TFNet Chief Executive Officer Dr. Desa Hassim presented a paper on “Gac Fruit As A Potential Superfruit For Economic And Social Well Being” during the 2015 International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences (ISSAAS) International Congress and General Meeting held at Tokyo University of Agriculture on 7-9 November 2015.  Continue Reading

Seven years in the making, a designer in the Philippines has found that pineapple leaves can be used an alternative to leather.     The product, named Pinatex, is a middle-ground between traditional leather and petroleum based textiles says designer Carmen Hijosa. The pineapple-based alternative has been used in prototypes for bothContinue Reading