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'Love at first sight' makes solid foundation for new VC partnership

The individual resumes, portfolios and corporate triumphs of Kylie Frazer and Rachael Neumann are enough to make anyone feel dually inadequate and inspired – but together, they’re the team captains of Flying Fox Ventures, and everyone wants to be picked on their side. Meeting at an industry dinner just over three years ago, both agree it was professional love at first sight, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Investment Startup

1 Sep 2021

6 min read

Learning from nature: Xampla creates world-first biobased plastic packaging alternative

An ambitious UK spinout has developed a next-generation plant-based alternative to plastic. Xampla’s biomimetic approach could solve one of the world’s most pernicious environmental problems: the plastic pollution entering our soils, our water, and even – our food.

Future Innovation

30 Aug 2021

4 min read

Trans-Tasman collaboration driving global innovation and action in 2022

2022 is set to bring the Trans-Tasman agrifood innovation community together to tackle the big conversations across farming, natural resource management and sustainable supply-chains. With three events scheduled – evoke^AG. West (Feb 2022), evoke^AG. East, and the inaugural 2035 Oceania Summit (Auckland, April 2022) – farmers, investors, researchers, innovators, corporates and government will come together to connect, collaborate and take action.

Future

1 Sep 2021

5 min read

The Australian prawn farm raising the bar for sustainable aquaculture

Australian aquaculture and biotech company, Pacific Biotechnologies, has developed a better way to farm prawns. Its Pacific Reef Fisheries operation earned Australia’s first Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification for responsible and sustainable prawn farming. Now, the opportunity exists for a new owner to expand this market-leading business and put locally grown sustainable prawns on more Australian dinner plates.

Investment

1 Sep 2021

6 min read

Global collaboration needed to drive Australian agrifood innovation

AgriFutures Australia Managing Director, John Harvey shares his vision for Australian agrifood tech innovation and why global collaboration is needed to continue driving commercialisation of homegrown R&D and global partnerships. Here he speaks with Australian agritech entrepreneur and BDO AgTech Lead, Michael Macolino, about evoke^AG. and new platform – grow^AG. to help accelerate the innovation pathway.

Tech

20 Jul 2021

4 min read

Renewable energy: What’s in it for farmers?

2019 NSW/ACT AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Finalist, Karin Stark shares her experience in the renewable energy space and the opportunities these technologies can provide farmers.

Farm

23 Aug 2021

3 min read

Asia Pacific's premier agrifood tech event.

evoke^AG. creates one meeting place to see what is happening across agrifood tech in Australia and the world. It increases the capability of the Australian ecosystem by attracting leaders, farmers, innovators, accelerators, researchers, universities, corporates, government and investors to one location for collaboration. evoke^AG. 2022 will be held at Sandalford Wines, Perth WA on Wednesday, 23 February 2022 and at The Grounds of Alexandria, Sydney NSW, on Tuesday, 15 March 2022.

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Robotic asparagus harvester a ‘game-changer’ for growers

A world-first autonomous robotic asparagus harvester – developed in partnership with Robotics Plus, the University of Waikato researchers and the New Zealand Asparagus Council – is geared to unlock high-value export market opportunities for Kiwi growers.

Tech

10 Sep 2021

3 min read

Universal dashboard offers streamlined solution for farmers

Key decisions for successful farm management rely on data, but how can you see the big picture when that information is spread across countless apps or computer programs? Innovative agritech startup Pairtree has created a solution for time-poor producers with a universal dashboard that captures and displays the essential data in one place.

Farm

1 Sep 2021

5 min read

Tracking tag and data system a ticket to smarter farming

Smart Paddock – an end-to-end solution for livestock monitoring and farm management, combining GPS smart tags with software – is seeking a $1 million capital raise.

Farm

1 Sep 2021

4 min read

The Australian prawn farm raising the bar for sustainable aquaculture

Investment

1 Sep 2021

6 min read

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Farmer-founder trials pay off in the paddock

This week we take a close look at a fruitful partnership between farmer and agritech founder. Our regular evoke^AG. contributor Judy Kennedy speaks with Dan Winson, Founder and CEO of Zetifi a wireless networking startup and Andrew Dumaresq, a broadacre cropping farmer, both based at Wagga Wagga, NSW. It’s a partnership that's evolved and provided a win-win situation for both Dan and Andrew.

Tech

5 Aug 2021

Making sense of blockchain and its value for farmers

This week, we speak to Emma Weston, CEO and Co-Founder of AgriDigital about blockchain technology, how it’s evolved and used across agricultural industries today, specifically grains, and how it’s empowering farmers to access value beyond the farm gate.

Tech

5 Aug 2021

Ardrossan Orchards and using the Phytec App

Two years ago, Batlow, NSW was devastated by one of Australia’s worst bushfire seasons on record. Our evoke^AG. host and fellow farmer, Stephen Honner caught up with Ian Cathels, Manager of Ardrossan Orchards, at their Woodburn orchard, in the middle of their fruit picking season – to see firsthand their progress and how new technology is driving on-farm efficiencies.

Farm

30 Jun 2021

India's agritech market: The opportunities and challenges for Aussie startups

As the Managing Partner of Omnivore – the largest and oldest player in the Indian agritech venture scene – Mark Kahn understands what it takes to really ‘make it’ after building a venture capital firm from the ground up that’s pioneered agritech investing in India.

Tech

24 Jun 2021

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