G'day and welcome to Episode 17 of the Humans of Agriculture podcast! Welcome back to those of you loyal listeners and thanks for your support! For those of you joining for the first time, Humans of Agriculture is dedicated to discovering more about our food system from the people involved in it – chatting with people from all walks of life. Today we're doing things slightly differently and this week is a bit of a collaboration with two superstars that are growing the conversations in Australian...
Jul 07, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Today's guest has worked across Europe, America and has been instrumental in the growing of a global community of businesses, start ups, investors and governments to support a sustainable food system. Sharon Cittone has been listed by Forbes in 2018 as one of the "Powerful Women Shaping the Future of Food". She believes in the importance of collaboration and see's her role as being one of the connectors to create opportunities for others. One thing I love about Sharon is she is so incredibly hum...
Jun 30, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Andrew Ive is the founder of Big Idea Ventures, He scouts the world for businesses to support. Investing in entrepreneurs to change the world. At twelve years old he put together a sketch of a fire escape.. That sat in the back of a sketch book for years & opened this entrepreneurs ticket to the world. Andrew came across into the food scene about 7 years ago, with a wealth of knowledge as an entrepreneur he lives and breathes innovation. As you’ll find out there’s two stories of Andrew offer...
Jun 23, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This week we're taking a slightly different turn but it's still along the lines of people and stories. This week is mens health week and from family scares to friends experiencing serious complications it's just an area that you can’t be too cautious. One area that hits closer to home than most and to be honest it feels a bit weird because I don't think I've ever said it aloud is Mental Health. I vividly remember at school, the area that would have the greatest impact on our lives in those early...
Jun 16, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 14
I am privileged to have Nutritionist Steph Geddes from Body Good Food on the podcast. In a little aside, Steph the superstar was 37 weeks pregnant when we recorded this and I wish her all the best as she welcomes a little one into the world very very soon! Today I had about half a dozen questions from friends, farmers, strangers and new mothers. Wanting to take the chance to understand more about some of the decisions they’re making around food today and what it could mean for them into the futu...
Jun 09, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 13
I wanted to release this episode AS SOON AS IT WAS RECORDED! Today's Guest is Georgia Beattie, CEO of Bulla Park - Australia's Largest Organic Mushroom Farm & traditionally you'd say she's fairly new to Agriculture but Agriculture touches every aspect of our lives & Georgia is no stranger to Food & Drink space. At just the age of 20, Georgia Launched her first business - Lupe Wines. Inspired by the inability to get a glass of wine at a music festival- Her epiphany came a few years la...
Jun 02, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Today we're chatting Chinese consumers and who better to hear it from than Mark Tanner the managing Director of China Skinny. China Skinny are the worlds most read weekly newsletter about marketing to Chinese consumers. We chat about everything from the here and now, to some of the opportunities for Australian exporters. You'll be re-assured that Mark believes that the mid term looks positive for Australia. The way we've handled Covid actually reassures that our systems and processes work. Backi...
May 26, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Hayley Blieden is the founder of the Australian Superfoods Co. With a background in sports nutrition, Hayley's first exposure to Australian native foods & their superfood status was while working at the North Melbourne Football Club. Discussing with players their diets during the off season, Hayley began investigating Australian native foods… Fruits like the Kakadu plum hosting 100x the vitamin C of an orange and 5 x the antioxidants of blueberries – these superfoods are possibly one of the ...
May 19, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome to Episode 9 – We're heading to outback NSW to chat with Anika Molesworth at her family's sheep station in Broken Hill in far west NSW. It's not so much what happens on the farm that defines Anika but her passion & determination to creating a better future through advocating for sustainable farming, environmental conservation & climate change action. Anika references the sense of responsibility she feels to not only protect her land, but the communities and industry that are so i...
May 12, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
"We have a lot of people, the only meat they eat will be Provenir because the animals have not been through the undue stress of traditional systems" Welcome to our 'mini-panel' for Episode 8. We're bringing a consumer facing beef brand, on farm processor and farmer together! Chris Balazs is one of the founders and CEO of Provenir, a high welfare, premium beef brand that processes the animals on farm to reduce the stress in the final hours of the animals life. Gill Sanbrook, is a farmer from Holb...
May 05, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 8
If you were given an offer of $200,000 dollars to pack your life up and move to the USA to kickstart your business.. would you? Well that's the reality of today's guest. She packed up her life within 48 hours and committed everything, today we're jetting across to Los Angeles to chat with Veronica Fil the founder of Grounded Foods. Grounded are a plant based 'cheese business', Veronica is an economist who had a F&B marketing agency in Australia, her husband is a fine dining chef. Veronica kn...
Apr 28, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Welcome to Episode 6 – Today I'm chatting with Sam and Steph Trethewey of the Tasmanian Agricultural company. Sam has been a strong advocate for the agriculture industry and the need for continual improvement, and has achieved this with various agribusiness roles & startups – he now has turned his hand to production Agriculture and with his partner Steph with a background of journalism and communications - they are a formidable force. They are building a business that relies on symbiotic rel...
Apr 21, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Today's guest is Michael Fox from Fable Food Co. Fable are a relatively new entrant to the market, they are producing alternative proteins products including beef & pork from mushrooms. Michael has extensive global experience as an entrepreneur, he founded and led Shoes of Prey a women's fashion business for a number of years. Michael is passionate about the food he consumes and so founded Fable as he saw a market opportunity, he understands consumers, mass markets and how detrimental follow...
Apr 15, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Delusional, Crazy or naively optimistic? I want to have 10,000 conversations with people in different areas of our food system and share the conversations via our platforms. 12 months down the track of the initial thought process, it's taken a long time to get the wheels turning - but i finally feel like there's motion. A quick 10 minute glimpse into some of the things that have driven me to start Humans of Agriculture, where I want to take it & the desire for more people to share their stor...
Apr 07, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 4
"I Believe it Can Be" - Giacomo Cavalli is the Sustainability Manager at the Media Trade Company. Giacomo's perspectives are drawn from his experiences dealing with people, institutions and governments across Europe. Our conversation covers some incredible start ups, the role of corporates and governments moving forward. He references a number of the Sustainable Development goals, in particular SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals, at all levels partnerships are critically important to achieve So...
Mar 31, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3
David Cornish an agribusiness lecturer takes the time to have a chat about some of the changes the students are going through with Covid-19 and how with the right mindset, there will be a lot to learn. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message
Mar 28, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Mark LaBrooy is an author, a hunter, a chef and one of the founders of the well renowned Three Blue Ducks. He has worked across the world in fine dining, is incredibly passionate about the process in getting food onto your plate. Join us as we chat about animal welfare, consumer choice, the importance of community and the satisfaction and emotion involved in having a better connection to our food system. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message
Mar 25, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1
