Andrew Stewart and Rowan Reid
Private Forests Tasmania is calling on private landowners not to miss an opportunity to hear from acclaimed Australian farm foresters, Rowan Reid and Andrew Stewart. As part of PFT’s strategic program Tree Alliance, the farmer and the forester forum will be held at The Bracknell Hotel on Wednesday, 19 July 2023, from 6pm, and all Tasmanian private landowners are invited to attend. Source: Timberbiz
PFT agriforester Molly Marshall said attendees will learn about how trees can be a tool for diversification, carbon-positive outcomes, economics, aesthetics, succession planning, and creating one of the most renewable resources.
“This is a great opportunity for private landowners, incorporating trees are great infrastructure for farms with known benefits such as increased crop productivity, livestock survival rates, and economic benefits,” she said.
“Rowan and Andrew are leading voices on the subject of agroforestry in Australia.”
Rowan Reid, a farmer and master tree grower, has lectured on the subject of agroforestry at Melbourne University since 1991 and works full-time on his Bambra Agroforestry Farm in the Otway Ranges of Southern Victoria growing, harvesting, milling, and drying timber.
While Andrew Stewart co-ordinates the Otway Agroforestry Networks and owns Yan Yan Gurt West Farm in Southern Victoria producing prime lambs and wool with integrated agroforestry whilst running an educational farm tour business and native flower farming business.
Mr Stewart has established more than 55,000 trees and shrubs on his farm, constituting 18 per cent of his property to form a diverse biological infrastructure that supports and enhances his agricultural production whilst providing new opportunities from the agroforestry system.
More information at www.pft.tas.gov.au
