Join us for this exciting online webinar featuring soil scientist and regenerative agriculture expert Declan McDonald who will explain how you can use regenerative agriculture practices to increase tree and soil carbon on your farm.
Do you want to learn more about how to benchmark and monitor your carbon on farm over time? Join us for webinar number 2 to find out how.
All farmers are invited to the first WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group for 2021 at Trevor & Anne-Marie Mills ‘Minnieburn Springs’ farm at Drouin South. The topic for the morning will be ‘establishing and managing multi-species pastures’. Trevor and Anne-Marie have been trialling different ways to establish and manage multi species pastures on their dairy farm […]
We have a special speaker for the night – Beau Miles. YouTube sensation, new dad and self-described oddball who needs to shower more. Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit both abroad and in his backyard for the past few years now. Beau’s offbeat stories of adventure exemplify a curious view of the human condition. […]
You are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruitgrowers discussion group at Lena & Ralph’s McDonald’s Track Organics Farm on Wed 3rd March. In the heart of Thorpdale’s red soils and potatoes, Lena & Ralph Giuliani farm 4 acres of vegetables and a wide range of heirloom fruit trees. Lena is unsure exactly how many […]
Dr Russ Barrow from Charles Sturt University is a researcher with the ‘Dung Beetles Ecosystems Engineers (DBEE)’ project, monitoring the distribution, abundance and diversity of dung beetles across various climatic zones in Australia. Russ conducts monthly monitoring on over 100 intensive surveillance sites over one to two years to definitively establish where various beetle species […]
All farmers are invited to a field day focusing on Soils, Pastures & Cover Crops at Red Hill brought to you by Peninsula Branch VFF Demonstrations include: • Soilkee pasture renovator • Disc Seeder • Tyned Air Seeder • Fix “4 in 1” (Levels, seeds, harrows, rolls) Guest Speakers include: • Niels Olsen, Soilkee • […]
All growers are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruitgrowers discussion group at Tony & Sue’s ‘Orchard End Farm’ on Tues 20th April. ‘Orchard End Farm’ is a multi-enterprise organic farming business. Sue and Tony have a blueberry plantation with 1100 bushes and also grow a number of varieties of garlic. They also run Limousin […]
If your farm is located within the watershed of Port Phillip or Westernport Bay and you are transitioning to a regenerative agriculture farming system, then this course is for you! This 3 week workshop series aims to help you develop a profitable and family-friendly regenerative farm business. The course will help you understand the motivations […]
You are invited to a planting day at Jan Enden's property at Labertouche. This is an opportunity for members to get together, help out a fellow Landcare group and have a social catch up. Date: Saturday 1st May 2021 Time: 10am to 12.30pm before we break for a delicious lunch. Location: 625 Morrison Road, Labertouche. […]
