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Reduce Your Energy Costs: Electricity and Gas Group Buying Opportunity for Your Business

NORTH Link and Melbourne’s North Food Group are facilitating a major opportunity for your business to reduce its future energy costs by joining a group buying tender with Procurement Australia.
Details are as follows:

Escalating energy prices are a major issue for individual businesses
One way of accessing cheaper energy prices is through …
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ExtensionAUS, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 9 August 2019
By Bogdan Zisu, Spraying Systems, Fluid Air, Melbourne, Australia
Electrostatic Drying; a Low Temperature Approach to Spray Drying and Oil Encapsulation

Conventional methods of drying are widely used in food preservation and spray drying of liquids and encapsulation of oils is common practice in Australian manufacturing. Although spray drying has many viable applications, it also has limitations and high temperature processing is the single greatest concern. Many active ingredients are sensitive …
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ExtensionAUS, Home, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 17 July 2019
By Nicki Marks
Monash University new post graduate offerings in the food space

Monash University, for the first time in its nearly 60 year history is offering students the chance to study and advance their ambitions in the burgeoning industry of ‘food’. 
In 2019, Monash will offer a Masters of Advanced Engineering, food elective (starting late July) and in 2020 a Masters of Food Science and …
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Capability Building, Home, Information and Resources

published - 5 July 2019
By Nicki Marks
A rare glimpse into the sweeping cloud kitchens trend

Independent restaurant owners may be doomed, and perhaps grocery stores, too.
Such is the conclusion of a growing chorus of observers who’ve been closely watching a new and powerful trend gain strength: that of cloud kitchens, or fully equipped shared spaces for restaurant owners, most of them quick-serve operations.
While viewed peripherally …
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ExtensionAUS, Home, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 4 July 2019
By Nicki Marks
Hormel Health Labs debuts a new coffee drink for people with Dysphagia

Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe difficulty swallowing, and affects millions of people, including 1 in 25 adults. Dysphagia can occur in any age group but is most common in adults – an estimated 40% of nursing home residents have dysphagia. It occurs in a range of forms …
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ExtensionAUS, Home, Information and Resources

published - 4 July 2019
By Nicki Marks
Sainsbury’s to be first UK supermarket to sell meat-alternatives in its meat, fish and poultry aisles

Sainsbury’s has announced that it will be the first supermarket in the UK to trial placing meat-alternative products in its meat, fish, and poultry aisles.

The trial will be rolled out across 20 of its stores nationwide with the firm saying the move follows the success of its new plant-based range …
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ExtensionAUS, Home, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 19 June 2019
By Nicki Marks
Invest in Victorian agriculture

A new website showcases investment opportunities in Victoria’s agriculture and food processing industries.
The agriculture sector is vitally important to the Victorian economy and to regional Victoria.
The sector produces over $13.1 billion worth of milk, fruit, vegetables, meat, fibre, eggs and grains, and supports a $38.1 billion processed food industry.
These sectors …
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Capability Building, Information and Resources, Resources, Uncategorized

published - 13 June 2019
By Nicki Marks
Australian Agriculture Immersive Technology Conference | Melbourne, Victoria 10 Jul 2019 09:00AM – 11 Jul 2019 03:00PM

Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne
Cost: $100
Augmented and virtual reality (mixed reality) is predicted to be the next disruptive technology and will be as common as smartphones in 5-10 years. Although the agriculture sector is lagging with the deployment of this technology, it can look …
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Capability Building, ExtensionAUS, Home, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 7 May 2019
By Nicki Marks
Future Leaders in Food, 26-29 August, 2019

Program Overview
Future Leaders in Food is a fully residential business skills course focused on effective communication, presentation skills, commercial acumen and strategic thinking
in a food industry context. The program uses various practical and applied learning methods with food industry case studies chosen in consulation with industry experts.
Program details
Who should attend: Commercial staff, managers and next generation leaders …
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Capability Building, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 16 April 2019
National Manufacturing Week, Melbourne, May 2019

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, National Manufacturing Week is the one place for the manufacturing community to come together to be inspired, innovate and connect with one another over four days.
This year’s theme is “Industrial Evolution” to represent the transformation of Australia’s manufacturing sector into a highly-integrated, skills-based, and collaborative environment. With …
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Capability Building, ExtensionAUS, Home, Information and Resources, Resources

published - 18 March 2019
Energy from waste and a circular economy: innovative ideas to solve the food waste crisis

This comprehensive article recently appeared on the ABC news site.
It is the most comprehensive assessment of the issues surrounding food waste, a major theme that emerged from the second round of Boost your Business vouchers in the Food Innovation Voucher program. The article highlights a Yarra Valley Water (YVW) plant …
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