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Did you know Kakadu plum has the highest Vitamin C content of any food on Earth? Yet only 10% of Kakadu plum is currently being harvested.

Meet Hayley Blieden, founder of The Australian Superfood Co who is helping cultivate a growing appetite for Australian native foods with the launch of the Native Harvest Initiative, designed to support Indigenous communities, local growers and scale native produce supply.  

Tune in to learn more about the incredible value of Australia’s native bush foods and Hayley’s grand plans to foster sustainable growth. 

This week we talk to Food Futurist Tony Hunter. Tony has had a long and extensive career in the food industry and has seen a lot of change along the way. 

He specialises in studying and predicting new and emerging trends, particularly agrifood tech, and how such technologies will influence current food businesses and help solve future food security challenges.

Get a taste for what’s to come and why food personalisation and wellness are more important than ever.  

This week we talk to Matthew Pryor, co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia's first dedicated agrifood venture capital firm and Olympia Yarger, founder and CEO of Goterra, a biotech waste management startup.

Tenacious Ventures recently announced its first co-led investment – worth $8-million – into Goterra that is set to transform the robot-managed modular insect farms, which convert waste into a valuable commodity for livestock.

Olympia and Matthew share their journey and the importance of building fruitful relationships geared to drive positive change and profitability.

Replay of a panel discussion from evokeAG 2020 in Melbourne.

Alternative protein products do have the potential to disrupt the food system. However, there are enormous opportunities to coexist. Hear from the people in the paddock, the lab and the fields who are approaching traditional and new proteins differently.

This episode features;

• Ethy Levy, Bridge Hub
• Nick Hazell, V2 Food
• James Madden, Flinders and Co
• Jennifer Medway, Agrifutures
  
  

Today we went on the Farm to chat with sheep farmer Mark Mortimer. Mark runs a Merino Stud called Centre Plus and discussed what's happening on the farm now, what technology he's currently using and what technology he's looking forward to having into the future.

Fleur catches up with Brad Jones (Bungulla Farms) at evokeAG. and talks about evolving technologies, the process of bringing agtech on farm. 

Ian Reilly (e-Shepherd by Agersens) explains that their new product is in the early-adoption phase and they are at a stage where they are getting a greater understanding of their customer's, the farmer's, needs. 

Bruce Creek (Thomas Elder Consulting) talks about what he thinks we need to consider when making agtech adoption work and his observations over the last 12-months. 

Darryn Keiller (AutoGrow) talks about how Autogrow has changed how solutions are developed for growers utilising crop science, data and A.I

Replay of a panel discussion from evokeAG 2020 in Melbourne.

Cutting-edge precision farming and innovative science can increase sustainability, yields and profits and allow farmers to build long term strategies to future-proof their enterprise. Discover how tech and lab based solutions can successfully impact everyday farming.

This episode features;

• Darren Hughes, CEO of Laconik
• Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus
• Dr Kelly Pearce, Research Scientist, Wheatbelt Science
• Professor Jennie Pryce, Principal Research Scientist, Agriculture Victoria