Whole Farm Planning - Toodyay

What: This Whole Farm Planning day explores the principles of Whole Farm Planning and how this holistic planning design approach integrates not only every aspect within the land system and all of its natural and physical resources, with improved efficiency, productivity and sustainability, but pulls in the complexity around the landholder and their goals, values, objectives, and considers the financial, ecological and social barriers, risks and opportunities.

Prior to attending, participants will be asked to consider the emotional drivers, goals, and values that invariably underpin all business, farm, and lifestyle decisions and choices that they make, to ensure that their farm planning is aligned with these.

This day will offer tools and guidance to kickstart your farm planning journey,  leaving participants with plenty of insights, discoveries, and perhaps a mountain of questions that will be explored after the workshop with the guidance of the group. The intention is that the group will identify knowledge gaps which will help build bespoke Whole Farm Plan over time that farmers have developed from their own hearts, minds, and hands!

Key topics:

• The benefits of Whole Farm Planning and what it means to you
• Vision, Goals, Values – what gets you out of bed in the morning? What keeps you awake at night? What’s your ultimate vision, and why it’s important to get it right before we start?
• What have I got to work with? You’ll explore what biophysical resources and natural capital assets you have such as: Soil. Water. Vegetation. Biodiversity. Topography. Climate.
• What can bring it all undone. Fire. Soil Degradation. Biosecurity. Biodiversity loss. Drought. Legal considerations
• SWOT Analysis. Lets work out our path to symbiosis.
• Financial plan/enterprise analysis
• What do I need to add to the recipe? We’ll explore how we can integrate infrastructure to the best effect.
• Mapping

Cost: $50pp (includes catering)

Where: Toodyay Men's Shed

When: April 6, 2025

Who: This Whole Farm Planning day is suited to all varieties of landholders and growers, with a particular focus on small landholders.

Meet your presenter: Chris Whyoon is a life-long farmer. He founded and chairs the well-known grower group, WA Regenerative Livestock Producers Inc, and runs CampfireAgri, which specialises in whole farm planning, facilitation, training and agricultural sustainability projects. Chris's background with Whole Farm Planning includes previous farm planning project experience, lecturing at Diploma level a range of areas including Whole Farm and Livestock Enterprise planning, soil management, and agri-finance. His most treasured roles have included working with hundreds of farming families in an holistic business, coaching and farm planning role over two decades, empowering those families to create a deeper connection to their land, animals, family and farm business whilst achieving their goals. Chris holds an MBA (Sustainable Business) and sits on a multitude of agricultural Boards and industry advisory committees.

This event is supported through funding from the Western Australian Government State NRM Program.