Staff profile: Empowering farmers through agribusiness

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An appreciation of farm business and environmental sustainability were instilled into RMCG Consultant Lauren Jones at an early age. These qualities have put her in good stead to co-lead RMCG’s Agribusiness team which helps farmers improve their business’s security and future farm sustainability.

Staff profile: Empowering farmers through agribusiness

18 NOV 2024

For Lauren, her role as an agribusiness consultant begins around a farmer’s kitchen table where she helps to start the “farm business conversation” between all members of the family. RMCG C...

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When getting yelled at is worth it: Facilitating conflict

30 SEP 2024

RMCG has been around now for 35 years, working with rural, regional and peri-urban people on a wide range of projects. What I’ve found is that we are drawn to working on the hard stuff. It is challe...

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International Women’s Day 2024: Brooke Hermans

07 MAR 2024

After graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Natural Resource Management) with Honours, Brooke embarked on a career in the public service initially working in the Victorian Government’s envi...

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Opportunities to overcome your workforce issues

13 FEB 2023

No matter your industry, chances are you have positions you can’t fill, skills you can’t find or aptitudes you know you’ll need for the future growth or maintenance of your business. At RMCG I ...

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Walking Together: When a government body truly partners with Traditional Owners

10 OCT 2022

In the spirit of reconciliation and partnership, staff gathered to strengthen the significant institutional relationship between Dja Dja Wurrung Group and the CMA by considering partnership opportu...

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Making waves in environmental projects for Geelong and the Surf Coast

21 JUL 2022

Hosted by our Torquay-based team, the day was an opportunity to learn from our colleagues who are working on projects in Geelong, the Bellarine and the Surf Coast and, of course, make the most of a fa...

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Achieving meaningful engagement with Traditional Owners

07 JUL 2022

Jamie became actively involved in the research and management of cultural heritage projects for Traditional Owners while working as a field archaeologist in the United Kingdom as well as Tasmania, Far...

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RMCG talks all things extension at APEN conference

08 FEB 2022

The Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) Conference will return from 9-11 February 2022. While we were looking forward to attending the event in Melbourne to learn from local and international...

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Resilience: It’s not a fad

28 JAN 2021

Resilience – growing in use The concept of resilience has become widely adopted over recent years. It is being used by a broad spectrum of public and private sector organisations to shape strategy ...

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Roadmap to a resilient Goulburn Murray region

24 SEP 2020

In the coming decades, agriculture and land management within Victoria’s Goulburn Murray region will face many major changes associated with climate change, water recovery for the environment, techn...

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