As Victoria slowly lowers its restriction levels, global food company General Mills is reflecting on the last seven months of varying COVID-19 lockdowns.

Cloud software specialist Infor has awarded Bega Cheese CIO Zack Chisholm the inaugural APAC CIO of the Year at its annual customer excellent awards.

The uptake of digital marketplace technology occurred at an extraordinary rate as COVID-19 spread in March and April. For many, it was the first move into an online sales approach, a case of adapt or perish.

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers are designing ways to better store fresh food, after examining plant tissue behaviour and how biological cells behave when dehydrated or dried.

Nestlé has announced Nespresso will achieve full carbon neutrality by 2022. Its business operations have been carbon neutral since 2017.

Dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group has reported a $1.3 billion jump to $659 million profit after tax in its FY20 results. CEO Miles Hurrell says 2019/20 was “a good year” for the co-op.

Woolworths has had announced its third funding round of its Woolworths Organic Growth Fund to allow organic fruit and vegetable growers to upgrade production systems and develop expansion plans.

Freedom Foods Group has told the ASX it has secured ongoing support from its principle lenders HSBC and NAB as well as majority shareholder, Arrovest.

Harmonising the Container Deposit Schemes and incentivising to meet sustainability goals are two areas of focus for the Australian Beverages Council in COVID-19 recovery for the non-alcoholic drinks industry.

Winedepot will roll out a network of temperature-controlled depots across capital cities, partnering with Border Express to expand its delivery fleet.

The latest research report from Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre looks at the sector’s pain points and 10 ways manufacturers can be smarter operators.

Former deputy director of CSIRO Agriculture & Food professor Martin Cole is joining plant-based meat start-up v2food as the new chief scientific advisor.

Food and agriculture, and manufacturing have been identified as areas where science and technology could be used to help restore economic growth and resilience in the recovery from COVID-19.

With closed borders and the resultant fall in demand for fresh produce normally destined for overseas markets now is the time to look at how our national supply chain can be repurposed to address the disruption.

Fonterra is set to acquire Dairy Country for $19.23 million. The company currently holds a 23 per cent market share in the Australian retail cheese category with brands such as Perfect Italiano, Mainland and Bega.

Converting biowaste, algal biomass and beached seaweed are some of the sustainable new ways scientists from Flinders University have discovered can fill the gap for dietary proteins.