Securing the Premium Meat Supply Chain for the Northern Rivers

What does the future of locally grown meat look like in the Northern Rivers?

Join Relocalise Northern Rivers at The Farm for an important community conversation about the challenges facing our region’s livestock producers and what can be done to strengthen our local meat supply chain.

Across Australia, small-scale livestock producers are steadily losing access to local abattoirs and processing facilities. Here in the Northern Rivers, these challenges are becoming increasingly urgent, with limited processing options already impacting local farmers, butchers and communities.

The evening will share the findings of a community-led survey conducted with farmers, butchers and other local stakeholders, alongside updates from people working to find practical solutions.

The conversation will explore the role smaller-scale and micro abattoirs could play in securing the future of locally produced meat, as well as some of the regulatory, infrastructure, funding and workforce challenges that need to be addressed.

Most importantly, this is a working conversation. The goal of the evening is to bring interested people together and establish working groups to help progress the next steps.

Speakers

Josh Wellman
Managing Director of Banyula Farms and Wellco Advisory, Josh is a cattle farmer, landscape regeneration practitioner, educator and advisor. Josh conducted the regional stakeholder survey and will present its findings on the evening.

Sally Cusack
Co-Founder of Relocalise Northern Rivers and convenor of this year’s Food Forever events. Sally is a passionate advocate for strong local food systems and their role in supporting the social, environmental and economic resilience of our region.

Other industry representatives and advocates will also join the conversation and provide updates on work happening locally and further afield.

Thursday 10 September, 5pm–6.30pm

FREE event - Register your interest
The Farm Byron Bay, Ewingsdale

Everyone with an interest in the future of our local food system is welcome.