News & Events
Uniquely Australian Foods supports Hermitage Research Facility’s 25th Annual Schools Plant Science Competition
It was a glorious winter’s day in the countryside of Warwick, as hundreds of bright young minds from 8 schools and additional families of winning students gathered at the Hermitage Research Facility. This day marked..
The UAF team present at Mon Repos Turtle Centre for Inaugural First Nations Native Botanical and Ecotourism Industry Workshop
A team of staff and students from the Industrial Transformational Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods (UAF) travelled to the Mon Repos Turtle Centre near Bundaberg to contribute to the inaugural First Nations Native Botanical..
Coming together in support of the Australian Wattle seed
On 26th of July, delegates from DAF and UQ, along with members from the Wattle seed Australia Consortium Team, convened at the Elkhorn building at UQ Long Pocket campus, for a day of knowledge sharing,..
Training Centre and Partners Featured on SBS for NAIDOC Week
We were excited to get some publicity on SBS when we were featured in an article celebrating NAIDOC week. In the article, Assoc. Professor Heather Smyth discusses the aims of the training centre and its..
Bunya nuts featured on front cover of the Journal of Food Science!
We’re excited to see the work of Uniquely Australian Foods’ PhD candidate Jaqueline Moura Nadolny featured this month on the cover of the Journal of Food Science. Jackie’s paper offers a summary of some of..
The very young learn about friendships and nutrition of Australian native plants
To help celebrate Reconciliation Week, Uniquely Australian Foods Centre staff member Sophie Ader spoke with the young, and young at heart, at ‘My School Mount Cotton’ childcare centre. In her interactive and tasty talk, she..
Student success in the 2022 QAAFI 3MT competition!
On Monday 6th June 2022, QAAFI held their annual Institute level 3MT* competition – live and in-person for the first time since 2019. It was a fierce and impressive showcase of some of the wonderful..
Inviting Indigenous partners into the labs for two way learning and shared enjoyment
Shoshana William, a family member of one of our Indigenous Enterprise Group research partners Nyanda Cultural Tours, came to learn from and assist Dr Sandra Olarte Mantilla in the food and sensory kitchen earlier this..
Great successes for our Indigenous Research Partner Kiril Park Wild Harvest!
We are so proud to promote the successes of our Indigenous Research Partner, Kirril Park Wild Harvest. Both the owner, Michelle On, and her eldest daughter Tahlia are intelligent, generous and strong women who are..
Burnett Mary Regional Group, Gidarjil Development Corporation & Uniquely Australian foods commit to working together!
The ARC Industrial transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods (UAF)’s Centre Director Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa and UAF’s Indigenous Advisory Chairperson Hon Professor Henrietta Marrie AM were joined by their colleagues Sophie Ader, Dr Anh..