SFF out & about

Staff from the Sustainable Farm Families program do not just deliver the award winning SFF programs, they are also out and about across the country looking for opportunities to let people know how important it is to ensure that our farmers are healthy and safe.

You’ll find them offering health checks and providing information at:

• Field days
• Agricultural shows
• Conferences
   

Conferences

Sustainable Farm Families Health professionals and researchers often present at Australian and international conferences to showcase SFF work and share our research findings.

2009 Victorian Dairy Conference

Pictured:  Health professionals and data team from
Western District Health Service, South West HealthCare,
Otway Division of General Practice,
National Centre for Farmer Health
and Gippsland Rural Clinical School (Monash University).
 

101 Dairy farmers and associated industry personnel participated in the 2009 Victorian Dairy Conference health assessments in Warrnambool.

The dairy conference is one of the biggest events on the dairy industry calendar with a focus on addressing the financial and industry challenges that all dairy farmers will face in times to come. The theme of the conference was Plug in, charge up and power on.

Participants offered health assessments
An exciting aspect of this year’s conference was the provision of health assessments. Delegates were assessed by a team of health professionals from Western District Health Service, South West Health Care and the Otway Division of General Practice. Ably assisting the health professionals was a collaborative team of over 18 people from industry and health services including Department of Primary Industries and major dairy companies.

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