Emma Ayliffe (T: @em_ayliffe) describer herself as a general lover of all things ag. She's looking to create tomorrows solutions for today''s problems through research, consulting and being Co-Founder & Director of Summit Ag. She's also recently been through the journey of nwe farm ownership, experiencing drought in her first two years of running the business. She's also helping to improve agriculture communication with #AgriculturesPhoneDirectory, Yacker App, to find out more look her up on the Yacker App.

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Dr Kate Burke (T: @Think_Agri) is an agri-strategist with specialist knowledge in corporate farming, crop production and direct investment in farmland. Kate is a mentor, coach, speaker, facilitator, author, and trainer who recently published Crops People Money and You, The Art of Excellent Farming and Better Returns. Kate helps leaders either side of the farm gate, gain insights for better commercial outcomes, underpinned by people and productivity, and profit.

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Farming in the northern west Wimmera region with his parents Ewan and Sharon, wife Chelsey, and daughter Alexandra, Mark Merrett (I: @merrett_contracting) runs a 7000 acre mixed operation with about 2000 breeding ewes and 2000 acres of crop as well as doing some contract seeding and windrowing.

At the onset of the pandemic in 2020 with panic buying in full swing, Mark was unsettled that people seemed to think that their food was going to run out. Inspired by some American farmers doing similar things, he set himself up making Vlogs (video logs) of day to day life on the farm to show people where and how their food is produced in Australia.

His YouTube channel has just passed 4000 subscribers, and was recently featured in national media such as The Project.His plan is to just keep making videos of us farming and see where it can take them!

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Sarah Lang (T: @sarah_l_lang) has over 16 years of banking and finance experience in the corporate world. She now brings that expertise to her consulting clients, working with them to achieve their business goals.

She holds a Bachelor of Business (Management & Marketing) from Swinburne University in Melbourne & a Diploma of Finance & Mortgage Broking Management. Sarah has extensive experience in cash flow management & modelling, financial analytics, risk management, benchmarking and financial modelling.

Sarah previously led a team of 16 regional commercial and agribusiness Relationship Managers for ANZ in WA South to deliver holistic banking solutions and insights to Customers. This portfolio included $750M in funds under management for Customers in a variety of industries with turnover $1M to $100M.

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Since establishing Hemp Farms Australia in 2013, Lauchlan Grout (I: @hempfarmsaustralia) has been apart of building Australia’s budding industrial cannabis industry in almost every facet of the supply chain.

Whilst at it’s core, Lauchlan has primarily focused on the primary production and genetic IP of industrial cannabis with Hemp Farms Australia and now more recently MaGenetik. Along the way, he built Australia’s first hemp based pet food brand ‘Therabis’ & one of Australia’s only HPP hemp milks sourced from local growers called ‘MaMilk’.

Lauchlan has had the privilege of travelling the world and presenting his agricultural findings to International research groups and industry conferences. Throughout this time, Lauchlan has completed studies in hemp agronomy, genetic sequencing and bioinformatics.

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Maree Bouterakos is a Dietitian from Melbourne, Australia with eight years’ experience in international development, academic and clinical settings across the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, Maree is the Head of Nutrition for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Laos. Prior to joining WFP Laos, Maree worked in Italy at WFP Headquarters, and previously with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Italy and Sri Lanka. Maree has been involved in several nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes, focused on improving the nutrition status of women of reproductive age (15-49 years), children and adolescents. Maree has a keen interest to explore the gaps in evidence on agriculture’s contribution to nutrition and food security through nutrition programmes in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Dr Sarah McLean (I: @its_sarah_mclean) is a returning member to the Young Farmers' Advisory Council of Victoria, serving as Deputy Chair the previous term, now offering her leadership experience to the Council as Chair.

Sarah is a neuropsychologist and beef farmer from the Great South Coast of Victoria. Sarah purchased her own farm in 2014 and is passionate about sustainable farming practices and climate change.

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Caitlin Radford (I: @caitlin_radford) is a fifth generation Farmer from Moriarty on the North West Coast of Tasmania and the first female farmer in her family. In 2020 she was named the Australian Apprentice of the Year across all industries after completing her Cert III in Agriculture as an apprentice on farm with her father Shane. After starting CO Agriculture Pty Ltd with her partner Owen she now share-farms with her grandfather Reuben and is looking forward to one day running her own farm and heading into renting the farm soon.

Since the award Caitlin has had the opportunity to promote Agriculture to many groups including Rotary Clubs, high schools, TasTafe students and the like. She enjoys giving back to her community by being involved with these roles and is driven to be a role model for other young women and young people in Agriculture.

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Elizabeth Brennan (T: @amoeaba) has facilitated a number of community and agricultural development programs and fresh produce marketing strategies in her home WA Wheatbelt region, across Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG). She currently coordinates a multidisciplinary agricultural research program in PNG on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Elizabeth has also led the marketing strategy development and implementation for one of the largest citrus operations in WA, Moora Citrus, as well as other international fresh produce brands such as Bravo Apples™, Family Tree Farms and Fruitico.

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