History
How this all came about
Like any great story, this one has many threads.
You could start with
Geoff Kay a farmer and Woodland Ecologist that pioneered the design (2 close rows, a big gap, 2 close rows and a big gap). Geoff is Dr Geoff Kay, Chief Ecologist of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust when he is not a farmer.
James Campbell a farmer and ex-banker with a flair for numbers that happened to be school mates with Wardy, he became the chair of the Regen Farmers Mutual Members Council back in 2021 and suggested to Wardy to apply for the NSW Government High Impact Partnership
Chris Komor a farmer and ex-lawyer that came through the Landscape Impact Program in 2024, did feasibility and design work locally, ultimately helped us work out the financing terms and services agreements. Without him the quest to systematisation would not have happened.
You could start with James Diack, a garlic farmer and local consultant that - after leaving Mulloon and Soils for Life - joined the charge on Open Woodland Restoration and made it a thing.
You could start with Joe, Vince, Mel or Tom.
Wherever you start you end up with Open Woodland Restoration being a farmer-led, joint effort that is so promising that we keep developing it for other farmers to follow and implement.
Our Story
Thanks to financial support from the NSW Government, Regen Farmers Mutual was able to run a Landscape Impact Program in the Southern Tablelands in 2024. This asked local farmers 3 questions: What do we have? What is it worth and How do we tell our story?
Since then we have been joined in support
Our Friends
