BOOTS ON THE GROUND, HANDS IN THE SOIL EVENT

GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL

Grassroots Festival is an immersive Tasmanian Sustainable Farming Festival hosted by Gunningham Family Farms in North West Tasmania. With diverse workshops, interactive demonstrations and expert led sessions. Since the first Grassroots Festival held in February 2024, the event has grown and proves to be a great success.
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2025 speakers

NICOLE
MASTERS

Since 1999 Nicole has been involved in regenerative food systems. Throughout her 20+ years as an educator, nothing excites Nicole more than passing on her passion for regenerative soil stewardship.

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JIM ELIZONDO

Jim is an Agronomist Engineer with financial knowledge specializing on beef and dairy cattle. In 1990, after buying his first irrigated farm he soon learned that it wasn’t going to make money following what he had learned in college...

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SAM
BYE

Independent Agribusiness consultant, specialising in carbon farming strategy and implementation. Sam has worked across the agricultural input supply chain in sales, marketing, research agronomy and key account management.

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NATALIE E WEST

Natalie E. West is an Integrative Psychotherapist and International Speaker with over 25 years of experience in transforming mental and metabolic health.

Specializing in the mind-gut connection, her unique protocols address the root causes of poor self-image, anxiety, depression, addiction, food behaviours, and thought disorders.

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PETER BYCK

Peter Byck is a professor of practice at Arizona State University, in both the School of Sustainability and the Cronkite School of Journalism.

He is the director, producer and writer of carbon nation.

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