International Nuffield scholars visit Mulloon farms

The Nuffield Scholars group pictured at Duralla, Mulloon Creek Natural Farms.

Jono Forrest (General Manager, Mulloon Consulting) and Matt Narracott (Farm Manager, Mulloon Creek Natural Farms) hosted a group of current Nuffield scholars and alumni at Duralla and Mulloon Home Farm. 

Nuffield provides leading-edge primary producers with the opportunity to travel and study in their field, which will add value to the primary industry sector. The current scholars from Ireland, Netherlands, America, Australia and Zimbabwe were visiting Australia as part of their four-week Global Focus Program (GFP). The hosts of the GFP had organised for the scholars to experience a full spectrum of agricultural sectors and production systems in NSW.

During their visit to Mulloon, the group had the opportunity to see the work being undertaken with the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative and build their understanding of landscape rehydration tools and infrastructure. The MRI is a catchment-scale project that aims to rebuild the natural landscape function of the Mulloon catchment and boost its resilience to climatic extremes.

Matt Narracott provided insights into the farm operation and there was a lot of interest in the agricultural production benefits of landscape rehydration, including the interaction with carbon, natural capital markets and biodiversity.

We wish the scholars all the best with their ongoing research projects and look forward to hosting more of them and alumni in future.

The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and is supported by the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust.