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FOOD INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE – OUR EXPERTISE
PRE-FARM GATE
POST-FARM GATE
Nutrition and
functional foods
Policies
and governance
Consumer
behaviour
Food
technology
Processing
and packaging
Harvest
technology
Farming systems
Policies and
governance
New
varieties
and species
Cropping
systems
Farmer
adoption
Waite Research Institute
Roseworthy Campus
and Davies Research Centre
Australian
Bioactive
Compounds
Centre
Global
Institute of
Traditional
Medicine
Centre for
Energy
Technology
Nutrition
and Health
Science
QA, security and
integrity
Logistics
Extraction and
and supply chains
waste processing
FOODplus
Environment
Institute
Market analysis,
marketing
Centre for
Global Food
and Resources
Chemical
engineering
Engineering,
machine
learning and
robotics
Advanced DNA Identification
and Forensics Facility
The Roseworthy campus also houses
the Davies Research Centre, which is
actively working to reduce environmental
footprints, improve cattle genetics,
welfare and meat quality. The centre is
leading several international research
and development programs in ruminant
science, notably in the United States,
Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy, China
and Indonesia.
“Roseworthy campus is a leader
in breeding programs for cattle, pigs
and sheep," says Andy.
Undoubtedly innovative food research
like this is delivering great benefit to the
food industry.
“The University is working closely
with government and key food industry
groups to bridge the gap between new
innovation, which is being generated in
this state by the research organisations,
and the ability of food producers to be
able to take it up,” says Andy.
In his new role, Andy will build
relationships with external industry
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Water, energy
ecosystem service
sustainability
Social science,
geography and
anthropology
Adelaide
Glycomics
Plant Energy
Biology
Adelaide
Proteomics
partners and connect researchers
with partners who can benefit from
their expertise.
“With a well-coordinated approach, we
can ensure that our innovative research is
linked up with industry partners who can
help realise benefits, which will ultimately
lead to growth and innovation, supporting
new jobs in the state’s food sector.
Centre for
Nanoscale
Biophotonics
Research partners include:
International companies
Local icons
> Bayer
> Haighs
> Pfizer
> Yalumba
> Nestle
> Australian Southern
Bluefin Tuna Industry
Association
> Mondelez International
> Unilever
> Pepsico
> Cargill
> Carlsberg
Andy Lowe has been at the University of Adelaide for
11 years, most recently as Director of the Australian
Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity. He
comes from an environmental science and sustainability
background, and has experience in crop genetics.
He has held a number of roles in his career, including
Head of Science for South Australia's Department for
Environment and Acting Director of the South Australian
Museum, and has led a number of national and regional
research programs, including Associate Science Director
of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
Andy has collaborated with over 300 researchers from
nearly 100 institutes and 30 countries, leveraged over
$100 million in funding over the past 10 years and has
extensive experience in commercialising research.
Food values
research group
Finance and sales
> Duxton Asset
Management
> Piper Alderman
> Woolworths
> Elders
> Coles
> Rabobank
> Westpac
> Beerenburg
> Ashton Valley Fresh
> Bickford's
> Beston Global Food
Company
> Fleurieu Milk
Company
> SunPork Fresh
Foods
> Sundrop Farms
> San Remo
> Thomas Foods
> Feast! Fine Foods
> Spring Gully
> Coopers Brewery
> Almondco
> Allied Mills
