The 2024 National Food Waste Summit is underway, with more than 300 delegates hearing international and local leaders in the field provide updates on projects underway, overseas models and mindsets, and the challenges and triumphs of Australia’s commitment to halving food waste by 2030.

Auckland-based Scentian Bio has been awarded $10,000 in a food value chain pitch competition at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual expo in Chicago.

Tasmania's Leatherwood honey bees are getting a winter vacation, with beekeepers moving hives to the warmer northern areas to keep the colonies safe during the cold season.

Foodmach has appointed Robert Niggl as its CEO. He will start with the packaging automation solution supplier on 5 August. Niggl joins Foodmach from NZSE-listed Scott Automation, where he was general manager for its Australia division.

Australians are throwing away a staggering 7.6 million tonnes of food every year, worth $36.6 billion – or $2500 per family. This is the reality facing the country as the 2024 National Food Waste Summit gets underway in Melbourne today.

Australian climate technology company, Rumin8, has been given provisional registration by the New Zealand Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines for its methane reducing feed additive to be tested on commercial livestock.

PepsiCo Australia is extending its partnership with Indigenous non-profit, Jawun, for a further three years. The PepsiCo Foundation has been providing funding to support Indigenous communities through Jawun since 2021.

The current linear food supply chain needs to be updated; it’s wasteful and harmful to the environment. Pivoting to circular economy practices can reduce waste and address food shortages, but a lack of awareness, complex logistics, and the investment needed can pose significant barriers, but change is possible.

After months of a divestment strategy and restructuring program to reduce debt, Mighty Craft has gone into voluntary administration after the collapse of a proposed merger with Better Beer. Liam Healey and Quintin Olde from restructuring company, Ankura, have been appointed administrators.

Australian no alcohol wine producer, Edenvale, has invested $5 million into a new processing facility, featuring cutting-edge dealcoholisation technology created in partnership with BevZero and Logichem.

Australian start-up, Food Recycle, says its $3 million capital raise will help commercialise its patented technology that turns food waste into high-performance animal feed. The raise will be through crowd funding platform, Swarmer, with an EOI opening on 8 August.

The Federal Court has reserved judgment on the appropriate penalty in proceedings brought by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against Noumi, regarding alleged historic breaches of the company's disclosure obligations.

Almost none of Australia’s top 20 food businesses have begun to assess nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks in their value chains, with even less disclosing them, a report released today by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has found. In the first assessment of its kind, the ACF says it hopes its The Future of Food benchmark report will help shift the food system to “strive for greater outcomes”.

Accolade Wine parent company, Australian Wine Holdco Limited (AWL), has acquired Pernod Ricard’s Australian, New Zealand, and Spanish wine portfolio for an undisclosed sum. Subject to regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to be finalised in 2H CY25. 

Australia's biggest recycling company, Visy, has commissioned the country's first oxygen-fuelled glass furnace at its recycling and remanufacturing facility in Penrith, Western Sydney.

Reality and potential. That is what this week’s Global Food Forum in Brisbane boiled down to. More than 400 people working in agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing – let’s call it what it is, our food system – brought together to hear about the industry feeling the weight of myriad issues while bright and ever present in the distance, the industry’s own green light at the end of the dock with its promise of opportunities, growth, and economic security.