Farmers are invited to attend a field day focusing on cover cropping and bioferts with Grant Sims. Grant Sims is a sixth generation farmer running the family farm in North central Victoria Australia. The farm is 8500 acres of dryland and some irrigation. The Sims farm has been utilizing no-till since the early 80's thanks […]
Farmers are invited to our next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group at Scott Bentley’s farm at Poowong. Scott & Kylie own a beautiful property at Poowong. They run a herd of approx 120 cows plus young stock on their 200 acres property and sell them as vealers. Scott manages his farm quite similarly to a […]
Farmers are invited to attend this field day focusing on regenerative horticulture with Andre Leu. Andre Leu has been farming organic tropical fruits since 1972. Andre along with wife Julia purchased a 150acre farm in the Daintree in 1991 where Andre has continued to be a pioneer in the development of the commercial growing, harvesting, […]
You are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruitgrowers discussion group at Maurie & Maria Cafra’s organic vegetable farm on Thurs 2nd March. The focus of the discussion will be on ‘compost’. Maurie and Maria have been making on-farm compost for many years and are renowned for their experience and knowledge. We will have a […]
Over the past couple of years we have had Grant Sims, Owen Billings and Andre Leu speak to us. All these farmers have been making and using bioferts successfully on their farms, and we also saw some practical applications on the East Gippsland Farm tour. This hands-on workshop will help you learn more about bioferts, […]
Please note this is the second workshop as the first workshop was oversubscribed. Over the past couple of years we have had Grant Sims, Owen Billings and Andre Leu speak to us. All these farmers have been making and using bioferts successfully on their farms, and we also saw some practical applications on the East […]
You are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruitgrowers discussion group at Richard & Rosemary’s ‘Grand Ridge Organics’ farm on Wed 5th April. Richard & Rosemary grow prize winning organic garlic (some 30,000 cloves per year), fresh fruit and vegetables, and value add their produce through creating certified Organic Jams, pickles, sauces and chutneys. Their […]
Did you hear the twitter about ecosystem services from birds on farms? Come along, it will be a real hoot! An optional ‘songs of the bush’ session for anyone wanting to join us early and listen to the birds. 10am Topics: Wetland & woodland birds- Birdlife Australia • Species commonly found on the Western Port […]
All farmers are invited to the next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group at The Olsen’s family farm at Hallora. The Olsen family are renowned for developing the Soilkee renovator. In addition to this they manage a 450 acre property and run cows and calves. It has been a number of years since we visited this farm, […]
Cannibal Creek Landcare Group and Melbourne Water invite you to join us in planting 3,000 plants in one day. Date: Sunday, 7th May, 2023 Time: 9.30 am – 2 pm Meeting place: Lovers Lane, Garfield, parking available at planting site Type of activity: Plant 3000 indigenous tube stock to revegetate 3 acres of land to […]