The carbon farming future looks bright for Cobram Estate Olives as they utilise CFF’s DIY Model to undergo an environmental planting project.
Cobram Estate is working with CFF to plant around 200 hectares of mallee eucalypt and mixed native trees on their Boundary Bend property in Victoria.
The Future Only Gets Brighter for Cobram Estate
Cobram Estate Olives have made sustainability a core component of their farming operations. This 200 hectares of tree planting will serve as their first foray into carbon farming, and Cobram Estate intends to roll out more carbon projects across their properties in the coming years.
Planting native trees is closely aligned with our core business operation of growing olive trees, which already enables us to store carbon … The carbon sequestered from planting these trees across the 200a hectares will go towards further strengthening our carbon position.”
Leandro Ravetti
CEO, Cobram Estate Olives
With two passionate Aussie farmers at the helm of Cobram Estate, this project was an exciting opportunity for us to join forces with Cobram Estate and blaze the carbon farming trail with a farmer-led environmental planting project.
We were able to capitalise on the Cobram Estate’s local knowledge of site preparation and experience in tree planting to set this project up for success.
Putting the Project Back in the Farmer’s Hands
To help clarify the process for the Cobram Estate Team, the CFF developed DIY resources and guides to break down the specific steps involved in a environmental planting project. With these resources on hand, alongside their existing farm knowledge, the Cobram Estate team could confidently self-manage certain stages of the project and lower the project costs.
This project exclusively uses mixed natives and mallee eucalypt species planted in strategic locations across the property to mirror some of the existing vegetation found on the landscape.
Our DIY Services in a Nutshell
With the local farmer’s knowledge to assist us, CFF assisted with the strategic planning of this project, including;
- Breaking down the project opportunity and financial returns in a feasibility report.
- Developing and distributing our resources and guides to help Cobram Estate choose the designated planting areas which generated the best carbon yields and ensured high survival rates.
- Producing a detailed work plan with all the activities to be planned from the start of the project up until the planting.
- Outlining an easy-to-understand propagation guide on how to propagate plantings successfully.
Ready to find out more?
Explore our range of educational resources in our Carbon Farming Education Hub where we frequently publish educational articles, webinars, and guidebooks.
When you’re ready to explore the feasibility of undertaking a carbon project on your property, email us at hello@carbonfarming.org.au or give us a bell at (08) 6835 1140 to be connected with one of our project facilitators.
