The Landscape Impact Program by Regen Farmers Mutual is a co-design process that runs over 20 weeks and helps groups of farmers and a nominated Working Group to define, test and launch a landscape-scale transaction in their local area.
The program has funding support from the NSW Government Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement Program (PIPAP) High Impact Partnerships Program. The project has been supported by South-East Local Land Services and Landcare.
The Southern Tablelands Agricultural Restoration Project (STAR) project is the Landscape Impact Program for Southern NSW. It has been guided by a small farmer led Working Group and 11 farmers/landholders from across the region who have identified a potential group/aggregated carbon market transaction that mean farmers and land managers reduce carbon emissions and increase biodiversity locally whilst being rewarded financially and boosting farm business productivity and sustainability The transaction includes soil carbon and environmental plantings as well as riparian management and strategic grazing options to sequester carbon and restore biodiversity on-farm.
The STAR Landscape Impact Program Working Team that co-designed this transaction include:
- Kathleen Allan – Local Farmer and part of the STAR Project
- Debra Butt – Local Farmer and part of the STAR Project
- Rohan Clarke – Regen Farmers Mutual
- Jeremy Gibson – Local landholder, Regen Advisor and part of the STAR Project
- Lance Graham – Local Farmer and part of the STAR Project
- Melissa Henry – South East Local Land Services
- Tom Reid – South East Local Land Services
- Andrew Ward – Regen Farmers Mutual
- Colette Wilsher – Local Farmer, Marketing Advisor and part of the STAR Project