Our Farmers
Meet our Shareholders.
GROWING TOGETHER
Our company has 465 shareholders producing quality livestock. Our shareholders are stewards of the landscape and invest in good farm management practices. We have a dedicated Member Liaison Officer, who works closely with our shareholders providing opportunities to participate in carbon farming projects, river & catchment health projects, soil club discussion groups and other educational field days and workshops. By working together, our company and its shareholders are strengthening the supply chain.
Find out more about our current regenerative projects below:
We have a commitment
to sustainability.
Feature Shareholder
Lyn Lee
As a proud shareholder of Casino Food Company, I am passionate about soil health and the role it plays in my production system and also the impact it has on the beef I produce from my land. If my soil is healthy my pastures are healthy and therefore my cattle are healthy. My passion and goal is to improve my soil health through grazing management as nature intended. My time managed grazing method grazes my herd on a single paddock for a short period of time followed by an extended recovery period, this allows pasture to recover and to keep 100% ground covered at all times and encourages multiple species to thrive offering livestock a wide range of pasture species. This method optimizes my landscapes ability to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and store it in my soil, increasing my soil organic carbon (SOC) and as a result improving my soil health, this helps reduce my carbon footprint.
Gavin & Catherine Henderson
We are one of the shareholders that benefit from the activities including soil health, riparian regeneration and working on a path to carbon neutrality together. We are generational stewards of the land. Our passion for farming centres around sustainability and our responsibility to care for our land. Producing a sustainable food source for our nation relies on our sustainable farming practices. Practically, this means passing our farm land down to the next generation in better health than when it was handed to us.
Robert Page (Heifer Station)
Regenerative Projects
The Soil Club
Focus of the Soil Club centres on agricultural productivity and demonstrated environmental stewardship. The Soil Club has over 100 shareholders who take advantage of the soil sampling and testing offered as well as the knowledge building and soil management opportunities.
The Casino Food Company (CFC) Carbon Farming Project
In line with the Red Meat Industry Carbon Neutral 2030 target, CFC has embarked on a first of its kind. The four year project involving a large group of shareholders will facilitate soil carbon sequestration projects across members’ farms generating the potential for carbon neutral beef. The project seeks to establish a verification process which gives assurance that carbon has been sequestered on farm which in turn generates Verified Carbon Units (VCUs). This creates the opportunity for VCUs to be monetized and transferred through the red meat supply chain.
River Crystal - Catchment Health
The River Crystal project is inspired by early settler accounts of the Richmond River with its deep crystal clear water brimming with life. Grazing systems represent the major land use of the Richmond Catchment and the River Crystal initiative is a proactive industry action plan recognising the importance of landscape management and food production. The on-farm livestock water infrastructure investment promotes catchment health, which supports The CFC’s commitment to farm management practices; improving the health of the Richmond catchment. There are numerous River Crystal projects now completed across the region which have generated significant on farm value whilst delivering high value environmental outcomes.