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FARMING<br />
WITH<br />
FIT BITS<br />
IN THE<br />
MIX<br />
HEILALA VANILLA UNVEILS NEW LOOK<br />
Australia’s national science<br />
agency CSIRO and agtech<br />
startup Cerest Tag has<br />
created a new type of ‘fit bit’<br />
to track livestock activity and<br />
movement.<br />
Co-funded by MLA Donor<br />
Company, the GPS-enabled<br />
device takes the form of a<br />
smart ear tag and tracks<br />
animal movement via Internet<br />
of Things (IoT) capability.<br />
Using on board accelerometers,<br />
the tag sends out alerts for<br />
unusual activity patterns that<br />
are triggered if an animal has<br />
been stolen, escaped or even if<br />
an animal is sick or giving birth.<br />
The world-first ear tags are<br />
designed for improved retention<br />
and to last throughout the<br />
animal’s lifetime.<br />
The tag was successfully<br />
trialed last week on 100 cattle<br />
at CSIRO’s Lansdown Research<br />
Station near Townsville, QLD.<br />
According to CEO of Ceres<br />
Tag David Smith, the tag will<br />
reduce risks and operating<br />
costs, improve efficiency and<br />
assist with traceability.<br />
CSIRO aims to create a<br />
smaller, lighter tag, as well as<br />
added functionality such as<br />
a temperature sensor, which<br />
could alert farmers to illnesses<br />
at an earlier stage.<br />
Award-winning vanilla company Heilala<br />
Vanilla is unveiling a fresh new look<br />
following its 10-year anniversary.<br />
The brand refresh aims to reflect the<br />
company’s purpose and mission and<br />
has a greater focus on the consumer.<br />
The first unveiling is the <strong>Baking</strong> Blend<br />
range, comprising of Heilala pure vanilla<br />
extract blended with added natural<br />
vanilla flavours.<br />
The range will use a more bakerfriendly<br />
format, with the Heilala <strong>Baking</strong><br />
Blend Vanilla Paste moving to a<br />
squeezable aluminium.<br />
The rebranding is rolling out across<br />
all Heilala products over the next few<br />
months.<br />
"Celebrating 10 years of the brand is a<br />
huge milestone for us and it felt fitting<br />
KING STREET BAKERY OPENS<br />
IN BOWEN HILLS<br />
The team behind Brisbane’s<br />
hugely popular French restaurant<br />
Montrachet has opened King Street<br />
Bakery in Bowen Hills to the delight<br />
of Brisbane locals.<br />
“It’s important for the [bakery] to<br />
have [its] own brand and identity<br />
away from Montrachet,” Kellam told<br />
Broadsheet of the decision to name<br />
the new venue King Street Bakery.<br />
“The team has worked hard enough<br />
in the past 12 months to start<br />
[making a name for themselves].”<br />
to recognise the achievement with a<br />
fresh new look,” Heilala Vanilla CEO<br />
Jennifer Boggiss said.<br />
“We are committed to delivering<br />
top quality vanilla products while<br />
continuing our mission of being<br />
a purpose-led business, through<br />
supporting our vanilla growing<br />
communities in Tonga."<br />
Heilala Vanilla’s purpose is to<br />
empower women in the South Pacific<br />
agricultural communities, so their<br />
children have choices.<br />
Heilala Vanilla began as an aid project<br />
in 2002, when a New Zealand family<br />
established a vanilla plantation.<br />
The brand was officially established in<br />
2008 and has had a significant impact<br />
on the local community in Tonga.<br />
The new bakery has been fitted<br />
out with a 100sqm temperaturecontrolled<br />
kitchen and pumps<br />
out a mouth-watering array of<br />
baked goods, including fresh<br />
bread, tarts, quiches, croissants,<br />
Danishes and éclairs.<br />
There’s also a breakfast and lunch<br />
menu developed by chef Jamie<br />
Pearce, boasting standard faves<br />
such as bacon and eggs as well as<br />
apple and caramel with brioche<br />
and speculaas.<br />
12 BAKING BUSINESS
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