#Future

Innovation in agrifood isn’t just about robotics, AI, or climate-smart tech. It’s also about how we design spaces that reflect the realities of the people driving change. Here Harriet Melish, General Manager for Global Innovation Networks at AgriFutures Australia, explores why free, on-site childcare at evoke^AG. 2026 is a deliberate move toward inclusion — not just for parents, but for a more equitable agrifood innovation ecosystem.

At evokeAG 2025, no topic was off-limits. In the second instalment of our You can’t ask that series, we asked industry leaders to grapple with an uncomfortable question: Is rural sledging of city folk fuelling the city/ country divide?

Saddle up for their take on whether we’re the ones burning bridges – and how we can repair them.

Beanstalk AgTech will showcase eight innovators advancing to the second phase of its inaugural year of the Drought Venture Studio, using a new methodology to drive commercialising agtech investment innovation, at AgriFutures evoke^AG. in February 2025.

Award-winning high school teacher Scott Graham, from Barker College in Sydney, is a leader in the field of agricultural education. In eight years, he’s helped more than triple enrollments of agriculture students at the College, is examining how to improve agriculture teaching at high school for his PhD and has picked up a Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. Here’s why he thinks that attending AgriFutures evoke^AG. is some of the “best professional learning that a teacher can do” and some tips for making the most of it.

Oli Madgett, grape grower and Platfarm Founder, discusses climate volatility’s impact on agriculture, including migration and shifts in growing methods.

Could a carbon tax improve our soils, enhance the quality of our food and help retain our precious water? This is just one of Damon Gameau’s unique vistas for creating a brighter, better world.

Traditional agriculture methods won’t be able to meet the needs of the future.

This conversation asks some big questions of agriculture. What is the future of Australia’s food and fibre industries?