21 August 2020 Change game with climate-smart agriculture: Applications open for Victorian Fellowship Change the game with climate-smart agriculture: Applications open for Victorian Fellowship Applications are now open for the Farmers for Climate ActionβsΒ Victorian Climate-Smart Agriculture Fellowship. Funded by the…
At a glance Who: Kerry and Fernando Caligiore What: Calenny Orchard, a small 20-acre piece of land Where: Crooked Corner, located in the Upper Lachlan Shire on the Southern Tablelands of NSW. We are approximately 90 kms from Goulburn and…
At a glance Who: Sam McCardel, Climate Smart Masterclass participant in 2018 What: Small Sheep, Cattle and Cropping enterprise of 426 Acres with diverse other income streams. Solar powered. Pig manure soil improvement program. Seeking to establish a bush retreat…
25 May 2020 Reasons for hope as resilience forum comes to Bairnsdale A GROUNDBREAKING NEW PROGRAM aimed at building resilience and hope in rural communities is connecting world-leading experts with Bairnsdale and Gippsland tomorrow (26 May) at 8:45am. Farmers for…
Our climate-smart farmer in focus this month is Robert Quirk. Robert is a Tweed Valley cane farmer who is also an advocate and teacher of sustainable farming practices. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including Carbon Farmer…
To celebrate the amazing work underway in farms across Australia, we have launched a 'Climate-Smart Farmer in Focus' initiative. Each month, we select one of our farmer members who are doing great things on-farm to profile and learn from. This…
At a glance Who: Kerrie McMartin and her dad Graham McMartin What: Β Grows commercial crops of lychees, custard apples and sugar cane as well as running a pick-your-own strawberry agritourism business. The custard apples and strawberries are grown on the…
Alisdair Tulloch is fifth-generation grapegrower and winemaker at Keith Tulloch wines, which has been certified as carbon neutral by the Federal Government.