The Green Sheep Project is a collaborative initiative helping sheep producers understand and document their environmental sustainability to support ongoing market access and growth.
Led by Sheep Producers Australia, the Green Sheep Project will partner with Natural Resource Management organisations and supply chain representatives to provide producers with user-friendly tools for recording environmental performance, improving grazing and pasture management, tracking natural capital and making data-driven decisions.
Over three years, and together, we will demonstrate how production systems can increase productivity, profitability, lower emissions, and increase on-farm biodiversity.
Who are the partners?
- Holbrook Landcare Network (NSW)
- Glenelg-Hopkins CMA
- NRM South (Tas)
- Wheatbelt NRM (WA)
What is Holbrook Landcare doing?
1. Road test methodologies and tools
- Explore the range of natural capital assessment tools and methods
- Use them on local demo farms and assess their pro’s, con’s and practicality
2. On-ground pilot of producer support model
- Work out what farmers need in terms of on-ground support to get these reports and understand their meaning and see opportunities for land management changes that will improve their environmental credentials and their productivity.
3. Demonstration site creation and data collection
- Facilitate demonstration sites as to how this might work and develop case studies that other farmers can learn from.
4. Facilitating whole of value-chain communication and action
Who in the value chain (eg. supply chains, processors, banks and insurers) is interested in this data and what are the benefits they can offer to producers?
This project will commence in 2026 and finish up mid 2028.