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Shaping Australia’s food identity
A national team of researchers plan to change the way Australians – and the world – thinks about Australia’s cuisine and food products. Led by The University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, the ARC..
World goes nuts for QLD macadamias
How a group of growers cracked international markets with their uniquely Australian product. Australia’s horticulture industry is emerging as a growing export success story, with the latest Global Trade Atlas figures showing that horticulture exports..
The science of taste and fussy eating and why some diners choose butter chicken over vindaloo
When you go to a restaurant and look at the menu options, do you choose something completely different to what you usually eat at home? When you go to a restaurant and look at the..
Art Museum show engages the senses to explore memory
A new University of Queensland Art Museum exhibition will explore how visual design, touch, taste and smell can shape our most poignant and powerful memories. Artist Elizabeth Willing said an intimately conceived space reconstructed from her memories and impressions..
Eureka prizes for Indigenous education programs and blue carbon research in Australia’s ‘science Oscars’
Indigenous education, citizen frog surveys, research into wetland carbon storage and cancer-killing immune cells are among the winners at tonight’s “Oscars” of Australian science. Trophies and $170,000 in prize money have been awarded to 17..
Matt Golinski to prepare charity dinner at Winton Outback Festival
Highly regarded chef Matt Golinski will be coming to Winton to join the Outback Festival celebrations and prepare a three-course dinner for guests attending the 2019 Sunset Extravaganza charity dinner, an exclusive evening event dining..
Centre Launch
Official launch of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Date: Thursday 14 November 2019 Time: 9.30am for 10–10.30am Venue: Health and Food Sciences Precinct, 39 Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains The ARC..
Scientists prepare to farm puffy pink seaweed that stops cows burping methane
Researchers want to mass-farm a native Queensland seaweed, which stops cows burping methane, in a bid to help cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. A previous study by the CSIRO discovered adding a small amount..
Branding cheese as feta and gruyere may be banned in Australia under EU deal
The trade minister, Simon Birmingham, has released a list of food products the EU wants protected as ‘geographical indicators’. Australia is gearing up for a fight with the European Union over the naming of hundreds..
Our Food Security Journalism Award winner for 2019 is…
Natalie Parletta, a freelance science writer, was announced as the winner of our Food Security Journalism Award by The Hon John Anderson AO, Chair of the Crawford Fund at the annual conference dinner on 12..