Regenerative practices take centre stage at Boma NZ agri summit with announcement of new speakers

E Tipu 2021: The Boma NZ Agri Summit, Aotearoa’s must-attend food and fibre event of the year, spearheads regenerative farming practices and innovation with guest talks from award-winning farmer Jono Frew, agroecologist Nicole Masters, and world-leading UV photobiologist, Dr. Jason Wargent.

Jono Frew is co-founder of Quorum Sense, a network that brings together farmers to share practical knowledge about regenerative farming systems and better agricultural practices in Aotearoa.

He also developed Natural Performance Ltd, which supports farmers all over the world, helping them increase profitability and restore joy and excitement to the sometimes lonely and isolating practice of farming.

Nicole Masters is the founder of Integrity Soils, a company specialising in regenerative agriculture. She’s also an independent agroecologist, systems thinker, educator and published author. She’s travelled across New Zealand, Australia and North America to help farmers and producers use regenerative agriculture practices to improve nutrient density and decrease their environmental impact while increasing profit margins.

Her book, “For the Love of Soil,” helps people learn the tools and principles producers are using to regenerate their soils.

Dr Jason Wargent is a world-leading plant UV photobiologist and founder of BioLumic: creator of world-first, clean, green and GM-free UV technology that increases plant growth, vigour and yields.

As chief science officer Jason leads BioLumic’s science vision and science team while also developing the company’s IP strategy. His industry-sponsored PhD from Lancaster University in the UK delivered fundamental insights for the agri-application of UV photobiology.

Held at Christchurch Town Hall on May 11–12, E Tipu 2021 features two days of 20+ local and global speakers, interactive workshops, panels, Q&As, innovative exhibits, cross-sector networking and exclusive Canterbury experiences designed to tackle the huge questions that exponential change presents for New Zealand’s primary industries.

To view the latest E Tipu 2021 speaker line up and ticketing information, visit etipu.boma.global.

E Tipu 2021 is powered by Boma New Zealand, with the support of Foundation Partner Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) taskforce (a coalition including Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and Ministry for Primary Industries) and Host City Partner ChristchurchNZ.

Nicole Masters, Director, Integrity Soils

Boma New ZealandMarch 9, 2021