Grant Award View - GA6946-V1
New fruit processing facility for Central Queensland
This Project revolves around improving opportunities for farmers and thereby, their regional economies. Tropical Pines wishes to boost food production in the Bowen Basin by building and operating a $12.5M value-added processing facility adjacent to its current operations in Yeppoon, Central Queensland. This will help to meet consumer demand for processed fruits that are of a higher quality and have a longer shelf life than existing products on the market, will create new product for the national industry, and create additional agricultural exports. Benefits for the region include reducing the current waste of fruit grown in the region, improving farm returns for regional growers and significant economic growth.