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Using Instagram to make farming more profitable
It only took one photo on a farm that was posted on Instagram, for the sunflowers they grow to become a social media hit. The owners have since had tourists from Japan, China and Brazil make the trip out to the property, and particularly from Singapore. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-04/insta-farming-has-businesses-booming-at-sunflower-farm/11049998
4 May 2019 by IdeaSpies

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Improving sustainability within the egg industry
Adaptive Eggs identifies "male eggs" when they are laid avoiding the costly and undesirable culling practices in the egg laying industry. The incentive to adopt Adaptive Eggs breakthrough technology comes from the simultaneous elimination of economic losses associated with the incubation, hatch and cull of day old male layer birds and the potential conversion of this waste stream into novel value-added bio-products. Adaptive Eggs has been supported by the ON Accelerate program at CSIRO. http://www.oninnovation.com.au/en/ON-teams/ON-Accelerate5-Teams/Adaptive-Eggs
4 May 2019 by Rishad

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Maximising agriculture productivity
Bee Innovative is an Australian agrifood tech company that is using artificial intelligence to track bees to boost crop yields and
4 May 2019 by Rishad

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A fresh approach to networking
Networking In Nature is a monthly guided early morning walk for professionals and business owners in Sydney's stunning Royal Botanic Gardens. The morning provides rich connections with like minded people and an opportunity to start the day on a healthy and inspired note. Newcomers are always welcome. www.gonebushadventures.com.au/networking-in-nature
1 May 2019 by IdeaSpies

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An environmentally friendly graphene production process
Graph Air is a cost efficient process of producing graphene. It can filter out extremely toxic chemical compounds while allowing pure, pH neutral water through. It has narrow channels through which smaller water molecules can pass, but larger dissolved molecules and solvated ions are blocked. Graph Air has been supported by the ON Accelerate program at CSIRO. http://www.oninnovation.com.au/en/ON-teams/ON-Tribe/Accelerate1/Graph-Air
30 April 2019 by Rishad

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Growing global fruit and vegetables worry free
Globally US$30b worth of fruit and vegetable production is lost due to fruit fly, and US$18b in global trade is threatened by the pest. RapidAIM provides a service of real-time alerts for the presence and location of fruit fly using wireless trapping technology. This immediate data-driven decision service allows biosecurity agencies, growers and agronomists to respond rapidly to fruit fly detection to control the pest. RapidAim has been supported by the ON Accelerate program at CSIRO. http://www.oninnovation.com.au/en/ON-teams/ON-Tribe/Accelerate2/RapidAIM
9 April 2019 by Rishad