Green Sheep Project

Background

With a focus on practical tools, real-world demonstrations, and clearer market recognition for environmental stewardship, the GSP project is a nationally consistent, regionally responsive approach, which builds industry capability and supports sustainability practices across the sheep supply chain.

Demonstration Sites

We are working with sheep producers across the Southern Highlands, Southern Midlands, and east coast of Tasmania to run three demonstration sites, each showcasing different pathways for natural capital investment and sustainability credentials.

The three sites will explore how natural capital assessments can be used to align with supply chain sustainability frameworks, to access biodiversity credits and insetting and offsetting opportunities, and to directly inform and improve on-farm management.

Together, they will be documented as case studies, giving other farmers a practical look at the range of options and pathways available.

Sustainability Dashboard

Understanding a farm’s sustainability performance shouldn’t require navigating a maze of tools and datasets. Through this project we are developing a practical sustainability dashboard that brings together recommended tools and datasets in one place, making it easier for producers to choose how to measure, track, and communicate their environmental and commercial performance. The dashboard will be developed and tested with farmers and refined over the life of the project.

Extension and Engagement

We are working directly with southern Tasmanian farmers, advisers, and supply-chain partners through roundtables, field days, and workshops. We are also engaging with sheep meat and wool processors to understand their emerging data and traceability requirements, so that the tools and pathways we develop are genuinely aligned with where markets are heading. A core aim is to build a regional legacy of trained advisers and confident producers, ready for the sustainability requirements ahead.