1. Soils for Life Field Day David Clayfield – Clover Estate

2. Welcome Administration – Safety – Amenities Introductions 2

3. 3 Today’s Program 10:00Welcome and introduction 10.15 Soils for Life Program 10.30 David Clayfield, Clover Estate 11.00 Coffee break 11.15 Farm walk 12.00 Lunch 12:45 Ryan Walker, soil science and biological treatments 1:15 Tarnya Dalla, NRM program activities 1:30Open Forum 3.00 Wrap up and close

4. 4 The Soils for Life Program One of three Outcomes Australia programs Outcomes Australia seeks to help the community deal with community problems Land degradation affects Australia’s future wellbeing The Soils for Life Program aims to help address the problem of land degradation

6. Home sweet home?

7. Everything is Connected 7 Healthy Soils = Healthy Plants = Healthy Food = Healthy People = Healthy Communities = Healthy Livelihoods Outcomes Australia understands that, in Nature, everything is connected to everything else.... And it all begins with the SOIL !

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9. 9 SFL Field Days and Demonstrations Objective: To help farmers and other land users decide how they can manage their land to improve soil condition and sustain production: – Social and family life – The natural environment – Production and profit Farmers Can't be Green, if they are in the Red.

10. 10 The Soils for Life Program Phased plan 2012 to 2025 2012 – Collect and collate the best ideas from farmers 2013+ – Demonstration program

11. 11 Soils for Life Program The best ideas: Our Case Studies – 19 different enterprises – Different geo-climatic regions – Identified principles and a variety of practices – Identified impediments to change

12. 12 Facilitating change Field days Joint events Workshops Youth engagement program

13. 13 Today’s Field Day The Clover Estate Field Day provides : – An overall picture of one type of ‘success’, including : Why the changes were made The plan for change Financing change Managing the transition Measuring progress The technology underpinning the change Some practical examples of what ‘success’ looks like

14. 14 Questions ?

15. The Farmer’s Story David Clayfield ‘Clover Estate’ Mt Gambier

16. Field Demonstrations

17. The Science Behind ‘Success’

18. 18 Open Forum

19. 19 Closing Remarks

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