Event description
Celebrating Good Food Farmers - Share ideas & be re- energized on your Regen Ag Journey.
A huge thank you for Carbon8's support- making this day possible.
Helen & Mike McCosker ( Founders of Carbon8 and NRAD) will share a recorded message.
The day will be a all about farmers discussing topics after speakers provoke thought... Share ideas with your peers, ask questions, explore topics and maybe you'll be able to collaborate with others. What do you think and why do you think it? How does it/ could it relate to your business?
Picots Farm 8:30am to 4pm.
Tickets $30/person - Tea/ Coffee/ Water will be provided - BYO Chair/ Picnic lunch / cup/ cutlery/plates/ hat and snacks.
We are excited to have Cindi O'Meara - Changing Habits with us for the day.
Cyndi is a nutritionist, film maker, bestselling author, speaker and founder of Changing Habits, a whole food company that believes everything begins and ends with food and that health food should actually be just that - healthy.
Topics for Discussion:
The PEOPLE: Helen Lewis: Mindset/ future thoughts- drought mgt/ holidays/Staff/ Kids/ succession/ wellbeing/ trials/ experiments/ collaboration.
The MONEY: Ted Callinan- Shares results from developing the focus and balance needed to become truly regenerative and profitable in the long term.
The SOIL: Dr Neil Wilson- Director of Research at Metagen -As a microbial ecologist with over 15 years of research in a range of fields including medical, environmental, and agricultural microbiology. Neil loves sharing the latest developments and working with farmers.
Group Discussion
Paddock Walk – Check out the Rehydration project ( NSF) - Paul Graham.
PRODUCT- What are you Producing?
Cyndi O'Meara- The Demand for clean food
Group discussion: Quality/ Quantity - Integrity/ density - What do you think about Pricing / Accreditation systems?
MARKETING & COLLABORATING– Adding Value to our Products and Waste- Panel - 20min...
- Kym Sullivan : Grain Marketing ideas/ avenues/ facilities.
- Juanita Breen: CSA/ Meat Marketing & Online OFN/ REKO/ Waste stream
- Rohan Berecry- Plums
- Dr Polly Burey- Associate Professor (Food Science) USQ.- From Waste to Opportunity.
& Q&A. Local producers adding value and Waste opportunities at USQ
Contact- Helen Lewis 0418785285/ Sarah Fea: 0439827927/
Tanya Jobling: 0457647378