Scone Drought Resilience Event
Event description
Learn how to get drought-ready - and stay that way with Verified RegenGrown
📍 In-person workshop in Scone
👩🌾 For farmers and landholders of Singleton, Muswellbrook Shire & Upper Hunter Shire Councils
🌱 Community welcome to attend
🗓 9:30am – 1:30pm
💸 Free event – includes lunch
Farmers across the Upper Hunter know drought all too well. This free, in-person workshop is designed to bring the community together and share practical knowledge for managing landscapes in ways that build resilience – now and into the future.
What to expect:
Water in the Environment – Why Is It So Critical?
What is Carbon? Why It Matters in Drought & Flood
Managing Your Landscape for Farm and Family
What is Verified RegenGrown and how it supports your farm journey
Ecological Decision-Making
Biodiversity and Threatened Species on Your Farm
Q&A with experts and local farmers
Speakers
Dr Aurelie Quade – Soil scientist specialising in soil carbon and land management
Michael McCosker – Regenerative farmer and Co-founder of Carbon8
Fiona Hubbard – Regenerative cattle producer from Grassfed on the Plains
Kylie Woodham – Regenerative farmer, author, and storyteller based in Scone
Eloise Haigh – Natural Capital Advisor, Hunter region
*Special offer for local farmers
Thanks to support from the Regional Drought Resilience Planning Program and NSW Environmental Trust, farmers in Singleton, Muswellbrook, and the Upper Hunter can access Verified RegenGrown for just $50 (normally $1,950). This includes the RegenGrown Toolkit and 3-month program membership – tangible support to strengthen your farm’s drought resilience.
Lunch is provided – all you need to bring is yourself.
About Carbon8
Carbon8 is a registered charity supporting farmers to transition to Regenerative Agriculture. Find out more about what we do here;
www.carbon8.org.au
1800 844 088
This project is supported by the Singleton, Muswellbrook and the Upper Hunter Shire Councils and funded by the Australian and NSW Government under Future Drought Fund and NSW Environmental Trust
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