It never ceases to amaze us how much energy the youth of our agriculture industry have here in Australia, and this person is no exception. Matt Champness (I: @mattchampness, T: @MattChampness1) describes himself as an agricultural enthusiast with particular interest in improving the livelihoods of small holder farmers and reaching a world of #zerohunger. His resume is proof that putting yourself out there is the best strategy to finding opportunities in this industry. He is a Crawford Fund Scholar, Charles Sturt University Agricultural Medalist, and a participant in the NFF 2030 Leaders Program, just to name a few. Matt is extremely passionate about food security and believes we all have a part to play in ensuring there is enough safe and nutritious food for the world. Matt has been a volunteer agronomist in Laos for the last 11 months, and we were excited to be able to chat to him earlier this year.

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Welcome to the very first episode of our partnered podcast series with the RRR Network of Western Australia (T: @RRRNetwork). We are delighted to bring you this series inspired by the incredible women who live and work in the most regional and remote parts of Western Australia. 

Our first guest is Cara Peek. Cara is a Yawuru/Bunuba woman from Broome, Western Australia. Cara is a modern representation of the oldest living culture in the World and through her role as Chairperson of Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd, one of the leading Aboriginal organisations in post native title determination delivery, she can speak to the multifaceted nature of balancing a variety of interests, including cultural, environmental, social, commercial and native title. Cultural economic development and independence, social programs and enterprise are of a particular focus A lawyer by profession, having worked primarily in Native Title Law, Cara now focuses her skills as co- founder and executive director of Yum Yum & Delicious Pty Ltd & Peek Consulting. She has worked in regional communities in Australia, Canada and the USA, specializing in stakeholder liaison and engagement, relationship management, corporate social responsibility, program development & project management. Cara is also the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, and was the 2020 Western Australian winner of the Agrifutures Woman of the Year Award. 

Thank you to the RRR Network for working with us to put together this series.

Other mentions in this episode: Get Scrubbed

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Michael Fox is an entrepreneur who grew up in Queensland. He has been involved in multiple businesses, but his vegetarian health journey lead him down the path to combine his cravings for meat with his healthy home cooking habits to create a whole food based plant based meat. The result is Fable (@fablefoodco). Fable is created using ingredients that are as minimally processed as possible. Fable is based on shiitake mushrooms which make up 2/3 of the ingredient list.

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** TRIGGER WARNING - SUICIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH **

Today’s guest is Dr Caitlyn Vayro (T: @Caitlin_Vayro). Caitlyn is a 26 year-old researcher based in Queensland. She recently completed her PhD in Farmer Mental Health, and we were delighted to have her on the podcast to tell us what findings her research uncovered. She believes we all have an important role to play in supporting and encouraging farmers to access mental health services.

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Aidan Connolly joined Cainthus as CEO in January 2019 but is often referred to as the fourth founder given his involvement with the company since its inception. Prior to this, he held the position of CIO at Alltech, a company which he worked with for 25+ years. Aidan has worked in over 100 countries and speaks five languages. He has worked in political associations, with state and national governments in the US, China, Europe and Brazil, international organizations such as the European Union and the United Nations.

If you ask us, this episode is a masterclass in forging a successful career in agriculture and we hope you leave it feeling as enlightened as we did after chatting with Aiden back in February.

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Amy Fay is the Strategic Projects Manager for Murray Dairy. A big part of Amy’s work is understanding the future of irrigation in the region and how dairy businesses can operate sustainably in a water limited future.

Amy currently sits on the Murray Darling Basin Community Committee, representing community experiences regarding the impact of water policy. Amy also runs an agricultural project management business Propagate Projects and lives with her husband and daughter on a farm at Boort, Victoria.

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Tony Hunter is a Global Futurist, Consultant and Speaker specialising in the future of food. But Tony is a passionate believer that AgriFood Tech offers massive opportunities to solve the problems of sustainability and feeding the growing global population. Tony travels the world using his unique combination of scientific qualifications and 30 + years of business experience to convey to businesses and event audiences how new technologies will influence Food Industries.

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Today’s guest is 24 year-old George Chapman (@georgechap). George is on a mission to educate our next generation of primary producers about circular economy and regenerative food production methods. He has a really interesting story, from growing up on a tea-tree plantation in northern NSW, to spending a large amount of time travelling and working in Africa on his family’s business. George even has his own podcast called “Young Change Makers” that we would strongly encourage you to go and listen to. 

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Today, we’re excited to be talking to Genevieve Griffin-George, a real global citizen on a mission to solve one of primary industry’s biggest problems: the management of seasonal labour.

Genevieve is the founder of tech startup PICMI, which was hatched when she moved back to her family’s kiwi orchard in New Zealand after her father was seriously injured in a tractor accident.

In this episode, Genevieve tells us all about PICMI, and what it’s like to go all in and back yourself in an agricultural startup.

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We were joined by Hon. Alannah Mactiernan MLC, Western Australia's Agricultural Minster to talk about the COVID-19 crisis and how it is impacting the Agricultural Industry. We talk all about about access to labour during this time, trade/export impacts, the new live export rules, when lockdown will end as well as some positive stories.

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