Summary
It’s been a huge year and we can’t be happier with what we have achieved.
Starting with reimagining what and how we do business took what felt like a very long time. Our humble beginnings in 2019 meant that we turned 5 this year but rather than celebrate this milestone we took it as the opportunity to take a good hard look at ourselves. This included asking some trusted professionals to be hypercritical and provide feedback on our past in order to help shape our future. Considering what it means to be a regenerative business and how we might implement this has paid off with the second half of 2024 bringing a plethora of opportunities and setting the scene for 2025 to be our biggest year yet.
Below you will find a guided tour of some of the year’s main accomplishments, but before we go there I want to acknowledge the partners, friends, and suppliers who have helped us achieve this year.
Sam & Ben from Farmlab have been amazing supporting our technology and helping to get us growing from the outset. Thank you both and the team at Farmlab. We also set up some strategic partnerships with EAL Laboratories, Western Murray Land Improvement Group, Regen Farmers Mutual, and Quentic. Finally, a giant thank you to every one of the farmers we have met and worked with in the past year. We look forward to continuing our relationships into the future.
1. Investing in Knowledge
Our commitment to ongoing education and professional development has seen us attend, sponsor, and present at a range of events contributing to our development as well as that of others within the industry.
Some of the events we have been involved with include:
- RayGenerate2024 Melbourne
- Threatened Species Surveys
- Joel Williams Workshops
- Stanthorpe Soil & Water Expo
- EcoExpo
- DAF Train the Trainer Carbon Workshops x 2
- Grower Groups & NRM Network presentations.
2. Investing in Communities
Headwater Custodians Project saw 10 farmers come together to understand their opportunities around carbon farming and what they could do collectively to improve the landscape.
Work continues with these farmers plus a further group in 2025 to explore carbon farming on individual properties thanks to Regen Farmers Mutual and NSW Government Pipap Grants.
3. Investing in Landscapes
Through our work with a second group of farmers we have successfully created Australia’s first collaborative carbon projects on the Traprock in Queensland.Regen Farmers Mutual with our help now has a portfolio of carbon projects with the Clean Energy Regulator that aims to protect and restore Critically Endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodlands for the future. There is more to come for this group as we start to see the flow on effects into the community and surrounding farms.
In addition we are extremely proud of the Landscape Linkages Project with Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network (GBSAN) which is working with small landholders to protect nature and threatened species across the Southern Downs region.
4. Investing in Partnerships
We partnered with Western Murray Land Improvement Group to deliver insights to the Victorian Carbon Farming Program on the Murray Delta in record time.
Taking 9 Victorian dairy farmers through emissions assessments, potential carbon sequestration, and modeling the financial viability of working together with government backing. Through this project, we developed streamlined approaches to facilitate accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting.
5. Investing in Natural Capital
Thanks to our partners at Farmlab we have grown our reach and ability to deliver on a variety of projects.
Stop 5 on our 2024 review tour takes us to the Murray Inland Heritage Listed Ramsar Sites. We are continuing to work with partner organisation Western Murray to investigate and develop hydrated biolinks on private property. This work is being catalysed through partnerships with Regen Farmers Mutual, NSW Pipap, and previous work by the Mulloon Institute.
6. Investing in Place
Our body of work over the past 12 months has been varied and exciting. Understanding that people are tied to their sense of place and genuinely want to be part of the solution has been an unexpected gift.
With 2024 drawing to a close it is time to focus on what is coming after a well-earned break. We have already begun to fill the calendar with projects and opportunities for the new year. We will continue our current projects, particularly in the Western Murray Region and Upper Clarence. There are new collaborations on the horizon with the lead-up to the 2032 Brisbane Olympics which are very exciting along with new partnerships to explore. We are excited to be working with Business Growth Strategies on some forward planning and strategic directions and looking forward to more work on our product development.
Bring on the holidays and we wish you all a very safe, happy, and regenerative break.
A Very special thank you to all the people who have supported, explored, and laughed with us in 2024. Bring on 2025.
