Northern Victorian agriculture educator Leon Carter doesn’t just want students to become good farm workers; he wants to inspire them to be community leaders. Leon was sponsored by the Gardiner Dairy Foundation to participate in the Alpine Valleys Community Leadership...

Listening to a podcast while he milks 450 cows each day is one way Gippsland dairy farmer Aubrey Pellett stays connected to the world of ideas he experienced first-hand through the Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarship. “When you travel through 15...

Cohuna dairy farmer John Keely was always happy to help local farming and football organisations, but never really considered himself leadership material. However, three years after being sponsored by the Gardiner Dairy Foundation to complete his Nuffield scholarship, the recently...

Aspiring Victorian dairy leaders are being encouraged to make their mark in the industry by applying for the Gardiner Dairy Foundation’s 2020 Nuffield Scholarship. Applications are now open for the program’s 2020 intake, giving Victorian dairy farmers an opportunity to...

Australia's dairy industry leaders have been exhorted to step outside their comfort zone and be courageous to help tackle the industry's problems. Global leadership expert and author Margie Warrell draws on her background growing up as one of seven children...

The Gardiner Dairy Foundation has increased the number Tertiary Scholarships it awards annually from four to seven. Three new scholarships in honour of the late Niel Black have been awarded to students in each of the major Victorian dairy regions....

Lauren Peterson hopes her new leadership skills will help her to break the silo mentality that invades dairy farms and communities across south-west Victoria. Lauren received one of ten Victorian Regional Community Leadership Program (VRCLP) scholarships, sponsored by the Gardiner...

The Gardiner Dairy Foundation is offering grants of up to $5,000 to not-for-profit groups to strengthen small Victorian dairy communities in Gippsland, Northern Victoria and South West Victoria. The Gardiner Dairy Foundation’s “Working in Dairy Communities” Small Grants program, which...

Alice Colclough describes leaving her banking job to become a dairy farmer as a “baptism of fire”. Little did she know five years ago that a fast-tracked succession plan was barely the beginning of the challenges she and husband Justin...

In life’s big and unassuming moments, Sallie Jones thrives on creating positive change with kindness. From fostering community pride to empowering rural women, and inspiring dairy farmers to nurture their mental health, Sallie’s generosity of spirit anchors her personal life...