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Price

Free

Event date and time

Wednesday 6 Aug 2025
9.00am to 3.00pm AEST. The gate will be open from 8am and events will start promptly at 9am. Parking is available on-site, and we'll have staff helping to direct traffic and people in the parking area.

Location

9308 New England Highway
Armidale NSW

Come and join us at CSIRO's Chiswick Research Station for a special event!

CSIRO is a leader in agricultural innovation, supported by our research farms around Australia, including at Chiswick on Anaiwan Country, near Armidale in NSW.

The Sustainable Chiswick Project is making this livestock research farm a real-world testbed for agricultural sustainability. This project covers all aspects of sustainability, including environmental, social, and economic.

You're invited to our Chiswick site for a special project day where we will share our aspirations for this project and its activities.

The morning will feature an overview of the information we have collected to date for the Chiswick farm in natural capital baselining, animal welfare, biodiversity and soil monitoring. In the afternoon, there will be an opportunity, for those interested, to dive deeper into the natural capital and sustainable landscapes activities. We will reflect and explore with participants the next steps and opportunities for how we can drive solutions together.

This is an in-person only event being held at CSIRO's Chiswick livestock research farm, and registration is required.

Pricing

  • Free

Dates and Times

Event date: Aug 2025

Wednesday 6 Aug 2025

9308 New England Highway

9.00am to 3.00pm AEST. The gate will be open from 8am and events will start promptly at 9am. Parking is available on-site, and we'll have staff helping to direct traffic and people in the parking area.

Armidale NSW

More information

Dress: for the outdoors in an Armidale winter.

If you have any questions, please contact SustainableChiswick@csiro.au

Agenda

9am-12pm

Highlight and discuss current Sustainable Chiswick project activities, including:

  • Sustainability frameworks and traceability
  • Landscapes, natural capital and biodiversity
  • Animal welfare benchmarking
  • Sensors and data flows for on-farm decision-making
  • Interactive session to focus on our 2-way learning

12pm-1pm

Lunch – you'll be our guest at an informal light lunch with plenty of opportunity for conversation and connection

1pm-3pm

Interested in natural capital and hearing more about sustainable landscapes for farm systems? If the answer is yes, then don’t forget to register for the afternoon workshop, where we'll focus on:

  • What is a natural capital report?
  • What are the options for natural capital interventions on-farm and what benefits could they bring?
  • How Chiswick can help solve some of the challenges and questions surrounding sustainable landscapes?