At 10 am on Tuesday February 6, our speaker will be Rodney Cook, a fifth-generation beef, sheep and cropping farmer from Baddagginie.
David Palmer
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In early December we joined with the Sustainability group to look at the work of Gretals Australia Pty Ltd’s work in commercialising the pharmaceutical benefits of certain types of eucalyptus leaves. Chairman, MD and CEO of Gretals, Alistair Cumming, initially showed us their eucalyptus leaf processing plant in Benalla, before taking us to Gretals’ farm at Lurg. There the company is assessing various irrigated eucalyptus lines, with the aim of discovering leaves which produce compounds applicable to human cognitive and respiratory health, neuro degenerative diseases, animal health applications and substances which might counter antibiotic resistance. The company has already discovered promising species and aims in a few years to list on the New York stock exchange.
At 10 am on Tuesday February 6, our speaker will be Rodney Cook, a fifth-generation beef, sheep and cropping farmer from Baddagginie. David Palmer
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About 'Stock and Land'Are you a regular watcher of Landline, a reader of Country News, Stock and Land or The Weekly Times? Did you grow up on a farm, are you still on the farm, are you engaged in agribusiness, or did you downshift into Benalla? Perhaps you studied/taught food and agriculture related courses or worked in an area related to agriculture? Or perhaps, like most of us, you are interested in where food comes from. Meeting Times1st Tuesday of the month 10 am to 12 midday
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