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Innovation Clinic

Fruit and Vegetable Waste

Denise Raybould, Lead Consultant

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Uses principles of Open Innovation…

facilitated process…

drive innovation and collaboration along value chains…

…to solve industry/complex challenges and take

advantage of emerging opportunities

Innovation Clinics

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Why Collaborate?

“We cannot solve our

problems with the same

thinking we used when we

created them.”

- Albert Einstein

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Complex problems…

…benefit from collaborative approaches

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Innovation Clinic Topics include

Complementary Medicines CSD Grains Textured Vegetable

Protein

Aging, Living and Community

Care

Coal Seam Gas Water Treatment

Forensic Science Fresh Cut Pineapple

Biofuels Demand Management for Pool

Pumps

Energy Storage

Smart Grids

Demand Management for Air

Conditioners

Geothermal Recycling Industry Best Practice

Food processing Innovation in Queensland

Publishing

Food Integrated Supply Chains Sorghum for Food

Digital Agriculture Fruit and Vegetable Waste

Adaptable Building Solutions Fibre Composites

• Agricultural Plastics Coast Risk Policy © Australian Institute for Commercialisation

Business Innovation & Improvement in Government

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Agricultural Plastics

• Within two weeks Recycling Design and Technologies (RDT)

collaborated with Burdekin Shire Council and Canegrowers

Burdekin to develop and advertise a temporary drop-off location

for plastic fluming at the Home Hill waste transfer station.

Renewable Energy Innovation Clinic

• Regional Development Australia partnered with Gulf Savannah

Development to produce a local supplier directory of energy

efficiency and renewable energy specialists in the Far North

Queensland regional and remote community.

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Outcomes

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Queensland Pineapple Industry

• Industry collaboration to develop a Queensland-based fresh cut

market for pineapples.

• In the last five years Tropical Pines increased it’s supply to fresh

cut producers from 2% to 20%.

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Outcomes

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How can we maximise value from waste in fruit

and vegetable supply chains?

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Key Question

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Today’s Process – everyone is involved

TIME ACTIVITIES

15 min Ross Naidoo, Food Science Liaison - Innovative Food Solutions &

Technologies, DAFF

10 min Fiona Waterhouse, CEO, Utilitas

15 min Industry Panel

• Amir Shoshani, Operations Manager, Rugby Farm

• Nicholas White, CEO, Gourmet Garden

• Angelo Andronis, GM – Technical, Integria Healthcare

15 min Group Work

10 min Developing an Action Plan

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• Overview of QLD fruit and vegetable industry

• Fruit, vegetable and nut production in Queensland had a gross value

of $2.4 billion in 2012-13

• Value adding to fruit and vegetable waste

• Nutraceutical and functional food products

• Fresh cut fruit and vegetable market

• Energy generation from waste through anerobic digestion and

pyrolysis

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Opportunity Overview

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High Value Extracts from Vegetable Waste – Research and

Technology Perspective

Ross Naidoo presenting on behalf of Dr David Williams

(Biochemist) and Dr Dr Ram Mereddy (Chemical Engineer)

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Presentation

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Queenslanders leading a new Industry

Organic Energy – it just makes sense

Fiona Waterhouse, CEO, Utilitas

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Presentation

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Ìntermarche video

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What are the challenges and barriers you see in taking

advantage of these opportunities?

Amir Shoshani, Operations Manager, Rugby Farm

Nicholas White, CEO, Gourmet Garden

Angelo Andronis, GM – Technical, Integria Healthcare

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Business Panel

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How can we unlock the economic potential of this industry?

Prompts:

• What are the BIG opportunities to create value in this industry?

• How can we rephrase issues and impediments as opportunities?

• Who needs to be involved?

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Group Discussion

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