenon Corporation into its consortium.
Future Food Systems represented at events around the worldIn July. Future Food Systems staff, research leads and PhDs represented FFS, our projects and our mission at conferences and agrifood events nationwide.
Hort Innovation explores tech-enabled solutions to berry-sector labour woesHort Innovation consulted berry growers Australia-wide to identify viable, cost-effective technology to address one of the sector’s greatest challenges: harvesting labour.
LLEAF launches vast ‘solar lab’ on Sydney’s Northern BeachesFFS partner LLEAF has opened a large-scale ‘solar laboratory’ to trial its light-spectrum-shifting, crop yield-boosting agricultural films in commercial glasshouse conditions.
First national map of Australia’s protected cropping structures launchedLaunched in mid-July, Australia’s first national map of PC systems enables accurate yield forecasting and speedy, targeted response to natural disasters and biosecurity threats.
FFS team visits UNE and Costa’s 40ha glasshouseFuture Food Systems headed to NSW's Northern Tablelands in June, visiting University of New England and Costa Group's state-of-the-art tomato-production glasshouse.
FFS PhDs tour National Vegetable Protected Cropping CentreOn 14 June, FFS staff and PhDs visited Western Sydney University Hawkesbury campus and the $7m National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre.
Future of food: what’s on the menu in 2050From insects to cultured meat, nothing is off the table when it comes to feeding the world’s growing population, says UNSW professor Johannes le Coutre.
Plans for NT food manufacturing plant revealedA Charles Darwin University research group reveals what's needed for Northern Australia to build its own food manufacturing capabilities.
An update from FFS CEO Dr James KraheOn the eve of Future Food Systems' fourth anniversary, Dr James Krahe reflects on the collaborations, accomplishments, research outcomes and unwavering support that have been instrumental in the growth of the CRC and Australia's agrifood sector.
The new home of food innovation in Western AustraliaA specialised Food Science and Nutrition campus run by Murdoch University has launched at the Food Innovation Precinct WA.
CDU research shows two native plants have healing propertiesA CDU PhD has shown that two plants native to Northern Australia contain bioactive compounds with significant potential for treating and preventing disease.
A fresh R&D agenda for crops grown under coverA new, stakeholder-set R&D strategy aims to address industry challenges and support smart, sustainable growth in Australia’s protected cropping sector.
FFS joins forces with FAN Thriving Sunshine Coast industry cluster Food and Agribusiness Network (FAN) has become a core participant in FFS.
Meet Hoon Han: AI and geomapping expertProf. Han has used AI to ascertain land and CBD floorspace use, property values and more. Next, he’s keen to apply it to agrifood freight logistics and decision-making.
FFS team goes westRecently, two key members of the FFS team paid a productive visit to our partners in Western Australia.