Event Schedule
Healthy Landscape | Healthy FoodThe Western Landcare Forum will be held over a 2 day period between August 4-5 2017. The forum will include talks, workshops and field trips from a wide range of presenters and will provide an opportunity to showcase regional produce through cooking demonstrations and trade stands. Please note: This schedule may be subject to change.
Forum Day 1 | August 4
Free Forum Registration (includes morning & afternoon teas, lunch and all workshops)
Starts 9.00am – Concludes 4.00pm
| Introduction | John Gavin – Facilitator | ||
| Open Forum | Rob Chambers – Chair of Western Landcare | ||
| Welcome to Country | Aunty Maureen O’Donnell | ||
| Welcome to Broken Hill | Darriea Turley Mayor of Broken Hill | ||
| Social media for producers – turning followers into your fiercest advocates. | Sophie Hansen 2016 Australian Rural Woman of the Year | ||
| Using grazing animals to achieve Healthy Landscapes | Dick Richardson Grazing Naturally | ||
| Morning Tea | Opportunity to visit trade stands | ||
| Healthy, happy animals grazed in healthy landscapes | Greg Curran Animal & Climate investigations | ||
| Sustainable cropping | Daniel Linklater Mallee Sustainable Farming | ||
| Landholder panel “What’s so special about the produce from our region and how do we sell it? | Chris Ferguson | ||
| Katie Davies | |||
| Georgina Luckraft | |||
| Garry Hannigan | |||
| Lunch | Opportunity to visit trade stands | ||
| Field Trips & Workshops | |||
| Field Trip 1 | Plant ID Field Trip – “Clevedale” | Lindy Molesworth & Greg Curran | |
| Field Trip 2 | “Sunnydale” erosion workshop | Paul Theakston | |
| Workshop 1 | Social Media fundamentals & marketing through visual storytelling | Sophie Hansen | |
| Workshop 2 | Spatial NRM Hub | Phil Tickle | |
| Workshop 3 | Cooking Demonstration | Matt Golinski | |
| Workshop 4 | Cooking Demonstration | Shane Bailey | |
| Workshop 5 | Whole Animal Butchery | Grant Hilliard | |
| Workshop 6 | The livestock opportunity – A bankers view | Steve Radeski – ANZ | |
| Workshop 7 | Drones | JSL Drones | |
| Workshop 8 | Telling your story through photos and blogs | Chris Ferguson | |
| Workshop 9 | Digital Record Keeping | John Fargher & Tom Legge – AgriWebb | |
| Workshop 10 | Managing Work Health and Safety Risk for Agribusiness | Abigail Hickman – Safe Ag Systems | |
Social Dinner | August 4
Forum Dinner Registration $55.00
The additional Forum Registration ticket includes a 3 course dinner with delicious ingredients sourced from our local region. Please select a ticket to both the Forum Registration and Forum Dinner when registering if attending the dinner & forum.
The Broken Hill Golf & Country Club will be open from 6.00 pm for pre-dinner drinks and nibbles with entree served at 7.00 pm.
| 6.00 pm | Forum Dinner Prepared by “The Gourmet Chef” and made with regional produce.
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Forum Day 2 | August 5
Free Forum Registration (includes morning & afternoon teas, lunch and all workshops)
Starts 9.00am – Concludes 12.30pm
| Welcome/Recap of Day 1 | John Gavin – Facilitator |
| Local Landcare Awards Awards presentation | Ben Barlow – Chair of Local Land Services Western Region Erlina Compton – General Manager – Local Land Services Western Region |
| Landscape and health | Major General the Honourable Michael Jeffery AC, AO(Mil), CVO, MC (Retd) |
| Launch of the new Western Division Resilient Landscapes Project | Natalie Williams Chief of Staff – Soils for Life |
| Far West Regional Plan | The Director Department of Planning & Environment |
| Morning Tea | Opportunity to visit trade stands |
| Industry panel How do we tell the story and promote the produce from our region? | Matthew Dwyer – MLA Brand Manager |
| Denis Cox – CEO of Beef Australia | |
| Elena Kirrilova – Austrade | |
| Mary Lockton – NSW Farmers – Marketing | |
| Synthesise forum ideas Next steps? | John Gavin – Facilitator |
| Forum Close | Rob Chambers – Chair of Western Landcare |
| Lunch | Final Opportunity to visit trade stands |
