Staff profile: Empowering farmers through agribusiness

Environment

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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RMCG donates $10,000 to Vic wildlife charity

07 JUL 2024

Odonata Foundation is a local wildlife charity with their main sanctuary in Little River, between our Bendigo, Melbourne and Torquay offices in Victoria. Odonata’s vision is that by 2050, Australia'...

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Follow Hilary Hall’s Churchill Fellowship travel blog

18 JUN 2024

Hilary's Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Trust (Australia) will focus on biosolids, a by-product of sewage treatment and a valuable source of nutrients, organic matter and beneficial microbes fo...

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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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Carbon and emissions for livestock producers: Where to start?

11 AUG 2023

In recent years, animal agriculture has come under increasing scrutiny for its contribution to global warming. Social licence for agriculture continues to change, politically and commercially. Food c...

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Media release: National roadmap launched to guide waste management in ag, fisheries and forestry

22 MAY 2023

Developed by RM Consulting Group (RMCG) – a multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in environment, agriculture and communities – the National Waste and Resource Recovery Roadmap is one initia...

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The Protected Cropping Podcast: Talking sustainability with Carl Larsen

17 MAY 2023

Carl, a socio-environmental scientist, shared his insights from working with the vegetable industry in agricultural extension and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of large-scale industry investment...

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International Women’s Day profile: Hilary Hall

07 MAR 2023

In 2002 as a graduate of chemical engineering, Hilary quickly pivoted from pursuing a career in food processing after a fortuitous opportunity to work in the Victorian water industry. As part of a w...

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Thinking about farming ‘that carbon’? Here’s what you need to know

22 JAN 2023

Looking at the season ahead, it seems like carbon is the new ‘in’ crop. Many in the agriculture industry are talking about putting a couple of trial blocks in, to see if they can sequester a tonne...

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