Review of current industry, regional and farm workforce development activities and human resource practices on farms

Written By Cristy Houghton

Prepared by Dr Jennifer Moffatt and Associate Professor Ruth Nettle, The University of Melbourne

Funded by - Cotton Research and Development Corporation

RDA Riverina is committed to ensuring the economic sustainability of the Riverina Region. Industries need to ensure access to a skilled and reliable workforce for continued economic growth. Additional employee education and training is also critical to continued capacity building and long term viability.

RDA Riverina supports various projects across the Riverina and has recently been a co sponsor of the “Riverina agriculture workforce: finding, training and retaining” workshop in Griffith. This workshop was facilitated by the University of Melbourne as part of their review into regional and farm workforce development activities for the Cotton Industry.

To view the Review of current industry, regional and farm workforce development activities and human resource practices on farms please click here.

Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

http://www.embarketing.com.au
Previous

Softwood Plantation Expansion - Business Case
Next

Careers in Agriculture