I am a proud ambassador for Riding for the Disabled Association of Tasmania.

RDA is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation. RDA aims to provide services to people of all ages with disabilities to enable them to enjoy safe, healthy, stimulating, therapeutic, horse-related activities in Tasmania. The centres and programs are run entirely by volunteers.

Rachael was a co-creator of Ripple Farm Landscape Healing Hub that was used to promote ‘landscapes of healing’ as well as other community events. She hosted farm art exhibitions, a charity hoedown and regenerative mindset education days including the introduction of Natural Sequence Farming to Tasmania by hosting Stuart Andrews of Tarwyn Park Training who carried out extensive land hydrology repairs.

Her aim was to showcase how ecological health can exist alongside an economically functioning farm.

She has since moved on to create more greener pastures on other properties

Animal welfare and mindful animal handling is a priority at Ripple Farm, and because of this philosophy, we have teamed up with Jodie and Andrew Green of Aloeburn Poll Merinos of Boree Creek, NSW.

Thirty years of selective breeding has meant the Greens now have sheep that not only cut beautiful Merino wool, but also have no need of mulesing as they are bare breeched (no wool around their tail).

Thirty of their cherished ewes have made the trip to Tasmania along with two rams so we can continue the Aloeburn Poll Merino goal to deliver classic Merino wool to the world that is ethically and mindfully produced… and to tell a good story on wool!

Hydrology of our undulating landscape is key in its revival. Therefore we have employed the expertise of the wise men and women of Mulloon Institute so that when ‘drought’ comes again to the land our property will hold its own.

Tarwyn Park Training is helping us to understand and employ natural sequence farming techniques which will further restore the ecology of the land.

Landcare is a grassroots movement dedicated to managing environmental issues in local communities across Australia from coast to country.

Validated by CSIRO, Numnuts provides lambs with the best start in life and helps sheep farmers achieve industry best practice by adopting an ethical, sustainable approach to castration and de-tailing.

Numnuts blocks the acute pain that follows tail docking and castration of lambs with rubber rings. It’s an easy to use ring applicator, combined with an injector that dispenses NumOcaine local anaesthetic.

The Tasmanian Produce Collective is an online farmers market owned and operated by local growers and makers, providing easy access to local, sustainable produce in various regions across Tasmania.

Open Food Network Australia is a not-for-profit working to transform the food system by creating a new food system that is fair, local, and transparent.

They do this by providing n open source online software platform that enables efficient and transparent short food supply chains, resources to help those building local food supply chains.