Farming Carbon 2023 Conference

The Farming Carbon conference held in February 2023 aimed to support land managers, agriculture industry groups, Landcare participants, and industry staff in north east Victoria in building their knowledge and understanding of carbon farming systems.

In a nutshell, carbon can be confusing, and there are many options to engage in carbon markets some of which are still evolving. There is, therefore, a need to promote awareness among land managers of what carbon farming is about, the opportunities available and processes required, the issues and pitfalls, and generally the keys to a successful carbon farming program.

Speakers are:

Alexandra Gartmann, Chair, Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council
Sandy Gain, Climate and Sustainable Sourcing Lead, Acting Commercial Director, Mars Petcare
Julia Waite, CN30 Project Manager, Meat and Livestock Australia
Professor Richard Eckard, Director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, University of Melbourne
Sam Henty, farm business economist, Agriculture Victoria
Julian Carroll, Regional Chair Southern Australian Livestock Research Council (SALRC) and Principal, Stellar Livestock
Alison Kelly, Farm emissions specialist, Agriculture Victoria
Jim Shovelton, Gecko CLaN project Benalla
Megan Hill, Policy Lead NRM; and Paul Tyson, Regional Climate Adaptation Lead, Dairy Australia
Dr Cassandra Schefe, Soil Scientist/Director AgriSci
Sue Briggs, Agronomist, Service Specialist, CSBP Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory

The conference was supported by North East Catchment Management Authority (CMA) with funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.