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.
Three weeks without fresh fruit or vegetables. Hiked up prices. Produce with little shelf life after travelling a long way – it’s the reality for many communities in Australia’s remote regions. And Malachai Clements is on a mission to change it.
In this episode, we’re joined by Liz Brennan and Oli Le Lievre, two familiar faces (and voices) in the agtech community. Liz and Oli share their unique perspectives as past evokeAG. attendees, and advocates for agricultural innovation. Together, they dive into the stories that inspire them, the moments that have defined their journey, and what they’re most looking forward to at evokeAG. 2025.
A world-first innovation that improves the welfare of sows and piglets took a decade of R&D – so why is evokeAG. speaker SunPork’s Robert van Barneveld so keen to share the blueprint with competitors?
Agribusiness psychotherapist and author of the weekly newsletter Ag Done Different, Dan Schultz shares why the mission set before innovators in agribusiness today is to force a choice, not a comparison with the present. If we are to succeed, it will be by harnessing a grievance with the status quo and turning that into a movement for change.
In this Food Futurists x evokeAG. collaboration podcast we take a look into a sustainable greenhouse solution for hot and dry coastal regions, often where conventional agriculture would otherwise be impossible.
As the MC for evokeAG.’s second Investor Pitch Dinner, Tenacious Ventures’ Sarah Nolet remarked on how much things had changed since the previous evokeAG. in 2020 and its first Investor Pitch Dinner. Australian agritech has gone from aspiring to be a global player, Sarah says, to ‘fully established, proving to the world that we’ve arrived and we’re here to stay’. So where are Australia’s areas of global advantage, and what’s the key to maximising the future for the agrifood tech ecosystem?
Ben Martin is a former Australian Young Farmer of the Year – but he’s not resting on his laurels. The North Queensland mango grower has imported French robots to improve the consistency of his product, and that’s just the start.
Owned by Andrew and Nicola Forrest, Harvest Road Group is part of Tattarang, one of Australia’s largest private investment groups. As a proud Western Australian end-to-end agrifood producer, the company is rewriting the script when it comes to animal welfare and environmental sustainability across its premium beef, aquaculture and horticulture businesses.
Food fraud is a multibillion-dollar problem threatening the bottom line and international reputation of Australian agriculture and its exports. Australian-based start-up Zondii is taking on this global challenge with an innovative solution that puts the answers in the palm of your hand.
