Case Studies - Farming Together

Melbourne Farmers Markets ~ a permanent hub

The Melbourne Farmers Market has provided hundreds of small scale producers with a direct connection to their end consumers, giving growers valuable and immediate feedback on their goods. However, the Farmers Market organisation knew [...]

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3078

Phone: 03 9499 3400

Australian bee keeper co-op – a hive of activity

A group of beekeepers and honey packers in the Moreton Bay area of Queensland wanted to create long term partnerships between investors and primary producers to help them become export-viable. They wanted a new [...]

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Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 4550

Categories: Co-op establishment Collaboration Expert Support Feasibility Infrastructure Planning Legal Logistics & Distribution Other crops

Phone: +61 7 3881 3417

The power of local branding

Led by dairy farmer, Sue Harnett, the Burringbar Catchment Group, gathered to ponder a problem; their local produce was being overshadowed by products from the more recognised Byron Bay region. The group, which includes, [...]

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Northern Rivers (incl Lord Howe Is.), New South Wales, Australia 2483

Categories: Business Planning Collaboration Expert Support Legal Marketing & Sales Mixed meat and crops Retail support Tourism

Tidying up governance for a clearer future

The Liebe Group is an established not-for-profit business supporting WA’s mid ‘wheatbelt’ region. Established to address concerns of isolation from agricultural R&D, most of the group’s 100 members run broad-acre cropping and livestock [...]

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Wheatbelt, Western Australia, Australia 6535

Categories: Beef Business Structures Expert Support Governance Logistics mixed meat and grain

Phone: 08 9661 0570

Developing supply strength with solid legal contracts

Most Australian strawberries are eaten in the Australian market and many are grown in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. However, marketing and sale of berries to the major supermarkets is controlled by a few large companies, [...]

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3799

Categories: Contracts Expert Support Fruit Negotiation & Mediation Pricing

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