Details

First Name	Michael
Last Name	Robinson
Nickname	Mrob3
Profile Type	Producer
Sub Catchment / Suburb	St Leonards
Postcode	3223
State	Victoria
Country	Australia
Agricultural Land Manager	Yes
Land Managed Property Size	Medium (20 to 39ha)
Land Managed Primary Usage	Tree Plantation, Broadacre Cropping
Your Primary Crops	Broadacre Crops, Cover Crops
Primary Livestock You Manage	Chickens
Your Age	61 to 70
Areas of interest	Biological Inputs, Carbon Farming, Farm Case Studies, Multi species Pastures and Cropping, Soil Health
Your Story	Downsized from suburbia 5 years ago to a 30ha lifestyle block without any farming experience. Revegetating (native grassland woodland ecosystem) on ~7ha that abuts a large eroded waterway of ~1ha. Cropping paddocks of 14 ha in very poor condition. Fruit salad orchard with ~50 apple trees. Grazing options limited blue to lack of fencing. Interested in soil health across the whole property. Investigaing agroforestry for ~2ha.
Challenges I can best help others solve are:	Systems thinker
Key challenges I would like to solve are:	Accelerating improvements to ecosystem health

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