1. Key Educational Improvements Hagley Farm and Environment Centre

2. The Key Improvements  Improved food and fibre curriculum connections  Sheep and wool experience  Dairy experience  Aesthetics of the Farm  Develop a ‘farm yard trail’ experience  Aim for the ‘post card’ look  Dam Forest Redevelopment  Partnership with NRN and NSS  Create a native plant interpretation trail  Improved visitor access to the Hagley Farmer  ‘The face of the Farm’

3. Sheep and Wool Experience Establish a Sheep and Wool Awareness Centre  Refurbish existing shearing shed  Internal and external refurbishment  Improved viewing capacity (Tiered seating)  Demonstration facility for shearing  Farmer to demonstrate and interact with visitors  Wool study classroom  fibre study  Use of technology (screens, informative video clips, interactivity)  Educational displays  Microscopes  Post farm gate produce display

4. Dairy Experience Establish a Dairy Awareness Centre Key Elements:  Improved access to milking for all visitors  Interactive Dairy Awareness Classroom to be established

5. Dairy Awareness Centre  Improved access to milking  Milking available to all visitors (between 10am – 2pm)  Facilitated by a small herd of ‘house cows’  Milking shed refurbishment (internal and external)  Improved visitor viewing facility (tiered seating)  Farmer to explain process (AV equipment to support)  Interaction with farmer during milking (Q&A)

6. Dairy Awareness Centre  Dairy Awareness Classroom  Refurbish existing storage shed (internal and external)  Install working separator and butter churns  Incorporate use of interactive technology  Screens, iPads, computers  Dairy produce displays  Dairy promotional materials  Curriculum support materials  Career pathway information

7. The Farm Yard Trail Establish an interactive educational experience in the farm yard  Redesign area to improve access and movement for visitors  Focus on aesthetic appeal (the postcard look)  Farm equipment to be placed with informative signage  Use of technology – iPads and Q-tags  Improved fencing and entry  Improvements to buildings (painting, cladding, murals)  Consider visitor parking for future value adding developments

8. Increased Visitor Access to the Hagley Farmer Incorporate opportunities for the visitors to interact with the farmer  Expert milking and shearing demonstrations  Interaction with visitors through Q & A opportunities  Expert explanation of processes  Work in collaboration with centre teachers

9. Challenges  How to increase access to a Hagley Farmer  Changes to current farm operations  Employ casual staff  Volunteers  How to finance identified improvements  Through Visitor Centre Revenue  Seek Partnerships  Seek Sponsorship

10. Progress  Two meetings with Dairy Tas in regards to the Dairy Awareness Centre  Mark Smith, Simon Bennett & MaryAnn Hortle  Mark Smith to take a proposal to next Dairy Tas board meeting  Seeking a grant to support a feasibility study  Meeting next week with Sally Murfet – Agriskills  Keen to support the Dairy Awareness Centre

11. Tasmanian Agricultural Education Network Partnership Proposal  Platinum, Silver, Bronze  Supported by TAPG  One proposal under consideration  develop similar structure for Hagley EC

12. Farm Advisory Group Report from last meeting

13. Mick discussed possible options for moving forward and collated by past meetings with Staff, FDG, P&F and School association.  Once a day milking  Leasing off back of farm  Fodder crops  Beef enterprise

14. Discussion on future options Once a day milking:  Group decided not financially viable to drop to once a day Leasing off back of farm:  Group decided also not an option due to spraying regulations being close to the school, no one would be interested. Leasing land off neighbours:  Not a high priority unless investigation of beef/lamb enterprises express need to do so then maybe

15. Discussion on future options Fodder crops:  Pyrethrum - ??  Carrots for seed – No  Wheat – definite possibility Beef:  50 herd beef enterprise $1500 per head to buy 220kg x $6abattoirs predict mid $4  Breed  Cash flow better to run cows/calves

16. Discussion on future options Lambs:  Lambs & ewes – can run 100 Other Options  Discussed agistment options  Discussed options of calves to go to other schools to raise – great experience to other children and big cost/time saving

17. Other Discussion Points  Mick talked about visit Dairy Tas visit.  Discussions on making dairy into a “Dairy Awareness Centre” being interactive  Single milking option with cow & calf  Change of name of this meeting group as presented – to be now known as “Farm Advisory Group” (FAG)

18. Final Discussion Point  Meeting discussed and supported the engagement of David Armstrong (AK Consultants) to do a feasibility report on an enterprise combination of Beef, Cropping and Prime Lambs. The rationale being that David is highly experienced and has a good knowledge of the existing model.