Future Food and Farming in North East Victoria Forum
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You are invited to the Australian Alpine Valleys Agribusines Forum for farmers and producers, rural businesses, agencies and exporters.
When: Tuesday 5 May 2009
Where: Memorial Hall, Ford Street, Beechworth
Two great speakers:
Andrew Campbell, Natural Resource Management expert, author of Paddock to Plate, founder of Landcare and Whole Farm Planning models
Andrew Campbell is the Managing Director of Triple Helix Consulting. He has been at the cutting edge of natural resource management in Australia for 25 years and has played influential roles in research, in policy as a senior executive in the Australian Government and in extension with the Victorian Government.
Andrew was instrumental in the development of Landcare, working with Rick Farley from the National Farmers’ Federation and Phillip Toyne from the Australian Conservation Foundation to develop the proposal to then Prime Minister Bob Hawke that catalysed the Decade of Landcare. Andrew was Australia’s first National Landcare Facilitator from 1989-92 and pioneered the concept of Whole Farm Planning as Manager of the privately-funded Potter Farmland Plan initiative in western Victoria in the 1980s.
David Ch'ng, Associate Professor at Melbourne University, author, marketing expert to Asia, entertaining presenter
David Ch’ng, is an expert on doing business in Asia. David has extensive experience in industrial and business administration, marketing and market research in Australia, South East Asia and the Netherlands.
An author and consultant, David Ch’ng’s clients include Monash-ANZ Centre for International Briefing, the Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific and the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
Cost: Young Farmers Workshop [18 - 35yrs] 2.30 - 5.30pm (no cost - registration required for catering purposes)
Forum including dinner 6.00pm - 9.15pm ($15 - (students free) - registration required)
Anne Shaw,
Drought Services Co-ordinator,
Australian Alpine Valleys Agribusiness Forum
tel: 0458 216 088
Email: anne.shaw@alpvalleys.com.au