BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF INCREASING CLIMATE VARIABILITY

Timeframe: June 2019 – June 2021

Funding Source: Smart Farms Small Grants (Federal Government funding administered jointly by  Departments of Environment and Energy and Agriculture and Water Resources)

Project Coordinators: Various

SUMMARY

This project provides opportunities to explore ways of increasing the resilience of our farming systems.    

Activities include:

· A workshop series that helps farmers build regenerative practices into their farming systems.

* One series per year for two years.

· Investigative visits to farms, organisations or conferences demonstrating greatest resilience to climate variability.

* One annual interstate trip for two FBG representatives

* Two annual intrastate trips for four FBG representatives.

Another key objective is to collate current research on climate change that is relevant to our area and have this interpreted for local use.