R&D projects
Discover vegetable levy investments into Vegetable Fund R&D initiatives
The vegetable levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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National strategy, baseline and value perception study for Plus one serve by 2030 program (VG23005)
This investment laid the groundwork for the ‘Plus One Serve of Vegetables by 2030’ program by developing a strategy to encourage Australians to eat more vegetables, establishing a baseline to measure progress against, and delivering a study into how Australians currently perceive vegetables.
2 October 2024
Chemical residue report to support Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia (MT23000) (MT23002)
This project provided a report of national residue testing data to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) for their utilisation in renewal of Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia.
9 November 2023
International Spinach Conference 2023 (VG22010)
This project sponsored the 10th International Spinach Conference that was held in Victoria in May to coincide with the Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days.
28 August 2023
Evidence-based education program to support increased vegetable consumption in children (VG22005)
The VegInfluencer project successfully empowered child settings-based experts, health professionals, and growers with the knowledge, resources, and tools to promote greater acceptance and consumption of vegetables among children.
3 October 2024
Learning from the past to amplify community vegetable education programs of the future (VG22003)
This project evaluated the impact of past initiatives to increase demand for vegetables so that a framework could be developed for industry to ensure the design and deliver of effective future programs.
1 May 2024
Pre-harvest sanitisation of leafy green vegetables (VG22008)
This project is conducting a literature-based review of potential management options for pre-harvest contamination of leafy green vegetables and other salad products.
4 March 2024
Tools and interventions for increasing children’s vegetable knowledge (VG16064)
This investment identified new ways of supplying vegetables to children and helped growers better serve the key consumer market of families with young kids.
31 January 2023
People development strategy for the vegetable, potato, onion, and banana industries (MT22002)
This project delivered a People Development Strategy to guide future investment in building capacity and capability within the vegetable, potato, onion, and banana industries.
3 July 2023
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)
This investment provided a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
9 January 2024
Australian horticulture international demand creation (ST21007)
This investment delivered insights into what the international consumer wants across 13 priority markets for the Australian horticulture sector.
17 July 2023