Guest Speaker: Helen Barclay – ‘EnviroDNA’ Helen runs a local pioneering company that can analyse a drop of water or a speck of dust to find traces of DNA. Every creature leaves traces of their DNA in the surrounding environment through shedding things like skin cells, scales and hair. This is called environmental DNA (eDNA). […]
Come and join us during the Easter school holidays at the iconic 340-acre Phillip Island property, Bimbadeen. Located near the world-famous Penguin Parade and the Grand Prix Circuit, Bimbadeen is a working farm famous for its award winning premium quality beef. The farm continues to diversify and is now producing free range eggs and honey. […]
For our April session, we will be visiting Alistair Young’s property “Cape Schank Produce Store” in Cape Schanck, to review the results of the biosolids demonstration on the pasture and soil as part of the demonstration running over the past few years. Facilitating the day will be soil scientist Chris Alenson, along with David Stewart. […]
Everyone is welcome to attend the Mornington Peninsula Food Forum; building a resilient, agile food economy on the Mornington Peninsula. With this event we are aiming to bring together local food growers, makers and advocates to tackle issues and opportunities around food production on the Mornington Peninsula. We have a fabulous line-up of speakers planned […]
Drones are a hot topic & there is much discussion about their applications in agriculture. Neerim District Landcare Group is pleased to present a field day on "DRONES FOR FARMS" This field day will provide answers to many of the questions farmers have been asking about drones. Mick Green from Drift Media has been using […]
You are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruit growers discussion group at Thorpdale Organics. Tony & Wendy own Thorpdale Organics which is located on beautiful rich red volcanic soils in Thorpdale. They sell 90% of their produce through their 'LITTLE GREEN SHED' self-serve farm-gate shop which is open seven days a week. Tony & […]