Bacchus Marsh Rotary Club has funded a new guide to help small landholders create productive and environmentally sustainable properties.
Moorabool Healthy Hectares is based on a similar guide compiled in 2018 for the Goulburn Broken region before being adapted for north-eastern Victoria.
Rotary’s Alan Morton said the club became aware of an opportunity to adapt the guide for Moorabool, working with Green Gecko Publications’ Mary Trigger and consultant Helena Lindorff to create the local edition.
Moorabool Healthy Hectares covers topics such as planning, biodiversity, pests and pasture and includes links to useful resources such as Landcare Groups, council and indigenous nurseries.
Mr Morton said Rotary funded the guide after searching for a worthwhile project to contribute to.
” Rotary Clubs around the world are making a much bigger conscious effort to promote activity that will help our environment,” he said.
” Locally the pressure is always on to find money to promote environmental projects and ideas.”
The guide was recently launched at the Country Women’s Association rooms in Bacchus Marsh by Rotary president Donna Martin and Moorabool deputy mayor Ally Munari.
