Field Notes

🌱 Join us for this expert panel and exhibit of sustainable farming stories 📣 Food provided, with time to mingle with agrifood systems experts, including farmers. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣: Thursday 28 August, 2:30pm - 4:30pm 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: RMIT University, Swanston Street 𝙏𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨: https://lnkd.in/ggJqpRuk Alongside the panel, the event will feature stories of sustainable agriculture documented from across Victoria, told via photographs and film. Panelists: Sarah Parker GAICD Sarah is Executive Officer of the Victorian Farmers' Markets Association, Chair, Goulburn Broken CMA, and dairy farmer in the Goulburn Valley. With over two decades in agriculture, education, and community development, she brings deep experience in sustainable farming, rural leadership, and grassroots advocacy. Named the 2022 Australian Rural Community Leader of the Year, Sarah connects policy, practice, and people—championing resilient local food systems and equitable decision-making across the sector. Emma Coath Emma is Executive Chair of Rocket Seeder, one of Australia’s leading accelerators supporting entrepreneurs and researchers creating sustainable solutions in food and agriculture. She brings to the panel extensive insights into the cutting edge of sustainability initiatives in agriculture, while drawing connections between farming and both planetary and individual health. Dheepa Jeyapalan Dheepa is the Food Systems Lead Convener at Regen Melbourne, and has previously worked as Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Manager at VicHealth. We're excited to hear her inspiration and insights as one of Melbourne's leading voices on food systems transformation, towards local, accessible, and sustainable produce. Charlotte Bartlett-Wynne Charlotte is a farmer and co-founder of Farm Raiser, a mixed-vegetable urban farm located in Bellfield. As a not-for-profit farm, Farm Raiser aims to make high-quality food accessible to the local community, while stewarding their land and providing education and vocational pathways for students with disabilities.

✨ nature’s carpet ✨ Feat. Anthony Casanova, wheat and sheep farmer near Lake Bolac, Vic 📍