The Changing Face of Landcaring
A Landcare survey has found 93 per cent of the farmers questioned practise landcare on their farms, and 73 per cent feel they're part of the movement.
That's despite attendance at Landcare meetings and events falling away in recent years.
National Landcare Facilitator Brett de Hayr says the results show Australian farmers still embrace Landcare, but they also want innovation.
"Our message back from the survey was that people don't see Landcare as a brand, they see it as an outcome," he said.
"One of the big messages was that whilst 90-odd per cent of people said Landcare hadn't had its day, almost a same percentage came back saying it needs to change, it needs to evolve.
"We need to be open, more open, in changing issues in change how we deliver and being a lot more flexible."
You can listen to Mr de Hayr speaking with ABC reporter Neroli Rooke about the survey here.
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