2025
12 & 13 February 2025
What is
Grassroots Festival?
Grassroots Festival is an immersive, boots on the ground, hands in the soil, two day event. This Tasmanian Sustainable Farming Festival Hosted by Gunningham Family Farms in North West Tasmania, Delivering Diverse Workshops, Interactive Demonstrations and Expert Led Sessions.
The first ever Grassroots Festival was held in February 2024, and was a great success. We are super excited to announce to be back with another Grassroots festival in 2025! Once again the two day event will be covering a range of topics including, soil health, alternative and diverse pasture species, livestock health, farm forestry, financial health, farmers stories, carbon and renewable energy.
Grassroots Festival?
Grassroots Festival is an immersive, boots on the ground, hands in the soil, two day event. This Tasmanian Sustainable Farming Festival Hosted by Gunningham Family Farms in North West Tasmania, Delivering Diverse Workshops, Interactive Demonstrations and Expert Led Sessions.
The first ever Grassroots Festival was held in February 2024, and was a great success. We are super excited to announce to be back with another Grassroots festival in 2025! Once again the two day event will be covering a range of topics including, soil health, alternative and diverse pasture species, livestock health, farm forestry, financial health, farmers stories, carbon and renewable energy.
12 and 13 February 2025
THERE WILL BE VARIOUS DEMONSTRATION SITES,
HOSTED BY EXPERTS TO PROVIDE INTERPRETATION.
Our speakers
Joel
Williams
Joel Williams is an independent plant and soil health educator and consultant who has worked extensively in Australia, Europe and Canada where he is currently based...
Learn MorePaul
Fulton
Paul formed Joule Logic in 2009 after a senior career in the hydro-electricity and wind energy fields. Paul has an excellent understanding of the technical and commercial issues...
Learn MoreLeanne
SHERIFF
Leanne Sheriff has had a 20-year agricultural sustainability consulting career. She is currently taking a break,
working on her family farm and contributing to some passion-projects, paid and volunteer. Leanne...
Learn Moreworking on her family farm and contributing to some passion-projects, paid and volunteer. Leanne...
Mark
Lambert
Mark Lambert is a Tasmanian dairy farmer who thinks very broadly. Top of the class in many
subjects back in his school days, Mark astounded his teachers in choosing to go farming. But
after building up the dairy farm for 13 years,
Learn Moresubjects back in his school days, Mark astounded his teachers in choosing to go farming. But
after building up the dairy farm for 13 years,
OUr Mission
Grassroots Festival is THE TASMANIAN SUSTAINABLE FARMING FESTIVAL Hosted by Gunningham Family Farms at Mawbanna, in North West Tasmania.
Just like deep grassroots, we pull all the GOOD STUFF together, ready for you to sink your teeth into.
Just like deep grassroots, we pull all the GOOD STUFF together, ready for you to sink your teeth into.
Diverse Workshops + Interactive Demonstrations + Expert Led Sessions. Join us this February to learn, immerse, connect connect with likeminded people while you are having fun.
