Hort Innovation
Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australia's horticulture industry.
As one of the nation's 15 Rural Research and Development Corporations, we're tasked with investing horticulture levies and Australian Government contributions into initiatives to help the industry be as productive and profitable as possible.
In addition to the levy-focused investment activities that are our core work, Hort Innovation also forges partnerships with a broad range of co-investors to deliver investments through our Hort Frontiers arm. Hort Frontiers was established by Hort Innovation to address a range of long-term and complex issues that are critical to the future of Australian horticulture.
Opportunities
Hort Innovation: Australian-Grown Innovation Program
Acceleration / Innovation challenge / Seeking solutions
Hort Innovation: Frontiers Venture Fund
Acceleration / Seeking interest / Seeking solutions
Opportunity description
Industry challenge:
Developed by Hort Innovation and Artesian Venture Partners, the world’s first horticulture-specific Frontiers Venture Capital Fund empowers fresh ideas, never-before-seen technologies and approaches to make growing horticulture more sustainable and cost-effective.
Managed by Artesian, the Hort...
Hort Innovation: Accelerating Mechanisation, Drying Innovation and Global Technology Adoption for the Australian Dried Grape Industry
Research partner / Seeking partners / Seeking solutions
Opportunity description
Industry challenge
The Australian dried grape industry is operating in an increasingly constrained environment, characterised by rising labour costs, narrowing harvest and drying windows, increasing input costs and growing compliance requirements.
While these pressures are not unique globally,...
Friday, 17 July 2026 15:00 Australia/Sydney
Hort Innovation: Insect Destruction in Leafy Vegetables
Research partner / Seeking partners / Seeking solutions
Opportunity description
Industry challenge
Exporters of Australian vegetables especially leafy green vegetables (eg. lettuce) face problems with the rejection of leafy green vegetables at either pre-export inspection or at import arrival inspections, due to the presence of live insects on...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026 15:00 Australia/Sydney