Courtney is a farmer, peer learning manager at Soils for Life, and an agroecological coach based in Rutherglen, North East Victoria. She leads Soils for Life’s Cropping Resilience Project, working alongside grain growers across Australia to build soil health, resilient businesses and thriving landscapes.

Courtney also co-founded Woodstock Flour with her husband Ian, where they grow and mill organic grain on their family farm. She is passionate about supporting farmers to create regenerative agroecosystems with a focus on healthy plants, practical monitoring, holistic and data-informed decision making, and strong community support networks.

Stuart Andrews is a farmer who has dedicated over 30 years of his life to understanding, practicing and teaching land rehabilitation techniques. Stuart was raised on the 1500 acre property “Tarwyn Park”, Bylong, the celebrated home of Natural Sequence Farming (NSF), pioneered by his father Peter Andrews.
Stuart has been involved in public education as the director and lead educator of Tarwyn Park Training – educating many landholders in Natural Sequence Farming since 2012. He has also run many field days at Tarwyn Park, NSW and around Australia.
Stuart’s property “Riverside” in Kybong, QLD marries Natural Sequence Farming with other tried and tested models of regenerative farming. This family farming operation is intended to establish a model of land rehabilitation that can be scaled up from very small blocks to large acreages, while also allowing the farmer to derive an income from the land. Forage Farms, established in 2017 produces pasture raised eggs, chicken and pork as well as grass fed and finished beef. This farm builds upon Stuart’s extensive knowledge of environmentally beneficial farming practices, reflects his commitment to sharing knowledge with others and is guided by models of regenerative farming that have been highly successful elsewhere in the world.