About us

Co-authored a report with AFII, ASPI and NSC Made & Grown - The future of food biotechnology & biomanufacturing in Australia, including 25 recommendations to accelerate food biotechnology & biomanufacturing in Australia.

Co-hosted Made & Grown - The Future of Food, a one day conference in Canberra which spotlighted the biotechnologies shaping our food system.

Expanding on the foundation of our 2023 Language Guide, we launched our Precision Fermentation Communication Guide in collaboration with GFI APAC and consultation with over a dozen industry leaders.

Released a report Impact Claims and Metrics - Considerations for the Cellular Agriculture Industry

Published a white paper Producing Food through Precision Fermentation - The Opportunity for Australia

CAA’s Advisory Committee formed with three inaugural members: Glen Neal, Dr Anna Barlow, and Dr James Ryall.

Welcomed Paul Oosting as CAA’s new Board Chair, replacing CAA Founder Bianca Le

Entered into a strategic partnership with the Good Food Institute (GFI) APAC

Grantmaking organisation Open Philanthropy began supporting our work in Policy & Advocacy.

Release of our Regulation Resource Hub marks the completion of our 'Beacon for Regulation in Australia' project.

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Key Terms & Language industry consultation completed and Language Guide released.

Seed grant program concludes with six open source research projects showcased at our final presentation day.

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We confirm our three inaugural corporate sponsors, All G Foods, Eden Brew and Noumi.

Curated and co-hosted Australia's first dedicated conference to cellular agriculture, the CellAg Summit.

Hosted a cross-sectoral workshop on food safety regulation and subsequently launched our Industry Working Group (Regulation).

Hosted six cross-sectoral workshops with leaders from across the sector

First white paper ‘Cellular Agriculture - An Opportunity to Diversify Australia’s Food System’ released

Online course ‘An Introduction to Cellular Agriculture’ launched.

Sam Perkins appointed as CEO

Bianca Le transitioned from Founder to Board Chair, and Joanne Tunna appointed as interim General Manager

Made our second hire — Joanne Tunna as Operations Manager

CAA founded by Bianca Le