Welcome to our blog page!
Blogs are short and often responsive pieces of writing, ideally produced quickly and intended to provoke thought, discussion or action. A blog is a place to express new ideas to the digital world, to be shared across socials and to interact with new audiences.
If you are interested, then please contact FFW CRC Communication Manager Tanya Wilkins with your idea.
Australian Industry Food Waste Training Needs Analysis 2020
The purpose of the Australian industry food waste training needs analysis is to first understand what business-related food waste training options are currently available both in Australia and overseas. This then informs the identification of the gaps in food waste...
Opportunities for Australia’s packaging and processing machinery sector to reduce food waste
Across the food supply chain, the use of some technologies and processes can directly result in food waste generation, including during harvesting and processing, in customising portion sizes, through product and date labelling, shelf-life extension and product...
2019/2020 Annual Report
We have had a highly successful second year of operation. This is due to the strength of our collaboration and an unwavering commitment to our vision of an Australia without food waste.
The Fight Food Waste CRC 2019/2020 Annual Report is available for you to read, including program updates, all project achievements, financials, and our key highlights.
Tax reform is needed to increase food donations on United Nations International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
MEDIA RELEASE - 29 September 2020 On this inaugural United Nations landmark day, Foodbank Australia, KPMG Australia (KPMG), and the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre have put their support behind changes to Australia’s taxation legislation so that more food...
Expressions of Interest
Expressions of Interest have now closed however please visit our Study with Us page for all of the opportunities in our three programs.
MasterChef contestants take up the fight against food waste across Australia
Fresh from his time back in the MasterChef kitchen Simon Toohey and fellow contestant Mandy Hall have partnered with the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) to raise awareness of how we can all save money by reducing food waste.
It’s ‘easy as’ to reduce food waste with new socials campaign
MEDIA RELEASE 13 July 2020 Australians who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 are doing it tough. The bills keep coming in and the family still needs to be fed. Yet the average Australian family continues to waste around $3,000 per year on food that isn’t...
Diverting food waste from landfill is gold for local councils and residents
MEDIA RELEASE - 19 May 2020 A new research project aims to understand household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill. It will promote a circular economy where the nutrients from food waste go back into the compost...
Turning wine industry waste into premium products
MEDIA RELEASE - 18 May 2020 The clean and green by-products of the Australian wine industry are ripe for upcycling, and that’s exactly what’s happening in a new initiative from Swisse Wellness, the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and Swinburne...