Farming Together Program in Lismore, New South Wales | Community organisation

Farming Together Program

Locality: Lismore, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6620 3489

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25.01.2022 Ground-breaking research from Southern Cross University is set to finally answer the questions from a groundswell of farmers looking to build carbon in their soils through regenerative practices. The $2.5 million Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment research funding will deliver eight projects which will quantify the benefits of regenerative agricultural practices in restoring degraded soils across Australia over three years. All eight innovat...ive projects are applied collaborative research that can be scaled for the greatest impact. Read more ===> https://farmingtogether.com.au/game-changing-soil-research/

24.01.2022 Seaweed farming set to boom thanks to a great collaboration between industry and researchers.

24.01.2022 Exciting data collaboration project for the Wimmera and Mallee region with BCG (Birchip Cropping Group), a Farming Together group.

24.01.2022 Good winter rainfall across much of the country signalling a turnaround from drought for many regions hasn’t been enough to arrest a slide in Australian rural confidence as the sector grapples with concerns about COVID-19, overseas trade and markets and commodity prices.

22.01.2022 ARDA, Building a sustainable future for your Agribusiness, is offering a series of FREE courses in October for small businesses. Topics include: Are you export ready? Is exporting for me? Market diversification Collaborating to make exporting easier ... Introduction to the export capability course For more: https://bit.ly/3ieY8zD

21.01.2022 Drought resilience adoption and innovation hubs will be established across Australia with an $86 million investment by the Federal Government. The Australian Government said the $86 million will establish eight adoption and innovation hubs across regional Australia and will develop a Digital Foundations for Agriculture Strategy.

20.01.2022 TONIGHT: Galvanising Hidden Strengths: Building Community Knowledge and Support Networks Register here ==>> https://events.humanitix.com/galvanising-hidden-strengths

20.01.2022 Don't miss tomorrow's webinar where you will get the opportunity to hear from experts who have built community knowledge and stronger support networks through collaboration.

20.01.2022 State Natural Resource Management Program WA A share of $8 million in grant funding is available for community groups to apply. This includes the $7 million in large and small Community Stewardship Grants, and an additional $1 million in Community Collaboration Grants. https://www.wa.gov.au//state-natural-resource-management-p

19.01.2022 Join Food Innovation Australia Limited and Queensland Farmers' Federation for a virtual event focussing on export market insights and opportunities within the Australian food and agribusiness sector and abroad on Monday 29th March at 12pm. This event will showcase growth opportunities available to the Queensland food and agribusiness sector, key overseas export markets for Australian agribusiness, online market insights data via the Market Insights and Information portal, networking opportunities with overseas buyers and export capabilities. For more information and to register, visit: ow.ly/PMhx30rAdyF

18.01.2022 Minister for Ag, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud recently announced an enquiry into the supermarket supply chain and unfair shifting of risk and cost onto farmers. The enquiry is now underway and the Minister is encouraging farmers to make a submission to the ACCC. Please see attached for further information. Submissions can be made in confidence up until the 18th of September visit the ACCC website for information on how to make a submission.... https://www.accc.gov.au//perishable-agricultur/submissions

17.01.2022 This study found that community supported veggie box schemes 'helped to nurture a range of benefits that are important to the fabric of society and the connections between us.'

17.01.2022 Intellectual Property In Ag webinar is live now!

15.01.2022 Achieving economies of scale in regenerative agriculture requires collaborative action, according to Research Analyst, Christopher Johns: "It is becoming clear that, with the collaborative action of stakeholders across the agriculture system, we can reimagine, reconfigure and regenerate our agriculture system. We can enable resilient supply chains, restore the health of our lands and enable farmers and businesses to thrive. A road map is required for that journey to transformation, a set of interlinked areas of action to deliver a truly regenerative agriculture system."

14.01.2022 Young Farmer Business Program is presenting a webinar on IP in ag. An important topic, especially for collaborations.

14.01.2022 CSIRO will work with the government, universities, industry and the community, on a new missions program to bolster Australia’s COVID-19 recovery and build long term resilience. https://researchforagriculture.com.au//csiro-sets-sights-/?

14.01.2022 Could a revival of local manufacturing industries help struggling farmers? https://www.theguardian.com//changing-australian-fashions-

12.01.2022 The quarterly outlook released yesterday by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC predicts a normal fire season for Victoria and New South Wales. The report states that overall the influence of a possible La Niña is expected to reduce the risk of prolonged fire activity across most of Victoria, leading to an assessment of normal fire potential for the outlook period for the entire state.

11.01.2022 Got a question about collaborative farming? Farming Together is here to help. Email your question to [email protected] and we will find an expert to answer it. This month, Co-op Federation Secretary Sam Byrne answers a question about starting a co-op.

11.01.2022 Happy National Agriculture Day! During COVID-19 farmers have had our back, every day continuing to grow the food and fibre, we all depend on. This National Agriculture Day, we celebrate the everyday extraordinary efforts of our farmers and all that is good about Australian agriculture.... Today, we also celebrate and acknowledge the farmers working together in collaboration to create a stronger more resilient farming future for Australia The only way forward is together. #AgDayAU

10.01.2022 The future of next-generation farmers is resilient and collaborative!

10.01.2022 OPPORTUNITY Mark is seeking to gauge potential interest for partnering with capable individuals, groups, or companies to produce food on pristine private land within the Bello-Dorrigo district. Read more ==> https://farmingtogether.com.au/seeking-partnership-on-pure/

10.01.2022 Looking forward to this webinar next week and finding out more about collaborative food box solutions for farmer groups and communities. Food Next Door Co-op Yamba Farmers & Producers Market

10.01.2022 They threw the rule about never mixing business and friendship out the window, given they have been mates since they were teenagers and their wives are best friends. The decision to join forces has paid dividends over and over again.

08.01.2022 Small-scale farmers fear the emerging carbon and biodiversity markets will favour large-scale farmers, brokers, and aggregators. Thankfully, work is underway to design a collaborative model where farmers can work together to get a fair deal for land stewardship. Ethical Fields is currently working with farmers to co-design a Protected Habitat Farmers Mutual with the aim to give farmers better access and higher returns on the environmental market. https://farmingtogether.com.au/protected-habitat-farmers-m/

07.01.2022 Introducing Chris Sounness, one of the speakers for our first Learning Together Webinar: Dare to Share Your Data. Chris, Executive Director at Wimmera Development Association, is the former CEO of Birchip Cropping Group. During his time with BCG, Chris facilitated 40 farmers to connect their weather station data so that it was uploaded to a single, shared source. Chris challenged farmers to see the value in collecting and curating their data and suggested that co-op members s...hould be custodians of the data and its use may be best governed by contract law. Don't forget to register to receive the webinar link. https://events.humanitix.com/dare-to-share-your-data

06.01.2022 Innovative supply chain solutions have emerged from the pandemic: Lockdown has accelerated direct sales innovations. More people than ever are ordering directly from producers online, buying food at open-air markets or subscribing to regular bread or dairy products or meat boxes.

06.01.2022 Don't forget to register for tomorrow's webinar: 'Out of The Box Solutions: Farmers and Communities. https://events.humanitix.com/out-of-the-box-solutions-agric Food box distribution has become increasingly popular since the COVID outbreak. But how do farmer groups get one off the ground? And which model is right for you, your collaborative partners, and your community? Hear from two community-minded women who helped create different food box solutions that support local sma...ll-scale producers and gives their community greater access to clean fair food. Deb Bogenhuber runs Out of the Box Sunraysia, a Mildura-based food project which grows small-scale regenerative growers and connects them with local buyers. CLARENCE VALLEY FOOD Inc Chairperson Deb Novak acted fast during the Covid crisis to establish a delivery service for Yamba Farmer and Producers Market stallholders, which is maintaining sales post-pandemic. Speaker stories are followed by a Live Interactive Q&A

05.01.2022 Introducing Phillip Guthrie, one of the speakers for our first Learning Together Webinar: Dare to Share Your Data. Phillip Guthrie leads BCG’s innovation portfolio, developing and managing projects that help BCG members and Australian broadacre farmers increase their productivity, profitability and sustainability. Current projects include the development of a farmer-owned agricultural data marketplace, implementing on-farm telecommunications networks and helping farmers to make greater use of precision agriculture. Don't forget to register to receive the webinar link. https://events.humanitix.com/dare-to-share-your-data

02.01.2022 SINGLE READY TO MINGLE Flower farmer looking for ag-tech connection My name is Hayden, owner of Bloom into you Flower Farm, a family-run and community-oriented farm and education space that uses regenerative agricultural practices. ... We aim to create regenerative processes that can be developed and freely shared. We love data and are inspired by the future in Regen Ag and Ag-tech and are continuously seeking to collaborate on research projects. I have recently Co-Founded a very new start-up to facilitate measurable, intelligent information leverage. We also have a real passion for the next logical step with AgTech Ai and Machine learning. With correct measuring coupled with insightful data-driven processes applied with precision, degenerative processes will fall to the wayside, leaving future data validated regenerative processes in place. First, I’d like to find a great business mentor or peer connections that may be interested in giving mentoring advice with my business aspirations. Also, it would be awesome to connect with a potential IT student/researcher/software engineer/programmer, who has the entrepreneurial passion that crosses over into Agri related enterprise solutions. We are currently seeking this talented 'new thinking' driven person to become part of the team as a Co-Founder. Inquire through Farming Together: [email protected] If you are a farmer, fisher or forester looking to collaborate, send us an email at [email protected] and we will include you in our next Singles Ready To Mingle section.

01.01.2022 Many small farms, especially during COVID-19, have started working together on the fly, while figuring out the business structure along the way.