Carbon farming explained (4 June 2026)

Come along to two free workshops hosted by the NY, SAAL and EP Landscape Boards, and AIR EP to unlock the potential of carbon farming.

Are you curious about how carbon farming can benefit agricultural businesses?

Come along to one or both free workshops hosted by the Northern and Yorke, SA Arid Lands and Eyre Peninsula Landscape Boards, and AIR EP to unlock the potential of carbon farming. These workshops are designed for landholders, researchers, industry, students or anyone else who wants to understand the world of carbon farming and emission reduction – from a primary production lens.

Workshop 1: Beginner’s Guide to Carbon Farming

9:30am – 12pm

· What is carbon farming? Understand the concept and its applications.

· Benefits for on-farm productivity: Explore how carbon farming can benefit farm efficiency and output.

· Generating carbon credits: Can farmers earn credits, and what to consider.

· Carbon footprint: Learn what it is and why or why not to reduce it.

Lunch
12pm – 12:30pm

Workshop 2: Carbon Calculator Deeper Dive
12:30pm – 2:30pm

· Calculating carbon footprints: Learn how to measure farm emission intensity.

· Carbon farming tools: Explore tools including LOOC-C and PLANR, and run some back of the envelope numbers on potential ACCU projects.

These workshops are funded by the Commonwealth of Australia through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water under the Carbon Farming Outreach Program.