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Cooperative Co-operative: a tale of collaboration between industry and innovation

How can making milk without cows benefit Australian dairy farmers?

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RELATED: Milk without cows – how synthetic biology and dairy farmers can both win

At evokeAG. 2023 Jim Fader, CEO of Eden Brew and Michael Hampson, CEO of Norco Co-operative shared how they’re working together to create animal-free, precision-fermented milk. And how this cooperative model is helping to build more resilient supply chains and complement the profit models for farmers in Australia’s largest dairy co-operative.


evokeAG. 2023 examined how global agrifood innovation and tech intersect to drive change for our food, farmers, and the natural resources which sustain them. 

Save the date for evokeAG. 2024 on 20-21 February 2024 in Perth, Western Australia. In the meantime catch up on the other conversations about sustainability, climate resilience and the role of agtech in meeting those challenges from evokeAG. 2023 here.

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