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Making waves: The evokeAG. Groundbreaker diving into seaweed solutions

Alisa Milalia is an aquaculture research scientist with a rich background. Born in Canada, she has Romanian heritage, grew up on the beautiful Kapiti Coast in New Zealand and now lives in Townsville, Queensland.
With a background in Marine Biology and Ecology, Alisa discovered a passion for seaweed aquaculture during her postgraduate studies. The evokeAG. 2025 Groundbreaker is developing sustainable seaweed cultivation methods, recognising its potential to improve environmental sustainability, drive economic growth, and support rural communities.

Meet the Groundbreaker growing crops indoors

Some of us just pass our final exams in our last semester of university – Alex Montanari started a company. Alex is the founder of AGRA Farming Technologies in Perth, driven by a mission to combat climate change and its impact on our world. With over four years of experience in the controlled environment agriculture scene, he’s consulted on projects for The University of Western Australia and the Australian Defence Force. Alex previously ran a successful media production company and launched an automated home growing product.

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Australia historically has very infertile and fragile soil compared to other parts of the world but rather than fall into crisis mode, some are encouraging us to see the opportunities this presents to improve the earth on which we feed our future generations.

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Neil Varcoe

Writer, journalist and accidental farmer

Sydney, New South Wales

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Oli Madgett

Managing Director, Perennial Australia

McLaren Vale, South Australia

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Judy Kennedy

Journalist | Judy Kennedy Media

Menzies Creek, VIC

Andy Lowe

Andy Lowe

The University of Adelaide

Adelaide, South Australia

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Anna Maskus

Communications Coordinator

AgriFutures Australia

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Emily Malone

Regional and rural journalist and communications professional

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

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Jenny Gilbert

Rural communications specialist

Brisbane, Queensland