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Conversation Series: Soil song: healthy soils and global food resilience
August 25, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
Across the season we have an exciting program of speakers joining us in conversations spanning food resilience, First Nations stories and perspectives, soil health, sustainability and more.
In collaboration with UTAS, this panel conversation will bring together leading academics in the fields of sustainability, food resilience and agriculture, alongside local farmers and agricultural workers to examine our food systems, sustainable innovation and most importantly, soils!
Join us for this thought provoking exploration into the role of healthy soils in fostering greater drought and climate resilience in our communities. Whether you’re working in agriculture, growing backyard veggies, or simply interested in a healthy and sustainable future – this conversation is sure to get you thinking and talking.
Panel speakers include:
Dave Roberts-Thomson – Dave is a co-founder of Soils First Tasmania, a network established to encourage farmers to look for alternative agronomical approaches that enhance soil health and production. His family run the Table Cape Tulip Farm in North West Tasmania, and have been agriculturalists since the early 1900’s. Dave is passionate about innovative and sustainable approaches to future agriculture and farming.
Pippa Mills – Pippa and her family run Glen Torrie Pastures in North West Tasmania. They are passionate about, and committed to regenerative agriculture and carbon sequestration, with their Black Angus cattle thriving amongst a low stress environment on diverse pastures.Alana Mann – Alana Mann is Professor of Media and a scholar of food politics at University of Tasmania. Through her research and advocacy she aims to contribute to making our food systems heathier, fairer, and more sustainable. Her latest book is Food in a Changing Climate (2021).
Darryl Stellmach – Darryl is Lecturer in Emergency Management at the University of Tasmania. Prior to academia he spent 20 years in the field of humanitarian assistance. He has worked in a variety of complex emergencies, including epidemics, natural disasters, armed conflict and mass displacement, and is a specialist in responses to food scarcity and nutritional emergencies.
