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The Queensland Agtech Fast Lane
Founder Sam Rogers is Building GrazeMate From Paddock Problems To Global Demand When Sam Rogers talks about autonomous drones mustering cattle, it doesn’t sound abstract or futuristic. It sounds like a kid from a North Queensland cattle station who grew up watching his dad leave before sunrise and return after dark, and decided there had to be a better way. Sam’s family manages around 6,000 head of cow–calf cattle in the Bowen region. As a child, Sam saw firsthand how much
Dec 169 min read


Building for the Future: Founders, Farmers and the AgTech Frontier
A wrap-up of our latest TEKWOMEN Lunch & Learn A Conversation Grounded in Place There is a distinct energy that comes from bringing founders, farmers and advisors into one shared space. Our November Lunch & Learn unfolded as an honest, generous conversation about what AgTech looks like today, where it’s working, and what will matter most as we build for the future. Very quickly, one theme rose to the surface: technology only succeeds when it respects place . You cannot design
Dec 43 min read


TEKWOMEN Female Founder Series: Jess Uhlig
Growing Business the Sustainable Way Jess Uhlig’s story begins far from the paddocks she now walks. Her career started in tourism and hospitality; welcoming travellers to the tropics of Port Douglas, working in bustling restaurants, and earning a Bachelor of Tourism Management while promoting reef operators and local experiences. But after two years travelling around Australia - living simply out of a caravan, counting every drop of water and watt of power Jess returned hom
Dec 46 min read


From Seaweed to Circular Futures
A TEKWOMEN Agri-Rise Conversation with Sara Gibson, Founder of Kelpy Bone Sara Gibson’s journey into sustainable innovation didn’t begin with a business plan - it began outdoors. Growing up on the coast and on her family’s farm, she was shaped by nature, curiosity, and role models who taught her that nothing is impossible if you're willing to work for it . Long before Kelpy Bone existed, Sara was drawn to environmental systems, fieldwork, and the kind of hands-on problem-sol
Dec 35 min read


Connected Farms: Building the Backbone of Smart Agriculture
When you speak with Melissa Andrews , Co-Founder and Category Lead of Connected Farms , you quickly realise you’re talking to someone who doesn’t just see technology as wires and signals. She sees it as connection in the truest sense of the word.From regional New South Wales to remote corners of New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the US, Connected Farms has one clear mission: to make digital connectivity as fundamental to agriculture as diesel or water. “Our end goal,” Meliss
Nov 254 min read


FarmHER Hands: Sisters of the Soil
There is a grounded beauty in hearing two sisters talk about life on the land, the rhythm, the responsibility and the pride that weaves through it all. For Angie and Shona, fifth generation graziers and co-founders of FarmHER Hands , the story begins and circles back to home. They both grew up on a cattle property where long days in the paddock and early lessons in responsibility were part of the family DNA. “We used to ride the four wheeler twenty kilometres to school,” la
Nov 194 min read


TEKWOMEN Female Founder Series: Bec Lindert
Growing Business the Sustainable Way Bec Lindert grew up with red dust in her hair and agriculture in her blood. Third generation on the family property in St George, she’s been part of a long lineage of producers who know what it means to build, adapt and start again. After boarding school and a brief detour into environmental engineering, she found her way back to the land, first through agronomy and sustainable land management, later through supply chain innovation and bu
Oct 316 min read


Mindy Woods on Culture and Leadership
Key Lessons from our first F2F TEKWOMEN Lunch & Learn At our very first F2F TEKWOMEN Lunch & Learn, we had the privilege of hearing from Bundjalung woman, chef, entrepreneur, and “Native Food Queen” Mindy Woods. What followed was not just a story about food or business, it was a lesson in leadership, culture and community that every one of us in Agrifood-tech can take forward. The theme: work, life, culture, inseparable Mindy reminded us that career and life are not two separ
Oct 12 min read


Building Drought Resilience with Drone Technology in Viticulture
Overview Robert Fenwick, owner of Heritage Estate Wines in Cottonvale, QLD, is navigating the challenges of viticulture in an...
Jul 313 min read


From Busted Bikes to Buzzing Drones – Unexpected gains from the skies
When the scrub’s thick and the terrain’s rough, mustering cattle on a motorbike becomes more risk than reward. That’s what producer Jack...
Jul 142 min read
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