Unearthed: The people changing Australian agriculture
We have a new podcast! When big ideas and new opportunities run up against established practices of farming in Australia’s unique environment, there’s tough choices to be made. Join host Michael Thomson as he unearths the farmers, scientists and big characters changing Australian agriculture in this new series from AgriFutures Australia. If you followed AgriFutures On Air, make sure you search for “Unearthed: The people changing Australian agriculture” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen and hit follow to stay updated with the latest episodes.
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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 3
Australia’s agritech industry is at a critical crossroads- so how can we seize the moment and shift investment and capital structures to keep innovations and profits on home soil? Join Dr Nancy Schellhorn, the co-founder and CEO of Rapid AIM bio digital crop detection and Mark Gustowski, a Co-Founder at Mandalay Venture Partners with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.
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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 2
Beef and seafood are not only two of Australia’s favourite foods to serve for dinner- but they are also two of Australian agriculture’s biggest employers. So what are they doing to futureproof their vacancies? Julie Petty is the General Manager, Policy and Projects of Seafood Industry Australia and is joined by Stephen O’Brien, the CEO of Mort & Co, in conversation with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.
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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 4
The Queensland Government has committed to an ambitious target to boost the State’s primary production output to 30 billion dollars by 2030. So how can they do it and who is going to be on the ground? Join Jayne Cuddihy in conversation with stakeholders, Grant Statton, Executive Director of AgriBusiness Connect, Kylie Porter, CEO of Greater Whitsunday Alliance and Garnet Radford, Economic Development Officer, Balonne Shire Council with big picture thinking and passionate workforces. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.
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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 1
How do we put women at the forefront of decision making, investment and marketing of the agrifood innovation ecosystem? Kylie and Julia explore the underlying reasons with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy and some of reasoning will surprise you. This is the first episode in our evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Workforce and Skills Gap mini-series and we’re asking the tough questions of rural entrepreneur Julia Spicer OAM and venture capitalist Kylie Frazer. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.