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There’s nothing quite like an Aussie-style Christmas lunch or dinner — fresh seafood, roast meats, vibrant salads and summer-time desserts enjoyed with family and friends. For many, it’s a day to indulge and savour every delicious bite. But the most wonderful time of the year is also an opportunity to reflect on how we can consume more sustainably, particularly when it comes to the all-important Christmas feast.

Efforts to address rising global food demand are under the spotlight after the launch of the ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding.

University of Queensland researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.

A three-year pilot project led by The University of Queensland has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.

What does a sustainable diet taste like, and can it still be delicious?

A University of Queensland research team has turned its attention to new threats to Australia’s $280 million macadamia harvest, after solving significant disease management issues in an earlier project.

A research team led by The University of Queensland is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.

A shared vision to boost Australia’s Indigenous-led bushfood industry is the key to the partnership between The University of Queensland and Roogenic, which makes products with Australian plants that have nutritional and health properties.

A tissue-culture propagation technology developed at The University of Queensland that yields hundreds of plants from a single cutting will bolster avocado production across Latin America.

The sustainable manufacture of bio-based herbicides is the target of a $1.3 million international collaboration initiated by the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA).

A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies.

The world’s foremost researchers and plant breeders will share the latest breakthroughs at the 11th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics in Brisbane. Conference chair and UQ Professor Michael Udvardi said the gathering from September 30 to October 3 would shape strategies to improve legumes for sustainable food and feed production.

Technology and improved plant science are the keys to indoor farming contributing to global food needs, according to The University of Queensland’s Professor of Protected Cropping.

For millennia, Indigenous knowledge holders have passed down lore to the next generation. Traditional Owners and this article’s lead author collected DNA samples from bunya pine leaves to retrace the conifer’s historical movement in its northern and southern locations.

University of Queensland research has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.

An innovative ARC Training Centre dedicated to training the next generation of plant and animal breeders has begun its work.

Growers and plant scientists are working together on a new $41M tree crop program to accelerate the development of new almond, apple, citrus, macadamia and mango varieties to be enjoyed by consumers in Australia and abroad.

Convincing the next generation to consider the career opportunities agriculture has to offer is the motivating factor for three QAAFI scientists, who are among this year’s Flying Scientists.

The long-awaited genome sequencing of Arabica coffee could be the solution to producing a high-quality Australian-grown coffee, according to a University of Queensland researcher.