From smarter ways to pick melons to simpler ways to lay drip tape, to value-add ideas for what would otherwise be waste, Australian-Grown Innovation helps growers and industry find solutions to on-farm challenges then commercialise the solutions.
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These pitches were recorded at our Demo Day’s across the nation.
The longer lasting post and trellis.
Ricky and Kirsty from Sunnybrae Farms present their revolutionary, longer lasting system for grapes, passionfruit and dragonfruit.
Farm waste into farm food.
Vigneswaran Appia presents CForge, a modular on-farm system that converts unsold produce and ag waste into organic fertiliser and renewable energy.
A new standard in fresh food safety.
Andrew Inglis presents GasSan, CSIRO-proven technology that replaces today’s water-based fresh produce wash with lowerchemical use and more effective gas.
Helping farmers know the shelf price.
Amberley Brady presents Realfoodprice, a simple tool that helps farmers, wholesalers and shoppers make sure they’re all eaqrning or paying a fair price for produce.
Fresh lychee flavours all year round.
Krystal Caton presents Lush Lychees, a new range that takes the lychees farms can’t sell and turns them into a crafted product that can be enjoyed all year round.
Chemical-free rodent control.
Alastair Duncan presents Owls-Eat-Rats, a simple but effective way to replace chemical-filled black boxes on farms with owls.
Smarter weather data.
Bureau of Meteorology’s Michaela Alexander presents a way to get the best weather information to farmers, faster.
Mango waste into Mango Pops.
Jenn Hortnery from North Queensland Farmers presents an idea to turn 2,000 truckloads a year of waste into healthy, nutritious snacks.
Mobile olive harvesting.
Ceilidh Meo from Long Load Olive Co-op presents a mobile olive press making it cost-effective for small scale growers to turn olives into oil.
Spotting vegetable viruses early.
Elizabeth Blotevogel from Summit Laboratory Services presents a test to spot viruses on vegetables before they spread to the whole crop.
More accurate plant irrigation.
Juno Wilson presents a precision, proven, non-damaging and easy to install way to make sure plants get exactly the right amount of water.
Faster, safer banana de-handing.
Wayne Austin from Australian Farm Robotics presents a ready-to-deploy robot that reduces the labour, time and danger in banana de-handing.
Insurance that pays when you need it.
Hayley Hancock presents insurable, insurance for farmers that pays when an agreed weather event happens rather than waiting months to assess damages.
Powdered water melon juice.
Joanna Embry presents a mobile production facility that turns surplus melons into a light, easy-to-transport and delicious product everyone will enjoy.
A smarter way to harvest melons.
Rodney Attwood presents SMART Melon, a new technology for identifying when melons are ready for harvest, improving product quality and reducing waste.
Laying drip tape with less labour.
Luke and Ben from Fieldbound Engineering present their way to lay drip tape with 75% less labour and 50% less cost.
Connecting food with its farmer.
Mark Trzascoma from Ace Apples presents Hoo-Groo, a simple but effective way to trace food from farmer to final consumer.
Pectin made in Australia.
Martin Kaderavek presents Pectin360, the company turning food waste into Australia’s only locally produced supply of pectin.
Helping everyone be a beekeeper.
Jess Brunner presents The Bee Buddy, a system that takes the hot, heavy labour out of beekeeping to make it a hobby everyone can enjoy.
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