#2 The Farmer and the Forester

About this episode

This episode features a conversation between a farmer and a forest scientist about their shared passion for agroforestry in southern Victoria.

Andrew Stewart is a multi-award winning farmer in the Otways in southern Victoria, Australia. I'm a forest scientist with a small tree farm in the next valley. For more than 35 years we have shared a passion for making multipurpose tree growing attractive to family farmers in our region. With others, we set up the Otway Agroforestry Network in 1993; ran the first Australian Master TreeGrower course in 1996; and, developed a unique Peer Group Mentoring program to support farmers as they explor...

People in this episode

Host: Rowan Reid

Guest: Andrew Stewart

Topics covered

• agroforestry
• sustainable farming
• tree growing
• mentoring
• collaboration

Keywords

• agroforestry
• tree farming
• sustainable agriculture
• mentoring program
• Otway region

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Otway Agroforestry Network

Places: Otways, Victoria

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