Experience

Terrain NRM

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Landcare Project Leader

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Driving regenerative adoption in the tropics. Project managing and delivering Healthy Farming Futures. Leading conference design and partner collaboration for Soil Health Conference in Cairns June 2023. Driving regenerative adoption in the tropics. Project managing and delivering Healthy Farming Futures. Leading conference design and partner collaboration for Soil Health Conference in Cairns June 2023.



Natural Fields Solutions

• Biological Agronomist

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Consultant to Farmers in Pest, Disease and Soil Health. Soil and leaf testing, using laboratory results to ameliorate soils, improve nutrient efficiency and build soil health with the aim of increasing soil carbon and organic matter. Working with clients through their current on farm nutrition programs and inputs. Finding where improvements can be made to build soil health, maintain or increase yield, and decrease synthetic inputs over time. Practices that either build or destroy the soil microbiome are identified, using both natural and man made techniques to build our underground helper workforce. Show less



Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd.

• Intensive Agricultural Officer

  • Dec 2018 - Mar 2021

  Northern Gulf NRM, Intensive Agricultural Officer. Current Project: Healthy Farming Futures - Strong Foundations for the Northern Gulf. Funded through the Regional Landcare Partnership, Department of Environment and Energy until June 2023. Outcomes of the project are to build stable soil carbon, prevent soil acidity and to decrease on farm soil erosion. My role is to provide technical agronomy with environmental outcomes. Farmers have access to professional on farm technical advice, farm management planning , field days, workshops, soil testing to establish baselines and monitoring improving soil health conditions. The current farmer peer group network will be grown "Healthy Soils, Healthy Plants, Healthy People", with the aim of increasing soil health awareness and access to expertise to support the adoption of recommended soil management practices that build long term stable soil carbon, manage soil acidity through a solid Calcium nutrition plan, and decreases on farm soil erosion. Show less


Urban Ecological Systems Limited
• Australia
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Agronomist and Nursery Tasks

  • Jan 2011 - 2013


Hilltop Nurseries

• United Kingdom
• Retail

• Greenhouse Manager/Agronomist

  • Sep 2004 - Nov 2007

  Running a Greenhouse operation Running a Greenhouse operation


3TK Cotton Scouting
• Cotton Consultant

  • Apr 2004 - Sep 2004


Cotton Fields Services

• Cotton Consultant

  • Aug 2000 - Jun 2001

  Insect pest management and consulting over 6 000 acres of irrigated Cotton from an area west of Moree in NSW to north of Inglewood in QLD. Insect pest management and consulting over 6 000 acres of irrigated Cotton from an area west of Moree in NSW to north of Inglewood in QLD.



3 TK Cotton Scouting

• Cotton Consultant

  • Apr 2000 - Aug 2000

  I worked in Texas, USA as a Cotton Consultant for Tom Kelley of 3TK Cotton Scouting for two cotton seasons. I worked with the same cotton growers both seasons. Firstly in 2000, then in 2004 cotton season. I worked in Texas, USA as a Cotton Consultant for Tom Kelley of 3TK Cotton Scouting for two cotton seasons. I worked with the same cotton growers both seasons. Firstly in 2000, then in 2004 cotton season.



BGA AGRISERVICES LTD

• Australia
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cotton Consultant

  • Aug 1999 - Apr 2000

  A cotton season with the growers of Byee out of Murgon. Crop checking, consulting and running trials/ compiling a research booklet/field day based on my field trials A cotton season with the growers of Byee out of Murgon. Crop checking, consulting and running trials/ compiling a research booklet/field day based on my field trials