MADE Australia

Less than two weeks until our first winter wheat trial demo day! Click the link below to find out more and sign up to this free event. https://lnkd.in/g2HNCZGB #ausag #futuredroughtfund #ausgov #droughtresilience

Curious if you’re the right fit to become an #innovator with Beanstalk Venture Studio? 🚀 Meet some of the talented innovators from our first cohort who are currently working with our Venture Builders to develop drought-resilience #startups. Our cohort includes a diverse mix of #researchers, #industryexperts, and #founders. If this sounds line you, we encourage you to #apply for the second cohort! 👉 Applications close on September 29th, 9 PM AEST. 👉 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gyqYB4ww 🌾 We’re excited to introduce some of our incredible innovators from Cohort 1, Michael Max Brown (Orchard Mate); Joe Finneran (MADE Energy); Andres Ruiz (James Cook University); Angus Croser (Ag SafeGuard); Alexander Soeriyadi (Rheologi) and Munir Sadiq (CSIRO). 👉 Want to see the full list? Check it out on our website: https://lnkd.in/gv6NMQJi #DroughtVentureStudio #FutureDroughtFund #Innovators #AgTech

✂️CUTTING THROUGH THE NOISE: A Scientific and Regenerative Pathway to Building, Reviving, and Maintaining Soil #Soil, the foundation of life on Earth, faces unprecedented threats from human activities, leading to runaway degradation, erosion, and loss of #fertility. 📢 Call To Action 🪢It's time to put aside debates, distractions, and confusion, and focus on building soil. 🕸️ Let's ignore the misinformation and concentrate on reviving soil. 🔬We need to clarify the situation, get a clear understanding of the science and ethics, and work together on maintaining soil. By adopting scientific and regenerative approaches to building, reviving, and maintaining healthy soil, we can restore soil ecosystems and ensure a sustainable future. 🏝️Building Soil: The Foundation of Ecosystems #Research has shown that incorporating organic matter, such as compost, manure, or green manure, increases soil's water-holding capacity and nutrient content (Lal, 2004). Planting cover crops like legumes and grasses enhances soil structure, reduces erosion, and attracts beneficial insects (Snapp et al., 2010). Applying a thick layer of organic mulch retains moisture, suppresses weeds, and regulates soil temperature (Blanco-Canqui et al., 2013). 🏝️Reviving Degraded Soil: A Call to Action Assessing soil health is crucial in reviving degraded soil (Karlen et al., 2013). Removing pollutants, adding natural amendments like compost tea or worm castings, and introducing beneficial microbes promotes a diverse microbial community (Glick, 2012). These measures address nutrient deficiencies, reduce soil-borne diseases, and enhance soil fertility. 🏝️Maintaining Soil Health: A Long-Term Commitment Minimizing tillage preserves soil structure and organic matter, while crop rotation avoids depleting soil nutrients and promotes beneficial insects (Hartwig & Ammon, 2002). Regular monitoring and adaptation ensure optimal soil conditions, maintaining soil cover with mulch, cover crops, or living groundcovers to prevent erosion and retain moisture (Blanco-Canqui et al., 2013). By adopting these scientifically-backed principles, we can build, revive, and maintain healthy, resilient soil that supports #biodiversity, efficient water use, and thriving #ecosystems. Now is the time for bold action – to secure our planet and regenerative futures. #BuildReviveMaintainSoil #SoilRegeneration #CuttingThroughTheNoise #RegenerativeSoilManagement #RegenerativeAgriculture #SoilHealthMatters #ScienceForSoil #SoilConservation #EcoFriendlyFarming #SoilBiodiversity #SoilCarbonSequestration #RegenAg #SoilLove #HealthySoilHealthyPlanet

Repurposing agricultural waste for fuels and fertilisers 🌾 ⛽    Introducing MADE Australia, an innovator in our 2024 GRDC GroundUp Program that is tapping underutilised tech to help farmers convert agricultural waste into cheap fuel and fertiliser.    MADE is using novel anaerobic digestion technology to produce biofertilisers and biofuels and develop a scalable ‘biohub’, designed to improve farmers’ yields and profitability without relying on synthetic fuels and fertilisers.      The Victorian agritech company’s ultimate goal is for every agricultural community in Australia to have a MADE Biohub – a novel anaerobic digestion technology embedded within a circular bioeconomy where agricultural waste is repurposed to create a reliable, more affordable and zero emissions local supply of biofertilisers and biofuels.     You can find out more about MADE by visiting their website or coming along to our 2024 GRDC GroundUp Showcase Day on August 29.     Register now: https://lnkd.in/g53hnRjE    #GroundUp #Agtech #Grains #Accelerator