Farm Forestry New ZealandJuly, 2022
Trees on Your Farm – Pilot Workshops
In May, members of the NZFFA held three pilot workshops in the lower North Island aimed at encouraging hill country farmers to grow more trees. The format was a day of presentations followed by a half-day field trip. Te Uru Rakau funded the events which were free to attendees.
The aim was to attract non-members who knew little about trees, but it was only partially successful. Some of the attendees were officials, council officers and consultants; some were farmers already growing trees but wanting to know more; and some were NZFFA members who came along to see what we were doing. To avoid attracting too many of these we chose not to advertise in the NZFFA newsletter or on the website, but now that it’s over we can freely share the materials we presented. Below are links to the presentations.
For those not familiar with Google Docs the presentations look and feel like Powerpoint slides. The ‘Slideshow’ button should be near the top right hand corner of your screen, and the audio should start automatically with each one. To view the speaker notes, ‘Escape’ the slideshow and tick the ‘Show speaker notes’ option under the ‘View’ button. Then move your cursor just below the picture of the slide and half way across its width, when a Hand icon should appear. Click on that and use it to push the picture up making it smaller, which will show the speaker notes below. You will find the email address of the speaker in the notes, should you wish to ask questions or offer suggestions.
The workshop handout is available as a PDF.
There are 12 modules available as slides below. They vary in length from a few minutes to about half an hour.
For those not familiar with Google Docs, the presentations look and feel like Powerpoint slides. The ‘Slideshow’ button should be near the top right hand corner of your screen:
The audio should start automatically with each one. Look at the bottom left hand corner to click for the next slide:
To view the speaker notes, use the ‘Escape’ key to exit the fullscreen slideshow. Check that the ‘Show speaker notes’ option is ticked under the ‘View’ button. Then move your cursor just below the picture of the slide and half way across its width, when a Hand icon should appear. Click on that and use it to push the picture up, making it smaller, and this will show the speaker notes below. You will find the email address of the speaker in the notes, should you wish to ask questions.
The modules are:
- Introduction
- Where to plant
- Planning a woodlot
- Establishing a woodlot
- Managing a woodlot
- Harvesting and marketing
- Species choice
- Native trees
- Regulations, cash & tax
- Emissions trading scheme
- He Waka Eke Noa
- Trees protect farms
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