EverTrain is a NSW Department of Primary Industries e-learning initiative funded through the Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre(FFI CRC). It is an education and extension training system that combines online training with face to face workshops to make training more accessible for land managers. The EverTrain courses are designed to be both cost effective and convenient by reducing [...]
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Cool Farm tool
The Cool Farm Tool (CFT) is a greenhouse gas calculator that is free for growers. It can help them measure the carbon footprint of crops as well as livestock. The tool is currently being used by the Australian processing tomato industry. It is also being used worldwide by: Unilever (tomatoes) Costco (eggs) Pulse Canada (navy [...]
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The Vegetable Carbon Calculator is a free tool that allows you to develop a carbon footprint of a vegetable farming operation. The tool was developed as part of a HAL project (VG09187), funded by Australian Vegetable Growers through HAL with support from Houston’s Farms (Tasmania) and Woolworths. The tool provides a framework and baseline data [...]
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