Mic Black
Mic Black
Rainstick Chief Thunderstorm Creator, Founder
Mic Black is one of the founders of Rainstick, a novel biotech startup that mimics thunderstorms to grow crops bigger, faster and more sustainably. As Chief Thunderstorm Creator, he is leading a team of ambitious scientists developing novel technology to discover (and commercialise) the link between electric fields making crops more resilient to a changing weather and climate conditions. Rainstick is proudly built on thousands of years of First Nations knowledge, and named by CSIRO as a "deep-tech gamechanger", Mic aims to bring a sense of hope to the often disheartening rhetoric around the future of food and bioproducts.
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Farmers, Food and the Frontlines of Climate Change Innovation
MON, OCT 16, 2:30 PM
Conference
As the world faces the challenges posed by climate change, producers big and small find themselves at the crossroads of food security and environmental sustainability. Food is life, and the way we grow and eat is changing whether we're ready or not.
This interactive conversation brings together a diverse group of experts to discuss how it really is out there, and the innovative work being done to feed future generations sustainably.
Mick Liubinskas
Impact investor and founder of Climate Salad
Lee Constable
TV presenter and science educator
Dale Schilling
Finance innovator at Hillridge
Mic Black
Chief Thunderstorm Creator and founder of Rainstick
