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Plus one serve: Enhancing vegetable consumption through food literacy Interventions in tertiary settings (HN24005)
This project aims to increase vegetable consumption among university students by making fresh produce more accessible and equipping students with practical food literacy skills.
14 November 2025
Reducing on-farm food waste and unlocking its value for grower profitability and sustainability (HN24001)
The initiative will deliver evidence-based strategies tailored to Australian growing conditions, including revising produce specifications, exploring value-added uses for non-standard produce, and creating a Grower Knowledge Database.
16 October 2025
Plus one serve: Primary schools vegetable provisioning model (HN24008)
This two-year project aims to evaluate initiatives and explore business models for vegetable provisioning for snack breaks in primary schools that take into account socio-economic inequalities.
7 October 2025
Fresh produce prescriptions to support healthier pregnancies
Fresh produce prescriptions to support healthier pregnanciesA new research initiative exploring how increased access to fresh fruit and vegetables may contribute to healthier pregnancies for mothers and their babies has been announced today.
21 August 2025
Plus one serve: digital application to support increased vegetable consumption in rural communities (HN24006) (HN24006)
This project is exploring an innovative approach to support young adults (aged 18–35) in rural, regional, and remote areas of Victoria to eat more vegetables. Through the development of a co-designed mobile app – Veg4Me – and a complementary vegetable prescription program, the project aims to overcome key barriers to healthy eating, including limited access to fresh produce, affordability issues, and time constraints.
18 June 2025
Food security in remote First Nations communities (Phase 1 – National strategy and consultation) (HN24007)
This project examined how Indigenous-led food enterprises can improve local food systems and provide economic, nutritional, and cultural benefits to remote Australian communities.
6 November 2025
Increasing vegetable consumption by 2030: Program Coordinator (VG23016)
The Plus One Serve of Vegetables by 2030 program is a bold, collaborative initiative aimed at significantly increasing vegetable consumption across Australia by implementing evidence-based strategies and behaviour change interventions. The ultimate goal is to elevate the average daily vegetable intake by one serve per person by the year 2030.
23 February 2025
Increasing the provision and consumption of vegetables in secondary school canteens (HN24004)
This project is improving vegetable intake among teenagers through a co-designed study in secondary schools. The goal is to increase the provision of vegetable-based food options in school canteens to promote long-term healthy eating habits.
23 February 2025
The nutritional advantage of fresh produce: a focus on bioactive nutrients and their role in consumer demand (HN22003)
This program is increasing the knowledge and awareness of bioactive compounds derived from plant-based foods across Australia with a major focus on promoting their health and well-being benefits.
17 May 2024
Horticulture food safety initiative (HN21000)
This project is empowering the Australian and New Zealand fresh produce industries to raise the standard of food safety by bringing knowledge that is proven, trusted, accessible and easy to implement.
25 September 2023