Preparing farmers for next extreme weather event

Peak horticulture organisation Growcom has produced a series of new webinars to encourage production horticulture growers to become better prepared for the next extreme weather event.

The webinars are part of Growcom’s Whatever the Weather program, a natural disaster preparedness program funded by the Australian Government through the federal Department of Industry and Science (Business program).

“We have had a decade of disasters ranging from severe floods to major cyclones affecting the majority of horticultural regions across the state,” said Jane Muller, Whatever the Weather Project Manager.

“Growcom’s Whatever the Weather program is designed to encourage growers to be more proactive in their risk management , to take stock and to look at the options for reducing the exposure of their farms and businesses to extreme weather events and to get into a better position to recover more quickly afterwards.”

Ms Muller has been talking to and gathering information from growers, financial councillors, industry recovery officers and local and state government officers over the past year in order to put together practical resources and information for growers via the webinars and a dedicated Whatever the Weather page on the Growcom website.

For more information:
Jane Muller
Growcom
Tel: +61 (07) 3620 3891