ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods
The Training Centre aims to transform the native Food and Agribusiness Sector through development of selected crops, foods and ingredients using an Indigenous governance group to oversee the process of converting Traditional Knowledge into Branded Products. Expected outcomes include technical information to support branding and market development, best practice development in social factors and legal arrangements for benefit sharing, and a cohort of trained and industry-ready researchers who can lead the native foods industry forward. This should provide significant benefits in driving sustainable growth of the premium Australian food sector with high value products which can never be imitated due to their unique origins and properties.
Project members
Emeritus Professor Mike Gidley
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Janeen Baxter
Centre Director
Institute for Social Science Research
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor Jason Stokes
Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Associate Professor Heather Smyth
Principal Research Fellow
Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Michael Netzel
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa
Centre Director
Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation