This course is subject to a bursary under the Co-operative Farming Program. You will be subsidised by $900 for this course when you receive a 'Promo Code' that you enter before buying tickets. To apply for the code click here: https://coopfarming.coop/learn...

The course will be in 3-parts.

12th March 12:30 - 2:00pm "Getting started - Capturing the Business Model"
19th March 12:30 - 3:30pm "Deep Dive - Understanding the Value Chain"
26th March 12:30 - 2:00pm "Learning Harvest - Defining Mutual Principles"

In this course farmers will explore the ways they can aggregate market power to simplify access to Environment Goods and Services (EG&S) markets, and to retain more value from their land stewardship. We will investigate the strategies that farmers can deploy, including the value that a farmer-led mutual can create around provenance, data and tailoring EG&S products to meet farmer needs.

EG&S markets are set to grow in volume, scope and scale. They will provide a significant commercial opportunity to a broad number of Australian farmers. This is partly driven by government via regulation, targets and market mechanisms, and partly by a growing appetite from corporates and institutional investors. These initiatives are looking to halt the worst impacts of climate change and achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Farmers are set to be major suppliers of these Environmental Goods and Services in the decades to come. Naturally, there is an opportunity for farmers to co-operate and investigate mutually beneficial strategies and structures to meet this emerging demand.

This course asks - and helps farmers answer - “What are the fundamental factors that enable farmers to work together to best service the demand for Environmental Goods and Services?”

This will be the topic we explore with participants in this dynamic collaborative Learning Together format. This course builds on the successful collaboration delivered under the Co-operative Farming Program in August and September 2020 that explored 'Measurement, Credibility and Monetization through a Protected Habitat Mutual'. It is recommended, but not compulsory, that participants familiarise themselves with the previous course content https://ethicalfields.com/protected-habitat/

The course will be facilitated over multiple weeks by Janeece Keller, Rohan Clarke and Andrew Ward.