Skye Raward

For Dr Hima Haridevan, agrifood innovation doesn’t begin with a startup idea or a pitch deck. It begins in the lab, with materials, systems, and a fundamental question that many researchers quietly wrestle with: how does this work beyond controlled conditions? Based at the University of Queensland, Hima is a translational materials scientist specialising in making bio-based materials more accessible and cost-effective for sustainable living. As co-founder of EcoSprout, she is transforming...

How Farmers2Founders helped Irish agtech company MagrowTec navigate the path from global technology leader to locally grounded Australian business, and why the opportunity for grain growers is only just beginning. A Global Problem That Lands on Every Farm Every time a spray boom rolls across a paddock, a significant portion of the chemicals applied never reach their target – drift carries them off-site, run-off washes them away. Conventional spraying technology, largely unchanged for decades,...

How a daughter's determination to honour her father's life work is reshaping the way inputs reach Australian grain crops — and why the industry is paying close attention. There is a particular kind of founder story that begins not in a co-working space or a university incubator, but at a kitchen table, listening to a parent talk about a problem they had spent a career trying to solve. For Caecilia Potter, CEO and Commercial Founder of VensoGrow, the origin of BreezeCoat™ is inseparable from...