About

FEATURING 

Felice Jacka OAM  

Deakin Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Psychiatry 

Founder and director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University 

One of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between what we eat, and how it effects our mental health. Noticing the lack of research on diet and mental health while working in a psychiatric research unit, Felice embarked on a mission to study the links between ultra-processed foods and decreased brain health. Results of the studies she has led have been highly influential; cited in more than 100 policy documents globally and influencing clinical guidelines in psychiatry in Australia and elsewhere. She is also the author of Brian Changer, and There’s a Zoo in my Poo. 

David Cook 

Pine Lodge VIC farmer, former VicNoTill board member, Nuffield Scholar 

David is one of Australia’s earliest adopters of cover crops and bringing livestock back into cropping systems to improve soil carbon and water holding capacity, and is widely known for continually pushing the boundaries in his farming system. 

Matthew Barton 

5th generation central NSW farmer, RCS advisor 

With a corporate and investment and agricultural background, Matthew helped develop the RCS Farming & Grazing for Profit course in 2007, which is recognised as the premier business program in Australian agriculture with over 8000 graduates.  

Will Bignell 

7th generation Tasmanian farmer, ag scientist 

The Bignell family farm is well known for pioneering and innovating a number of new and emerging Australian industries. Will has a fascinating back story and runs a highly diverse operation in an extremely challenging environment. 

Jeremy Hutchings 

Farm Owners Academy 

Jeremy grew up on a mixed farming enterprise at Yerong Creek, NSW, studied Agricultural Science, Economics and Trade, and is now the managing director of Farm Owners Academy which was founded 40 years ago to work with farmers to create more profit, control and freedom in their farm businesses.  

Date

Tuesday 2 September 2025 8:00 AM - Wednesday 3 September 2025 3:00 PM (UTC+10)

Tuesday 2nd September: Conference Day & Dinner

Wednesday 3rd September: Field Day, Pine Lodge (return coach transfer from rich river)

Location

Rich River Golf Club
Twenty Four Lane, Moama NSW 2731

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