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Education and Outreach
For the UWA Centenary in 2013, the Faculty of Science has ‘adopted’ the Pingelly-Brookton-Beverly trio of central wheat-belt towns.
The Faculty will work with the schools and shires in the community to develop school activities that will promote the UWA Future Farm 2050 message in the spheres of agriculture and conservation.
Upcoming and previous events, recent news and project updates for the Future Farm 2050.
Upcoming events
'Bred well - Fed well' (a joint initiative by AWI, MLA and Sheep CRC) - New date to be advised
A hands-on workshop about (sheep) breeding and feeding to make more money
Previous events
UWA Farm Ridgefield Tree Planting - 26 and 27 July 2014
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Small ruminant rearing and R&D in rural Maharashtra State in India - 9 July 2014
Speaker: Dr Chanda Nimbkar, Director, Animal Husbandry Division, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Phaltan, India
When: Wednesday, 9 July 2014 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Location: Rossiter Room, CSIRO - Floreat
2050 Food Lecture Series
This series of lectures, co-hosted with the Institute of Advanced Studies, targeted three of the key issues that will likely shape the nature of human food in 2050.
- 10 October 2013 - Do genetic effects threaten the sustainability of marine fisheries?
- 6 August 2013 - Australian agriculture and global food security
- 4 September 2013 - Is ‘more efficient’ food production in conflict with animal welfare
Field day - 6 September 2013
The UWA Future Farm 2050 held its Field Day on 6 September - Program of eventsStress Free Stockmanship course
The UWA Future Farm 2050 recently hosted a two-day Stress Free Stockmanship course, where participants learnt how to handle livestock without acting like a predator and how to de-stress the animals so they are quieter and easier to handle.
2013 Industry Forum
Held on 10 April 2013 - "Building on the theme of the UWA Future Farm 2050 Project: Food 2050 - how to feed 9 billion people in 2050 without destroying the planet".Climate Change Champions visiting the Future Farm
Monday 11 March 2013 - Farmers participating in the Climate Champion program visited the UWA Future Farm 2050. Associate Professor Philip Vercoe (Animal Production Systems Program Leader) and Steven Wainewright (Farm Manager) spoke about methane production from stock (genetics/diet) and mitigation using Australian native shrubs.
Catalyst - aired 7 February 2013 ABCTV
Renowned ABC television series "Catalyst" recently visited UWA Future Farm as part of their Summer East to West summer series.
- Watch the video online of interview with Winthrop Professor Graeme Martin and Phil Vercoe (5.59min)
- Watch extended interview with Assoc Professor Phil Vercoe, Animal Systems Program Leader UWA and Simon Pampena discuss the use of native shrubs to reduce methane emissions (6.31min).
- Watch extended interview with Anja Taylor and Prof Graeme Martin, Deputy Director UWA Institute of Agriculture discussing the broad scope of research being conducted at Future Farm 2050 (6.47min).
2012 and 2012 events
News
- Agriculture: Steps to sustainable livestock - published in Nature News & Comment - 5 March 2014
- Future Farm inspires future farmers - 18 October 2013
- Sustainable agriculture project wins Eureka award - 6 September 2013
- New ideas in sustainable crop and livestock production will lead a big program of events at this year's UWA Future Farm 2050 Field Day on Friday 6 September 2013 - 27 August 2013.
- Chinese visit hails UWA Future Farm research - 6 September 2012
- Grazing into the future - published in UWA News, 6 August 2012
- The Conversation - 'Biodiversity and farming: finding ways to co-exist' - 19 April 2012
University information
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