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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 25, 20254 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 19, 20254 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 31, 20256 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 1, 20252 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 31, 20253 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 14, 20252 min read


“Extra Eyes in the Vineyard” – How AgTech Helped Michael Paxton Strengthen Water Use at Quelltaler
When it comes to growing premium winegrapes in South Australia’s Clare Valley, managing water wisely isn’t just good practice - it’s a...
May 23, 20253 min read


Driving the Future: How Linttas Electric Company is Revolutionising Sustainable Farming
When Terry Krieg and Malcolm Lucas founded Linttas Electric Company in 2023, they set out with an audacious goal: to create the world’s...
Feb 26, 20253 min read
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