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