FBA’s Farming for the Future Forum

After the success of last year’s event, FBA’s Forum is back with industry-leading guest speakers and plenty of opportunities to put your learnings into practice!

Designed for central Queensland land managers, the forum will focus on regenerative agriculture practices that improve grazing and cropping businesses’ productivity and resilience. Come along and learn how to navigate the landscape and how to get your local environment working for you.

Whether you’ve been working the land for years, or just starting, this event is an opportunity to find solutions customised for you and your property. There will be plenty of opportunities to chat one-on-one with guest speakers, fellow land managers and extension experts.

When – August 2 & 3
Where – The Great Western | 37 – 39 Stanley Street Rockhampton
Cost – $140 per person (inc. GST)

Agenda

DAY 1 | 8am – 5pm
Learn from the best and network and results in action (property visits)
Jump in a bus and visit local properties that are successfully practising regenerative agriculture while guest speakers introduce key challenges, concepts, and solutions. Mingle with fellow land managers, guest presenters and extension professionals.

Farmer Meets Foodie 3-course Dinner | 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Enjoy locally-sourced food with those who grew it while hearing more from guest speakers. Forum tickets include this special event; separate tickets will be available to the public ($80pp).

DAY 2 | 8:30am – 12:30pm
Apply knowledge and head home with a plan.
Put new skills into action with the help of guest speakers, peers and extension professionals.

Guest Presenters:

Stuart Andrews
Founder | Natural Sequence Farming
Stuart is passionate about teaching people how to understand landscape function and restore them to be more resilient, productive and healthy. Using the principles of Natural Sequence Farming, Stuart’s training will include a mix of presentations and interactive sessions outdoors.

Scott Hall
Expert Consultant | Syntropic
Scott is a farm educator, holistic manager, and working farmer. He is passionate about sharing his experience and insight into conventional farming, regenerative agriculture and Syntropic farming. Scott will cover a range of topics including – mixed species cover crops and pasture crops, species succession, how to encourage biodiversity in grazing systems, carbon sequestration and much more.

If you’ve got any questions give Dan Rea a call on (07) 4999 2812 | 0448 439 117

Tickets

Purchase now from $140.

Event Times

08:00 am - 05:00 pm Wednesday 2nd August, 2023
06:30 pm - 09:30 pm Wednesday 2nd August, 2023
08:30 am - 12:30 pm Thursday 3rd August, 2023

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Location

Rockhampton