Grassroots Festival 2025
Feb 12, 2025 - Feb 13, 2025 12:00am
Grassroots Festival is an immersive Tasmanian Sustainable Farming Festival hosted by Gunningham Family Farms in North West Tasmania. With diverse workshops, interactive demonstrations and expert led sessions.
Private Forests Tasmania is once again a sponsor and the two-day event will be covering a range of topics including, soil health, alternative and diverse pasture species, livestock health, farm forestry, financial health, farmers stories, carbon and renewable energy.
The main event will be hosted on the 12th and 13th of February in Montumana, at Gunningham Family Farms, with an additional learning day after the Festival on the 14th (ticketed separately).
Speakers for the second event include Nicole Masters, Jim Elizondo, Oli Magdett, Natalie E. West, Robin Tait, Tom Snare and more Peter Byck.
The program for the event is below:
FEBRUARY 12
- Bus Tour of Soils and Pasture Species: The bus tour will include two stops to local farms demonstrating progressive methods in sustainable farming. These farms have been selected based on their ability to showcase how they harness ecologically beneficial practices to make their business more robust and resilient.
- Stop 1: David Roberts Thompson’s Farm, Table Cape, Wynyard.
- Stop 2: Elliot Research Farm, Elliot.
- Evening: The bus tour finishes with an afternoon screening of Roots so Deep, followed by a Q&A with Peter Byck, for the bus tour participants, speakers and any others attending the Grassroots Festival.
FEBRUARY 13
#Time | Calfsheds | Marquee |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Nicole Masters | |
| 10:00 | Natalie E. West | Oli Madgett |
| 11:00 | Panel Discussion | Peter Byck |
| 12:00 | Tom Snare | Robin Tait |
| 13:00 | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Jim Elizondo | |
| 15:00 | Demo site hour | Demo site hour |
| 16:00 | All Speakers Panel Discussion | |
| 18:00 | Farmers Feast and Fellowship Supper | Farmers Feast and Fellowship Supper |
Demonstration sites running throughout the day
- Soil Pit: Hosted By Cradle Coast NRM
- Rainfall Simulator: Hosted by Vic No Till
- Dung Beetles and Earthworms: Hosted by Cradle Coast NRM
- Renewable Power: Hosted by Gener8
- Trees on Farms: Hosted by Private Forests Tasmania
- Mixed Species Pastures: Hosted by Ardent Seeds & Robin Tait
- Safe to Fail Grazing Site: Hosted by RANT
- Deferred Grazing: Hosted by Gunningham Farms
Tickets are essential, book here: https://events.humanitix.com/g...
