Minister for Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Minister assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade.

Jen is the owner and founder of Lucinda’s Everlastings, a seed and flower business she runs from her farm in Kojonup, WA with her husband, Rob, and two daughters.

As a fifth-generation farmer there is no surprise from a very young age Kate has had a great interest in all things agriculture. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Adelaide as well as being a Healthy River Ambassador. Kate has strong views when it comes to water management and has done talks to schools and community events regarding the Darling River.

Jamie Nykiel is a 23 year old on a mission to impact agriculture. Growing up in the city, her experience with the bush didn’t start until after she’d started her degree in Animal Science and Animal Health at Murdoch University. Jamie is proof that an agricultural family isn’t always a prerequisite to an incredible career in the industry.

Jimmy Bidstrup is a young man on a mission to bridge the rural-urban divide. He is a passionate young agronomist not afraid of a challenge and loves giving back to other young people without an agricultural heritage.

Sam Marwood is a community driven problem solver from central Victoria who is redefining the farming and agriculture industry. Sam co-founded farming social enterprise Cultivate Farms in 2016. Cultivate Farms matches the best next generation aspiring farmers with retiring farmers and investors to own and operate a farm of their very own.

Tom Curnow (right) is a 22-year-old independent farmer from Scaddan, Western Australia. In 2015, there were a series of bushfires burning from 15 to 26 November around Tom’s community. Tom, and his brother and sister, tragically lost their father to the fires. After the fires, Tom took on the running of his family farm and has been doing so ever since.

Holly is the founder of The Sheep Collective and now the Managing Director of the newly formed parent company The Livestock Collective.  Holly is employed as a Corporate Governance and Compliance officer for Emanuel Exports and has worked in the livestock export industry full time since 2013. 

Aimee is arguably most notably known at the LEGO® Farmer. Through Little Brick Pastoral, Aimee spends part of her time photographing LEGO® mini-figures engaging with the agricultural sector. Aimee has been part of the ABC Heywire Trailblazers Program and has also been an Agrifutures Rural Women’s Award Finalist among many more things.

Raised on a farm in Kojonup, WA, Bec Bignell is a champion for regional Australia. She’s the Founder of Rural Room, an online creative hub designed to release ‘stories from the sticks’, and she manages a national network of regional media makers, the Rural Room Media Stringers. Bec is the Co-Founder of new media production company Cockatoo Co-lab and the Producer of popular short form series, 600 Bottles of Wine.

Inaya Stone is the Co-Secretary of Farmers Across Borders, a non-profit organisation of volunteer farmers and truckies delivering Hay from WA to farmers in need all over Australia.

Jarrad Hubbard is a 31 year old stock agent and auctioneer from Bruce Rock, WA. As The Wheatbelt Stocky, he works hard to share what he gets up to every day to help educate the masses.

Callan Daley is a 21 year old young gun in the agriculture industry. He is very passionate about improving the visual and verbal perceptions of agriculture. He burst onto the scenes at evokeAg 2019 as a Future Young Leader.

Camille is a 28 years old and a fourth generation stock woman. her family own and operate Kalyeeda Station which is located in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Their closest town is Derby which is a 3-hour drive. 

Kendall Whyte is a 26-year-old woman who grew up in the country town of Mukinbudin, Western Australia. After losing her brother Jayden to suicide in November 2018, Kendall helped create the 'Blue Tree Project'.