Food

Wine Australia is charging ahead with innovations to ensure Australia’s viticulture industry continues to thrive, off the back of a challenging period. CEO Dr Martin Cole delves deep into their R&D approach, exciting solutions, like zero alcohol products and how grow^AG. is helping to enable growth.

When asked to think of activists, how many of us would imagine businesses? Entrepreneurial activism may not be today’s mainstream, but there are plenty of signs it’s a growing force for the future. Here global food futurist, Mike Lee explores how companies can better measure impact and increase the outcomes for people and planet – not just profit.

Australian agritech startup, Bee Innovative is revolutionising the centuries-old practice of commercial pollination. Its groundbreaking technology gives growers a real-time insight into how well bees are pollinating a crop, enabling interventions that boost yield, quality and profitability.

Young trailblazer and evoke^AG. Future Young Leader Alumni, George Chapman, lives on the edge of the Nairobi National Park in Kenya where he runs a regenerative agriculture farm and teaches the next generation about the importance of soil health.

Meet David Farquhar, a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Scottish agritech company, Intelligent Growth Solutions – a trailblazer of vertical farming. Here Andy Lowe learns about this ground-breaking solution and the opportunities for farmers.

Davi La Ferla of Sensand Technologies, a key partner in the NorVicFoods project, speaks about the possible innovations set to rejuvenate Victoria’s Hume region and why human-centered and tech-enabled solutions will help maximise business outcomes.