Digging into Soil Carbon

Healthy soils are the foundation of farming. Building soil carbon can have a range of benefits for your farm but your ability to store carbon in the long term can depend on a range of factors like rainfall, soil type and management practices. That’s why we’re bringing Dr Cassandra Schefe and Soils for Life experts together to answer your questions around soil health.  
 
There’s a lot to dig into with soils so this webinar will look at the science of healthy soils, how to best use soil tests and practical examples of how you can build soil carbon to increase productivity and drought resilience.   
 
Complimenting our Carbon Farming Outreach Program, this is the first of five webinars in 2025, designed to look deeper at carbon farming and how it can complement your on-farm goals for sustainable farming now and into the future. This is part of an ongoing series of events, including free, sector relevant local training – see what’s available near you here. 
 
Submit your questions for the webinar here. 

Learn more about our experts:

Dr Cassandra Schefe, AgriSci Pty Ltd, is a soil scientist with over 25 years’ experience in identifying and addressing soil constraints in agriculture, with experience spanning from synchrotrons to soil pits, and specialist expertise in carbon chemistry.

Cassie works with farmers, industry, academia and government, including contributing to the Cool Soil Initiative in a Principal Scientist role. Cassie has authored 22 scientific journal papers and numerous conference proceedings, currently holds an Adjunct position with Charles Sturt University, and is accredited as both a Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS) by Soil Science Australia, and a FertCare accredited advisor. In 2019 Cassie was also awarded the GRDC Recognising and Rewarding Excellence Award, Southern Region.

Eli Court is the CEO at Soils for Life, an organisation that works to support Australian farmers to regenerate soils and landscapes. Eli has over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector working on climate and sustainability research, policy and engagement.

Grant Sims is the owner of Down Under Covers, a multi species seed business, and a sixth-generation farmer running an 8,500-acre family cropping farm in North central Victoria. The Sims family has been utilizing no-till since the early 80s, Grant has been focused on increasing diversity improving the life and function of the soil through biology.