Pip Grant

GRAVITY 03 has brought hundreds of space technology experts together to address 12 critical industry challenge areas, including across farming and sustainable supply-chains.

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.

Drought resilience, carbon farming, decreasing on-farm waste, increasing sustainability, simplifying the ‘farmer tech-stack’, removing barriers to agritech adoption, local investment in innovation, and access to global markets are just some of the items on the agenda for evoke^AG. 2022.

SVG Ventures | THRIVE has announced the next iteration of its agrifood-focused technology accelerator and the 12 startups selected to join the THRIVE VII cohort. Again, the THRIVE Australia Challenge has provided a gateway for Australian innovators to participate in the global accelerator with Rubens Technologies, Goanna Ag, and TranspiratiONal making the cut.

AgriFutures Australia has launched a new program to support novel solutions to repurposing and recycling existing pre-farm gate waste, that will help to align the primary industries with the National Waste Policy and supports the pathway to a circular economy. The Open call closes Tuesday 6 April 2021.

Western Australia’s Rural Edge is hosting its third INSPIRE Summit at Crown Perth for more than 200 women on 30-31 March 2021. The popular event attracts rural businesswomen eager to raise their communities’ collective strength and drive personal development.