This episode in our evokeᴬᴳ⋅ mini series looking at the third key focus: Innovation and Future Technology and we’re heading to New Zealand!

Not content with the status quo when it comes to power and technology on farm, cherry farmer Mike Casey has created the world’s first fully electric farm. Listen as he tells our contributor Jayne Cuddihy about his mission to electrify millions of fossil-fuel machines. 

The evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain. 

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Can agriculture save our climate? According to a critical debate at the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 event it most certainly can. In this final episode of Environment and Sustainability mini-series, our contributor Jayne Cuddihy joins Michelle Gortan from the Macdoch Foundation, a philanthropic foundation focused on agriculture and food systems, and organic beef producer Carly Baker-Burnham to discuss the nitty gritty on the role ag plays in the climate solution.

This is the sixth episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅

Soil connection is a thing. Whether it be the critters doing magic underneath the surface, or humans interacting with modern science and technology to enhance our understanding- you won’t come across more passionate devotees. 

Case in point was when our contributor Jayne Cuddihy joined visual ecologist Aviva Reed and soil scientist Dr Susie Orgill in the studio at evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025. 

This is the fifth episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain. 

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Alisa Mihaila and Tom Norman are two exciting young thought leaders in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Groundbreakers program, proudly sponsored by Coles. They’ve recognised the potential of the unexpected and are making promising advances in addressing climate change. By reimagining how we use existing resources, both Tom and Alisa are breaking new ground in tackling climate change. They joined our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation as part of our Environment and Sustainability mini-series. 

This is the fourth episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain. 

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅

We hear a lot about regenerative farming practices on the land, but what about in the depths of the ocean? In this episode, we’ll hear from two passionate leaders in sustainable ocean farming who defied global barriers to work together. 

Bren Smith is the Co-Executive Director of GreenWave and Owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm based in the US and Clare Bradley is the Co-Founder and CEO of New Zealand based AgriSea. They joined our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation at the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 event. 

This is the third episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain. 

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 

Australia is leading the way in terms of valuing carbon in our landscape and in our ag systems. In this episode our contributor Jayne Cuddihy explores how measuring and valuing natural capital fits into the ‘farm of the future’ with Hugh Killen- the managing director of Impact Ag Australia and Dr Victoria Hatton, the Chief Executive at FoodHQ Innovation, New Zealand.

This is the second episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain. 

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 

Is the meteoric rise of anti-obesity medications taking a bite out of the food industry and what does that mean for the future of farming? Our contributor Jayne Cuddihy sat down with Jack Bobo- the Executive Director of the UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies and an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham and Professor Michelle Colgrave- the Deputy Director (Impact) in CSIRO Agriculture and Food. 

This is the first episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅

How can agritech and innovation can empower First Nations land stewardship and foster long-term prosperity for communities? 

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 set the stage for many important conversations around moving away from tokenism for Australia's First Nations people and empowering communities to develop people and industry.  

Nini Mills and Trevor Meldrum, joined our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in a conversation around how technology can support traditional land practices while building sustainability and food security. 

This is the fourth episode of the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series, split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe.

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 platinum partner Elders has been helping to drive adoption of agritech from a grassroots level for generations.

As the State Rural Products Manager for Queensland and the Northern Territory Nathan Surawski knows what industry needs at every level. Supported by the likes of Olivia Lindley - a rural sales representative from the Central Queensland town of Emerald, they take our contributor Jayne Cuddihy through what drives adoption in the paddock and what producers want next. 

This is the second episode of the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series, split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe.

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 

Consumers and regulators globally are calling for more biologicals and less chemicals. In contrast, producers are calling for new crop inputs which meet their mounting pest and disease challenges. So how do they meet in the middle? Dr Adrian Percy and Peter Wren-Hilton have long pondered this quandary and many in between. Luckily for us, they made time to share with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy at the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 event some fascinating insights they’ve made along the way.

This is the second episode of the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series, split into four key focus areas: Economics & Trade, Sustainability & Environment, Innovation & Future Technology and Workforce & Skills Gap.

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe.

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

Find out more about AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅