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By Portal Admin - 28th July 2019 - Back to News

Attracting over 70 entries in its first year, our inaugural Excellence in Agribusiness Gala Dinner will be a night of celebration, collaboration, innovation and engagement. To be held on Friday August 16 at the historic Cobb & Co Stables in Sale, tickets are available online now click here to reserve yours .

Today marks the start of a new era for Food & Fibre Gippsland, as Paul Griffin joins the team as the new CEO to continue to lead the charge in building upon core capabilities across the region to promote, influence and creative positive outcomes for the sector. In the coming weeks, Paul will be sharing his vision for ongoing collaboration, innovation and engagement that contributes to sustainable growth. Welcome Paul!

The deadline for expressions of interest to participate in an exciting new export support program for small to medium food & fibre businesses has been extended for a week - to Monday 22 July. The progam is called Gippsland Connect, and it's designed to help businesses across different stages of their export journey, including those already exporting but need some support to take it to the next level, those who are ready to begin exporting their products, or those close to being export ready but needing some help to take that final step. To find out more click here.

An internationally recognised leader in the practice of grazing sheep to improve soil depth and health, water retention, increased biodiversity and animal production is visiting East Gippsland next month. Dick Richardson will be heading to Ensay, Glenaladale, Orbost and Tubbut. For more details and to reserve your spot click here.

There is an interesting opportunity for dairy and wine producers to learn more about the value of blockchain technology in their industry. As part of the Digital Innovation Festival to be held from late August to early September, there is a Blockchain in Dairy Workshop on 6 September at the Ellinbank Dairy Research Facility and a Blockchain in Viticulture Workshop at CSU, Wangaratta Campus.

For more details about the Dairy Workshop click here and for the Viticulture workshop click here

At the beginning of this year, we held a workshop to discuss the creation of a brand that would be used by Gippsland producers to give food & fibre products a way to be collaboratively recognised. Through that brand, Gippsland would build greater awareness of the quality, diversity and uniqueness of the region. Our intent is to align with other regional brand strategies like Destination Gippsland, so we are all working together to build the best Gippsland brand, promoting the region all around Australia, and in the bigger picture, the world!

We've made a start on some preliminary concepts, but it's very early days, and there will be lots more consultation as we progress, but we'd love your thoughts on these initial ideas. This brand will also heavily leverage the equity already created through the East Gippsland Naturally Good brand and Invest Gippsland. Click here to check it out.

Having trouble managing and forecasting your seasonal workforce needs ? You need to come to our Workforce Planning Masterclass, held over two days in late July and early August. We will help your business to project and plan for its workforce needs, and you'll also be playing a part in building a regional forecast of people and skill requirements for the sector into the future. Click here to find out more

With grants of up to $40,000 available and the opportunity to be mentored for four months, Gippsland food focused start ups have got until Friday to apply for a spot in the Seeds of Change Accelerator Program . Powered by Mars in partnership with FIAL, this innovative program is designed to support the next generation of food businesses changing the way we eat. It's a fantastic opportunity to be guided by industry experts through the greatest challenges for your start up click here to find out more.

We are looking for Gippslanders to be involved the BrainSTEM Industry Mentor program. There'll be a food & fibre industry challenge that you'll be helping a small group of students with across 12 weeks. When they're working towards a solution to the challenge, they'll look to you for leadership and guidance. This is your chance to inspire the next generation workforce, whilst also tackling problems from a different perspective as you connect with local students. Find out more and register your interest, click here.

Over 40 Gippslanders made a brilliant start on tackling some of the issues faced by the hospitality and food services industry at a forum held recently in collaboration with TAFE Gippsland at the Tinamba Hotel. There was such a positive vibe in the room, with innovative ideas, concepts and a genuine desire to take a leadership role in helping the industry grow and prosper. We are finalising a summary of an action plan framework that was enthusiastically discussed on the day and will have a date locked in soon for the follow up session and next forum. Forums like this are such an important part of Gippsland working as one - together we are stronger!

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: support@gippsland.com