Global framework Platform10 has issued a call for growers, researchers, investors, and biopesticide companies in Australia and New Zealand to collaborate in southern hemisphere trials of biologicals, to advance the search for new crop inputs to replace chemical pesticides.
When agricultural engineer Indiana Rhind asked why ag isn’t part of what we teach young Australians, she didn’t expect the question to lead to a national platform, a PhD, and a powerful new purpose. Through the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Groundbreaker Program, Indiana found mentorship, career-shaping opportunities, and the confidence to step into a new future. Applications for the 2026 program are now open. And if you’ve got an idea, this is your moment!
The next generation of young agrifood innovators is being called on to be a part of the evokeAG. 2026 Groundbreakers program, with applications now open.
Australia’s leading agrifood innovation event, evokeAG., is heading back to Melbourne in 2026, the city where it all began. And for a limited time, pre-sale tickets are available at a 25% discount.
Powerhouse agrifood producer- tick. Thriving startup sector- tick. History of turning innovation into impact- tick. Why Victoria is perfect for evokeAG. 2026.
Ticks; a tiny but mighty pain for the Australian beef industry, taking a $146 million-dollar bite out of the sector every year.
But after more than 18 years research which began in the Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (now in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries/QDAF), a vaccine is showing powerful potential to disrupt the life cycle of the cattle tick.
University of Queensland scientists Professor Ala Tabor and Dr Hannah Siddle of the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation share how they’re set to test their vaccine on 40 cattle in a proof-of-concept trial for commercial adoption.
The search is on for the next generation of agrifood innovators with applications now open for the evokeAG. Groundbreakers 2025 cohort.
Formally known as the Future Young Leaders program, the 2025 evokeAG. Groundbreakers Program will give five young agrifood innovators the opportunity to present their ideas, innovations, or research to an international audience at evokeAG. in Brisbane on 18 and 19 February 2025.
It’s time to plan your trip to the Sunshine State, because tickets to agrifood tech and innovation event AgriFutures evokeAG. 2025 are officially on sale.
Gathering at Beef2024 in Rockhampton this week, AgriFutures Australia and partners Elders, the Queensland Government, and Brisbane Economic Development Agency have officially launched early bird tickets for AgriFutures evokeAG. 2025.
Recipe: take a generous serving of a thriving and open local ecosystem. Add a hefty dash of a community hungry for innovation and solutions. Mix with passionate, open-minded people. What have you got? Queensland – the ideal place to host AgriFutures evokeAG. 2025 – and the perfect platform for Queensland organisations and innovators to now consider how they would like to be involved.
The self-described ‘spaceship of the cultured meat industry,’ Australia’s Vow has become only the third company in the world to bring a cell-based meat product to market. Its cultured quail has received the green light from Singapore’s food regulator, whetting the appetite of the world’s culinary elite.
Vow Founder and CEO George Peppou explains how the company based in Alexandria, New South Wales, went from founding to first sales in just five years – an unrivalled achievement in a segment where many spaceships crash back to earth.
