The Protected Cropping Podcast

This week's episode of the Protected Cropping Podcast was recorded at PCA2023 and features thought leaders Emily Rigby, Ton Habraken, Nial Blair and Paul Gauthier. The conversation highlights the key issues facing modern agriculture and what the future of farminglooks like.

If you were on the fence about heading to Brisbane to PCA 2023 this podcast might change your mind. I sit down with Conference Committtee Chair and PCA Director Emily Rigby to go through the exciting program for PCA 2023. See you in Brisbane

Technology is moving fast. The only way to keep up to date with the latest in the industry is to collaborate. On this week's episode of the Protected Cropping Podcast, we sit down with Alastair Delooze from Denzo to talk through their international approach to innovation and the latest lessons from Hort Connections and GreenTech. Its conference season!

On this blitz episode of the Protected Cropping Podcast, Sam Turner provides the latest advocacy update on how changes to the National Construction Code will affect growers. To become a member, visit the website

Pollination is crucial for food production. Traditionally this job has been left to natural pollinators like the birds and bees and is particularly important for tomato yields. The majority of fresh tomatoes are grown indoors, which poses the question, how do you pollinate a crop without bees? Protected Cropping growers have, over the years have come up with innovative solutions, including leaf blowers, vibrating wands, even the whacking stick method. But PolyBee is rolling out a new solution with some of Australia’s biggest tomato growers. PolyBee are a Singapore based startup who have developed an autonomous solution using the latest in drone and computer vision technologies. I’m Sam Turner and welcome to the protected cropping podcast. On this weeks episode we are joined by Siddarth Jadhav from PolyBee. New technologies and solutions like autonomous pollinators will play an increasingly important role in Australia’s protected cropping industry. With Australia’s high labour costs and low margins, leaning into new technologies to help reduce cost of production will allow us to compete in diverse markets on the global stage. Siddharth Jadhav's LinkedIn Protected Cropping Australia's LinkedIn

On this week's episode of the podcast we sit down with Steffen Kraushaar from Flavorite to discuss the nuances of growing High-Tech tomatoes under glass. The wide ranging discussion highlighted the different roles in Agriculture and potential career pipelines as well as new technologies and the future of agriculture.

On this week's episode we sit down with Young Organic Grower of the Year, Andrew McIlwain from Green Camel. His business has one of the most interesting takes on aquaponics, greenhouse production and truly circular production systems.

On this episode of the Protected Cropping Podcast, we sit down with educator Tony Bundock to help new entrants unravel the complexities of protected cropping. We go through business planning, crop selection, irrigation and managing the crop. If you are interested in growing under greenhouses or glasshouses, this is a perfect overview of the things you need to know to make your farm a success. If you would like to know more about the PCA 2023 conference head over to the website: www.pcaconference.net.au The Early Needs Recovery Program is part of the $150 million Primary Industry Support Package which is co-funded by the Australian and NSW Governments. For more information about the program, please visit Early Needs Recovery Program - Local Land Services (nsw.gov.au). 

We sit down with RMCGs Carl Larsen to discuss all things sustainability and the future of protected cropping.