Co-operative farming

Future proofing Aussie farmers, fishers and foresters

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Co-operative Farming: Future proofing Aussie farmers, fishers and foresters. We provide primary producers with the resources and advice they need to start or grow co-operatives.

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Co-operative Farming outcomes

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Grow

Grow 7 new co-operatives and 14 early-stage co-operatives

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Educate

689 program participants in 58 workshops

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Value

$3.5m media value generated

Latest news

06 August 2023
Cootamundra residents celebrate as doors open to Coota Co-op

The Coota District Co-Op was officially opened this morning, with 87-year-old Margaret Large having the privilege of cutting the ribbon (pictured below).

15 June 2023
The Casino Food Co-op CEO shares key takeaways from BCCM Ag Roundtable

ABC Mid and North Coast’s Rural Report spoke with Simon Stahl, CEO of The Casino Food Co-op, about his key takeaways from the BCCM’s second National Agricultural Roundtable.

13 June 2023
North Coast farming co-ops tally up monstrous flood cost

Agricultural co-ops have gathered in Lismore after the 2022 floods – and revealed staggering statistics on losses and the mental health of disaster-stricken primary producers.

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ABC Documentary

Fightback Farmers: Feeding Australia Together

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Podcast

Meet the Co-op Farmers Podcast Series 1 & 2

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Livestream Series

Co-op Conversations

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Meet our team

Simon Lane

Representing SA, VIC and TAS

Since 1998, Simon and his wife have owned and operated a 200-acre property 50km south of Adelaide. They run 80 cattle, produce approximately 2000L of olive oil annually and look after a 300-hectare eucalypt and pine forest. Simon has a great love of the land and of the people in rural communities. Simon is also the former chair of Almondco Australia Limited, a SA-based almond processing company. Almondco has a powerful cooperative culture focusing on the best interests of its almond grower members. It is a fully vertically integrated company with both domestic and export markets and an annual turnover of approximately $250m. Simon finished this role in early 2020.

Simon Lane
Greg McNamara

Representing NSW, ACT and QLD

Greg has spent his entire life working in the agricultural sector, firstly as a dairy share farmer, then moving to farm ownership in his mid-twenties. Greg currently runs a 300-strong dairy herd in partnership with his wife and son at Goolmangar near Lismore. Greg is also a member of the Northern Rivers Cooperatives Alliance. He is a strong believer in working co-operatively for better outcomes for all. Greg was a Director of Norco Co-operative Limited since 1996 and held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1999 to 2020.

Greg McNamara
Greg Wall AM

Representing WA and NT

Greg is the former Group CEO of Capricorn Society and serves as a director of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), the global peak body for co-operatives. He is also the Chair of the ICA Audit and Risk Committee and the Chairman of the Margaret River Wine Association. He has held a variety of relevant directorships including CUSCAL, Edith Cowan University, Automotive Holdings, COOPS WA and Home Building Society. Greg was the Chairman of the Australian International Year of Cooperatives Secretariat, led the formation of the Business Councils of Mutuals and Cooperatives in Australia and was a director.  In 2019 he was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia, recognising his outstanding achievement and service to business and to the community.

Greg Wall AM
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Plan

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Start

Learn about rules, members, finances

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Run

Learn the fundamentals of running a co-operative

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The work Sorted. and the BCCM did to bring together a likeminded group of fishermen and their families, and solidify the direction for the establishment of the LCFC has been and continues to be, instrumental to the LCFC’s successful operation.

Justin Phillips, Secretary & Assisting ConsultantLimestone Coast Fishermen’s Co-operative Limited

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