Speakers

Panel | Climate action on farm - one size does not fit all

Join FCA CEO Natalie Collard and a dynamic panel of farmers - Michael Taylor, Georgia Beattie, and Brad Collins - as they discuss climate action through the lens of their diverse operations. Representing grazing, mushroom, and dairy enterprises, the panelists will explore the challenges and tailored strategies shaping on-farm climate resilience across Australia’s agricultural landscape.

Panel | Stuff ups and dead-set legends

Let’s get it off our chests. What are the main frustrations standing in our way – red tape, rising costs, climate extremes, market policies, labour shortages – you name it? And who are those unsung heroes walking among us (or taking to the stage); humans that exemplify everything we love about farming  -  pushing boundaries, finding solutions and generating good will? Our panelists will nominate their own answers and encourage the audience to do the same.

About Georgia

CEO and MD of Bulla Park. Deputy Chair of the Australian Mushroom Growers Association, Non-Executive Director of Rowing Australia and Australian Certified Organic, Advisory Board Member Law Squared and Commission Member of World Rowing. Georgia began her career studying entrepreneurship at Babson College, Boston and RMIT, Melbourne. Shortly after finishing her University degrees, Georgia raised seed capital to found wine startup Lupé Wines in 2011. The company expanded quickly across Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. In 2016 the company was acquired. Georgia is now CEO and owner of Bulla Park, Australia’s largest organic mushroom farm. She specialises in high-performance farming embracing the use of technology and innovation to achieve fast growth and scale in agriculture.

Bulla Park has 60 employees over 2 farms in Victoria and is focused on creating clean food via environmentally clean agriculture practices. In 2024, Coles awards Bulla a 500k Nurture Fund grant to create a Zero Waste Mushroom initiative which will be built over the course of 2025.
Georgia has spoken on global platforms such as the United Nations and G20 on topics within food security and sustainably. She has spent 8 years on the board of Secondbite, who is responsible for redirecting supermarket food waste to those in need and is still very active in the agricultural waste area. Georgia was awarded an International Nuffield Scholarship. Georgia was awarded Organic Female Farmer of the Year.