Your investments
Ongoing and completed work
Your industry levy has been invested into the below Hort Innovation Mushroom Fund initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions in the case of R&D.
For each ongoing R&D investment you can click through to see a general project overview, plus any specific progress updates and related resources that are available.
For completed R&D investments, you’ll find a recap of the whole work and can access any available resources or final research reports produced by the project team.
At the bottom of the page, you’ll also find updates on levy-funded marketing activity.
Ongoing projects
Ongoing project
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Ongoing project
Australian Mushrooms crisis and risk management (MU18007)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Ongoing project
Mushroom industry communication program (MU18001)
Ongoing project
AMGA project advice (MU17000)
Ongoing project
Food safety and QA risk management (MU16000)
Ongoing project
Consumer behavioural and retail data for fresh produce (MT17015)
Ongoing project
Mushroom industry minor use program (MU16002)
Ongoing project
Marsh Lawson Mushroom Research Centre (MU16004)
Ongoing project
Pest and disease management and research services (MU16003)
Completed projects
Completed project
Ex-post impact assessment – industry specific (MT18009)
Completed project
Phenomenom extension project (MT18015)
Completed project
Mushroom consumer research (MU18004)
Completed project
Mushrooms foodservice farm tours (MU18000)
Completed project
Foodservice custom research reports (MT18002)
Completed project
Mushroom crisis management review (MU16001)
Completed project
Mushrooms and health global initiative (MU12015)
Completed project
Mushroom industry communication plan (MU12014)
Completed project
Development of a pilot mushroom farm disease monitoring scheme (MU12007)
Completed project
Opportunities for mushrooms in food service (MU12006)
Completed project
Analytics for mushrooms (MU12005)
Completed project
Mushrooms, vitamin D and cognition – human studies (MU12003)
Completed project
Mushroom industry knowledge training project (MU12001)
Completed project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
Completed project
Mushroom industry conference partnership (MU17001)
Completed project
Food safety for the Australian mushroom industry (MU16005)
Completed project
Mushroom 2016 National Conference (MU15700)
Completed project
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - 2018/19
Marketing
Marketing snapshot -May 2019
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - September 2018
Research reports, publications, fact sheets and more
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