The Lower Blackwood LCDC recognises that small landholders play a vital role in keeping our environment happy and healthy. So we’ve teamed up with RegenWA is pleased to be continuing to work with small landholders in WA’s South West. This project will support the development of small landholders’ skills and knowledge, improve connections and networks within the semi-rural community and across industries, to promote sustainable land management practices.
Project Aims
- Workshops – 4 annually
- These will be run with leading industry experts covering all the different topics that small landholders need to know about running a sustainable property.
- Podcasts – 5 annually
- Small Landholder discussion groups
Resources for 2025
Workshops/Webinars
The Johnson Su Composting System & B.E.A.M with Mark Tupman
It’s a Bugs Eat Bugs World with Anthony Rice – How to Harness Nature to Manage Pests
Homegrown Nutrition with Dan Kittredge – getting the best from your farm home vegie patch
Stock Smart – Livestock Essentials for Small Properties with Bruce Maynard
The Dirt on Soil Health with Kevin Elmy – Secret to Strong Pastures and Healthy Stock
Stress Free Stockmanship with Bruce Maynard – Practical Tools for Low Stress Livestock Handling
Podcasts
Talkin’ Nutrient Dense Food Production with Dan Kittredge
Talkin’ Using Bugs to Manage Bugs with Dr Anthony Rice
Talkin’ Trees for Farm Resilience with Bob Hingston
Talkin’ Getting to the root of it with David Hardwick & Soil HASH
Talkin’ Beyond Pastures: Perennial Shrubs in Grazing Systems with Dean Revell
Resources for 2026
Workshops
Soil Health – What is it and how do we get there? with Kevin Elmy
HAPPENING IN MAY: Smarter Grazing for Better Land with Judi Earl
Podcasts
Talkin’ Not Just Dirt with Kevin Elmy
This project forms part of a collaborative program with RegenWA called ‘Make Your Hectare Count’. The project is supported by funding from the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program (State Natural Resource Management Program). Additional support has been provided through RegenWA’s Accelerating Regenerative Agriculture Adoption Project, and the WA Land care Networks. The WA Landcare Network is funded by State NRM, Lotterywest and the National Landcare Network.
