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Passing the baton in the ecology team
This week our senior field ecologist, Dr Mason Crane (pictured above checking a nest box), leaves us to join the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, marking the end of an era and passing the baton to a new team of field staff for Sustainable Farms.
Mason started working at The Australian National University in 2001, when he joined a small group...
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Now is the time to invest in natural assets for drought resilience
On the south-west slopes where Sustainable Farms field staff undertake long-term ecological monitoring on farms, the effects of the dry are evident and it’s a particularly difficult time for farmers heading into summer without the buffer of healthy winter and spring rains. The drought is also contributing to the catastrophic fire conditions in northern NSW and QLD.
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Murringo, 'Windermere', Restoring your creeklines and retaining moisture on farms through grazing management
Young NSWAustraliaWednesday, 13 March 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:30pmJoin Sustainable Farms (and our partner Young Landcare) for this field day as part of our 2019 Summer Series.
This family friendly field day will focus on works you can implement to restore creeklines on your property, and insights about holistic grazing regimes. Our hosts for the day are Sam and Clare Johnson, who have had great success improving the...
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Mental health resources
Mental health and wellbeing resourcesIf you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call 000 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.
If you or someone you know is experiencing distress or a mental health problem, there are several resources available to help. Talking with a GP is a good start. He or she can assist...
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Maximise Farm Production and Biodiversity through Shelterbelts
Illabo NSWAustraliaMonday, 13 August 2018 - 9:30am to 12:30pmThis Field Day is for farmers who want to improve their farms’ productivity and biodiversity by creating effective shelterbelts. An experienced team will provide information about the benefits of shelterbelts, based on applied research.
Speakers include:
- Michael Gooden, Chair of Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc
- John Hopkins, owner of Allawah
- Dan Florance and Mason Crane, Field Ecologists from Sustainable Farms
And our...
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Learning From Experience book
In this book, eight farmers connected with Sustainable Farms share their stories of land management in the woodlands of southeastern Australia. The stories are based on interviews conducted by Natasha Fijn.
The farms featured are dotted across...
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John and Nicole Hopkins
AllawahIllabo, NSW
John and Nicole Hopkins
“I was moving stock the other day and I came across a flock of zebra finches. Ten years ago we didn’t see any. When you never used to see them and you’ve got a flock of about seventy of them...
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Investing in healthy farms for the future
Research by Professors Bruce Chapman and David Lindenmayer, Research Directors of Sustainable Farms at The Australian National University, has identified a new way of financing farm improvement investments that minimises the financial risk and accompanying stress that often comes with the use of traditional bank loans.
In an era where drought seems like the new norm, farm improvement projects that restore...
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Healthy Profits
Farmers manage 48% of Australia’s landmass. Through their stewardship they deliver environmental outcomes on behalf of the Australian community. The Box Gum Grassy Woodlands is a critically endangered ecosystem (listed under the EPBC Act in 2006), and much of the woodlands are used for grazing and other productive uses.
The Sustainable Farms project will look at how farming these...
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Healthy Farms
A sustainable farm is one that is capable of producing food and/or fibre using farming practices that not only help to protect and restore natural capital, but also promote the financial viability and wellbeing of the primary producer.
At its heart, sustainable farming is about meeting the production needs of today’s society without compromising the ability of future generations...
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