{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Ep 58: Fiona Aveyard on drought, dust storms, and value-adding","description":"Agtech is about more than the technologies. It's about new business models in agriculture,\nand of course the innovators driving changes along the value chain. Today's guest, Fiona Aveyard, a 5th generation mixed farmer, is definitely an innovator and an entrepreneur.\n\rWe talk about how she's working on a new supply chain and new\nvalue add products that can bring more profits to the farm and create jobs in her\nlocal community. And she's doing all of this while facing dust storms and the worst drought in\nhistory.\n\rThis episode is again part of our series in partnership with Farmers2Founders, an\ninnovation program designed specially for primary producers. Fiona is one of the\nbusinesses in the program. Applications are open now for the Ideas Program. So, if you're a producer with an invention to commercialize or an idea for a new product, check it out! \n\rFor more from Fiona, check out:\nhttps://www.outbacklamb.com.au/\nhttps://twitter.com/outbacklamb","author_name":"Sarah Nolet"}