Agriculture and Agribusiness
Bioscience Division
(including AgTech)
The Bioscience Division is a stand-alone profit centre within FoodWorks. The Division also includes agricultural technology (AgTech). It is the leading edge of our innovation in the following areas:
Animal Health
Lead Specialist: Robert Lindley
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Vaccine manufacturing process engineering
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Feasibility and design studies
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Investment and implementation planning and management
Food & Beverage Bioprocesses
Lead Specialist: John Connolly
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Capture of dairy proteins
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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) from animal sources
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Bioprocesses for enzyme and other value-added biomolecules from egg and other ag products
Food Processing Systems
Lead Specialist: Geoff Quartermaine Bastin
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Planning and build of least-cost manufacturing systems
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Integration of equipment
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Feasibility, design studies
Controlled Environment Farming
Lead Specialist: Eddie Vernon
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation
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Systems integration
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Feasibility and design studies
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Implementation and project management
John J. Connolly
Managing Director,
Bioscience Division
Bachelor of Science, Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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Co-founder of FoodWorks Co. Ltd. 2003
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Co-Founder of Bio-Works Technologies AB Sweden 2005
Entrepreneur and senior manager with a focus on business development. He has consulting experience in F&B, Risk Analysis and public- sponsored development. He co-founded FoodWorks and later went on to co-found a Swedish biotech company, Bio-Works Technologies AB, John was formerly General Director of Melchers GmbH, a 200-year old trading company, in Vietnam, and Managing Director of Experience International Inc. in Thailand (public sector development).
Contact: john.connolly@foodworks.ag
Eddie Vernon
Senior Managing Partner,
Agriculture and AgTech
M.Sc. Marketing and Product Management, Cranfield Institute of Technology, (now renamed Cranfield University) England, 1987
Diploma in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing, England, 1987
Licensed Inspector of certified seed crops, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, UK, 1984.
B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture, University of Bath, England, 1982
Member. International Society for Horticultural Science
Since 2004 Senior Managing Partner responsible for Agriculture with Foodworks Co. Ltd. In this position he has a wide management and technical role for all our projects.
Contact: eddie@foodworks.ag
For additional information, please contact gqb@foodworks.ag