Jacqui and I have just completed an absolutely awesome few days at the evokeAG 2023 conference in Adelaide. Hat doffed once again to the amazing team at AgriFutures Australia for delivering an epic feast of great content, great speakers and fantastic networking!
Nothing however in today’s ‘new normal’ operates in complete isolation. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to moderate the ‘Biologicals’ workshop with three great panelists; Ben Barlow, Ethy Levy & Kioumars Ghamkhar. Several thousand miles to the east, the 2023 Salinas Biological Summit was confirming its latest speakers at exactly the same time. Like the representatives attending evokeAG from 18 different countries, the issue of biologicals and soil / plant health cuts across borders. So just who has joined our speaker list in June over the last few days?
- Cristina Rohr; Cristina is Managing Director, Food & Agriculture, S2G Ventures
- Eugenia Saini; Eugenia is FONTAGRO’s Executive Secretary, a unique sustainable co-financing mechanism for the development of agricultural technology in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain
- Larry Taylor; Larry is the Co-founder & Managing Partner of The Yield Lab, Asia Pacific
- Stuart Woolf; Stuart is President and CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing, and in-coming Chair, Western Growers
They join a growing cohort of great presenters who will highlight the importance of smart sustainable agriculture at a time of our changing climate and emerging global regulation around the application of chemicals to our soils and plants.
You can learn more about the 2023 Salinas Biological Summit, the draft program, more speakers, ticket sales, accommodation discounts etc. at www.salinas-summit.com. With a 2-day optional field trip to meet growers in North America’s ‘fruit bowl’ – Central Valley, it’s going to be another few days of ‘awesome’.
Final word however to evokeAG 2023. The conference provided the opportunity to once again meet in person, network and identify opportunities to collaborate. If you are looking to meet key players in California’s agrifood ecosystem and delegates from around the world, we are looking to repeat the same recipe in June. It’s a recipe that the team at Agricultures delivered this week and one we are keen to replicate again.