 Our SME Solutions Centre projects have now commenced! Australia is a world leader in many things, including that we produce a lot of grain and we drink a lot of beer. Spent grain is under-utilised, usually sent to landfill or given away (sometimes sold) as a low-value livestock feed. Grainstone is reviewing processing technologies and product opportunities for the spent grain and spent yeast extracts. MORE >>
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ClimateLaunchpad
Do you know about the global ClimateLaunchpad; the world’s biggest cleantech and green business ideas competition? Any team or individual with an innovative idea or breakthrough technology can apply, whether you’re still working out how to commercialise it or you’re already an early stage start-up. MORE >> |
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COVID-19 GrantGuru
Supporting participant Sampano with sister company GrantReady has prepared a list of COVID-19 funding and support programs to help ensure participants in need don’t miss out. Contact Adrian Spencer from Sampano for more details. MORE >> |
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New purpose for waste from Australian wineries
An Australian research project has found the clean and green leftovers from wineries can be transformed into tomorrow’s nutraceutical ingredients and sold as health supplements on pharmacy shelves. MORE >> |
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SA launches FOGO research to combat household compost
Building on existing international research, the project will utilise detailed micro-waste auditing, ongoing waste disposal monitoring technology and novel household surveys from a broad cross-section of the community, to develop a comprehensive report on household food waste bin behaviour. MORE >> |
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The official definition of 'upcycled food'
Between November 2019 and April 2020, Upcycled Food Association undertook a historic challenge: define "upcycled food." With partners like Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, Drexel University, Natural Resources Defense Council, ReFED, and World Wildlife Fund, they were successful in creating a definition that will set the stage for growth of the upcycled food industry. MORE >> |
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WRAP receives scale-up funding to accelerate action on global food waste
WRAP has been awarded AUS$1.25M for its ‘FLAWLESS’ food waste reduction partnership project. The project will reportedly look to mobilise the financial sector to factor in both financial and environmental performance in their lending. MORE >> |
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World Food Safety Day - 7 June 2020
The second World Food Safety Day will be celebrated to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development. MORE >> |
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Agri-Food Connect webinar - 9 June 2020
Our goal is to create and empower collaborations between agri-food sector representatives and startups internationally to integrate their answers to the agri-food value chain. MORE >> |
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AIFST Virtual Conference - June and July 2020
Virtual delivery gives great flexibility – no matter where you are, you can participate, ask questions, interact with other participants, and, if you can’t make it for the live sessions, catch up with the recording later. All registrations include attendance at the live event and access to all recordings after the conference is over. MORE >>
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