Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation

The Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation Ltd "was established in 2001, with assets in excess of $60 million to promote and support the Victorian dairy industry and dairying communities for the benefit of the wider community." 

Major Research and Development Projects that were in receipt of funding by the Foundation during 2004-05

 * bovDArT- a novel low-cost genetic profiling system for advanced breeding platforms in victorian dairy cattle
 * closing the loop: an holistic approach to the management of dairy processor waste streams
 * development and implementation of candidate gene based markers in outcrossing forage species
 * food biosecurity for victorian dairy products
 * mining australian biodiversity to improve profitability of the victorian dairy industry
 * value-added bioactive dairy products - discovery technology and beyond
 * profitably extending lactation in pasture-based dairying systems
 * sex pre-selection of dairy cattle sperm for the victorian dairy industry
 * high-value milk with improved health and manufacturing benefits using natural variants of bovine milk mucin, muc-1

Board and staff
Source and biographies
 * Chris Nixon - Chairman
 * Max Fehring - Director
 * Ian MacAulay - Director
 * Dr. Graham Mitchell AO - Director
 * Professor Paul Moughan - Director Paul Ford - Chief Executive Officer
 * Barrie Lawson - Company Secretary
 * Cynthia Mrigate - Project Administrator
 * Alberto Pintos - Project Officer
 * Helen Webb-Johnson - Bookkeeper/PA

Publications

 * 2005 Annual Review

Contact

 * Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation Limited
 * Level 1, 84 William Street
 * Melbourne VIC 3000
 * Phone: 03 9606 1900
 * Fax: 03 9606 1999
 * Web: http://www.gardinerfoundation.com.au/