Dear FAN Community, This month we were treated to a truly insightful and inspirational session with Barry Irvin AM, Executive Chairman of Bega Cheese. In this session Barry shared his personal and professional journey that led to the Bega Valley Circular Economy initiative. With big thanks to our panel of FAN members Matt Jancauskas – Brouhaha Brewery, Brent Deller – First Batch Coffee
To our valued FAN Community, Last week, we were pleased to share an overview and highlights of FAN’s operations in 2021 – 2022 at our Annual General Meeting. With thanks to our members in attendance and those who submitted proxies. We are pleased to confirm that all items as listed in the agenda were passed
Dear FAN Members & Supporters, It is with regret that we announce that Emma Greenhatch has resigned as CEO of FAN effective 19 December 2022. Emma has played a key leadership role in FAN for nearly 7 years, starting as a Board Director, then continuing as General Manager and CEO. During this time, Emma’s achievements have been many
Dear FAN Members and Supporters, Its been an action-packed start to Spring with lots of events over the past month, including Member Meet-ups, a Social Media Workshop and Agtech Demo Day. A highlight was a Member Ideation Session, where a group of members from across the value chain came together to provide ideas and potential
Dear FAN Members and Supporters, For nearly seven years FAN has had an unwavering focus on fostering collaboration amongst our members to achieve our vision… ” A growing and resilient food and agribusiness industry across our regions” We have made thousands of connections and delivered hundreds of events and activities aligned to our 4 pillars – connections, profile, capability and
Dear FAN Members and Supporters, A highlight this month was FAN being invited to participate in a Powered by Design Challenge hosted by Matthew Flinders Anglican College. Big thanks to Gourmet Garden and Montville Coffee for getting involved, and inspiring our young people about careers in food and ag. Thanks to all who participated in the final
A new collaboration between Food and Agribusiness Network (FAN), Food Agility CRC (FA), Future Food Systems CRC (FFS) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking to drive collaboration and innovation in the Food and Agribusiness sector of Southeast Queensland. The collaboration is currently seeking initiatives that align with the following themes: Net Zero & Sustainable Business/Farming Practices Circular Economy Data-Driven Decision Making Aboriginal
Big thanks to our 100+ members and supporters who have provided input, insights and participated in the first round of our Regional Action Plan Workshops.  This process is all about identifying local opportunities in Noosa, Moreton Bay, Gympie and the Sunshine Coast, and we are grateful to Advance Queensland, Noosa Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council
To our FAN Community, We hope the winter school holidays are treating you well (they come around quickly!). This month we’ve commenced in earnest the roll-out of the Regional Action Groups. We are pleased to finally share that this significant undertaking has been made possible with the support of Advance Queensland. We encourage you to
To our FAN Community, This month we farewell our passionate, enthusiastic and energetic FAN Ambassador Martin Duncan, who is off on new adventures. A huge, heartfelt thanks to Martin for his support and service to FAN and our members over the past 7 years, and for how fabulous he made us all look on socials! Meet the
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