New speakers + cheaper tickets end in 6 days

6 days left to buy EARLY BIRD and COMMUNITY tickets! Offer ends Sunday 15th February.

Greetings,

We’ll keep it short today. We have an update on speakers (see below), the fabulous GROUNDED dinner tickets go on sale on Friday and the Early Bird and Community ticket offer ends on Sunday.

We extended the discounted ticket offer by two weeks in support of those affected by the recent fires in Victoria, including the GROUNDED Festival host farm, Yan Yan Gurt West and neighbour, Bambra Agroforestry Farm, run by agroforestry expert, Rowan Reid. We reported on this in last week’s newsletter and profiled the GROUNDED speakers who’ll be addressing it, it’s going to be a fascinating discussion. 

You have six days left to get cheaper GROUNDED tickets! 

SPEAKER UPDATE

GROUNDED brings incredible depth of knowledge and experience together for two days of fearless engagement with the what, how and why of building better farming and food systems. View the speaker list here. 

The programme is starting to gel with some fascinating themes taking shape. For example…

• How can grazing change the world?
• Can we fight fire with fire?
• Can climate-friendly farming be profitable?
• What food did the world forget and why?
• What does healthy soil sound like?
• How can Natural Capital Accounting work for farmers?
• What do fish and sheep farming have in common?

And so, so much more. 

Over the two days, speakers will cover over 50 topics including;

• soil health
• farming for resilience
• landscape hydration
• regenerative agroforestry
• vertical farming models
• farm succession
• young farmer futures
• carbon and biodiversity credits
• de-risking farms
• food distribution systems
• nutrition and microbiology 

And that’s just the scheduled presentations and walkshops. Who knows where they’ll go in the panels, or over a beer at the bar or chatting in the queue for lunch or the loo…  

Which, as any festival-goer knows, is often where the most interesting conversations and connections happen. Gotta be there in person, folks!

GROUNDED LOCAL FARM TOURS

We’re offering pre and post-festival farm tours for GROUNDED attendees. Tickets are selling fast, just saying…

BAMBRA AGROFORESTRY FARM TOUR

• Tuesday 21 April, 2.00–4.30pm
• $55 per person / limited to 50 / available to GROUNDED ticket holders only.
• Tickets on sale now
• Follow Rowan Reid (forest scientist, educator and author of Heartwood) as he presents his ‘lecture in the paddock’ tour of this famous tree farm.

YAN YAN GURT WEST FARM

• Friday 24 April, 9.00-11.30am
• $20 per person / limited to 30 / available to GROUNDED ticket holders only.
• Tickets on sale now 
• Starting at the historic 1888 Yan Yan Gurt Woolshed, the Stewarts will guide you on a tour incorporating the farm plan, the Carbon Accounting Study, plant species and the brilliant way the local farming community have worked together to develop a contiguous wildlife corridor across multiple farms. 

BRAE RESTAURANT KITCHEN GARDEN

• Friday 24 April, 9.00-10.00am
• $30 per person / available to GROUNDED ticket holders only.
• The Brae kitchen garden has always been an integral part of the award-winning restaurant and head gardener, Jo Lawson, works in lockstep with owner and chef, Dan Hunter. As they say:“The produce we grow becomes the food we serve, while immersion in our landscape nourishes the creativity and care that shapes the restaurant.” 

Frogwood Arboretum in Deans Marsh

• Tuesday 21 April, 10.00 am –3.00 pm
• FREE / but registration is required to help us manage numbers.
• Drop in anytime between 10am and 3pm to explore this unique 40-hectare arboretum at your own pace.    

2025 GROUNDED PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE!

Want to hear more pearls of wisdom from the experts? Tune in to the GROUNDED Live podcast on and listen to all the presentations from GROUNDED Festival 2025 in Western Australia. Stream on Spotify or Apple.   

TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT GROUNDED!

• We want every farmer and every eater joining in the better food revolution.       
• Read the latest Media Release.
• Special ticket offers for locals, students and groups.
• Coming back for more? GROUNDED returners get a discount… 
• Check out our previous speakers and programmes. 
• Find out more about the GROUNDED 2026 location and region.

SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS

• GROUNDED FESTIVAL 2026 is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.
• GROUNDED FESTIVAL 2026 is presented in partnership with the Upper Barwon Landcare Network and the Central Otway Landcare Network.
• This event is supported by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Landcare Grants.
• Upper Barwon Landcare Network
• Central Otway Landcare Network
• Corangamite Catchment Management Authority
• Sustainable Table
• Stone and Wood