10 min
From paddock to plate Dookie Day 2019
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- Education
Hear how Dookie covers the whole spectrum of agriculture, from tending the paddocks to serving up sustainable food. Visit the paddock to plate precinct to learn more, and see if you can find the lambs wandering about in the canola...
With the world’s population set to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, the demand for clean, safe food will rise. Discover more about sustainable sheep production for changing consumer preferences and climate conditions. Learn about the effects of Rise and Chill® frozen storage and packaging on the quality of lamb and also participate in wool classing and judging.
VIRTUAL REALITY: Explore Dookie sheep farming to see what happens throughout the year via a virtual reality farm tour through time.
MUTTON TASTING: Taste mutton patties that have been freshly grilled and processed to enhance different flavour characteristics and learn what changes lead to different qualities.
Event Details:
22 Sep 2019
11:00 am - 03:30 pm
Dookie Campus,
Building 505,
940 Dookie-Nalinga Road, Dookie.
Register here: https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/dookie-day
Executive Producer/Concept: Andi Horvath
Supervising Producer/Concept: Matthew Holmes
Sound Engineer: Silvi Vann-Wall
Editor: Arch Cuthbertson
Guests Featured: Dr Stuart Barber, Senior Lecturer in Intensive Animal Management and Welfare, and Nathan Anderson, Dookie Farm Manager.
This podcast is proudly brought to you by the University of Melbourne. To see our full range of podcasts, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/news-resources/podcasts
Hear how Dookie covers the whole spectrum of agriculture, from tending the paddocks to serving up sustainable food. Visit the paddock to plate precinct to learn more, and see if you can find the lambs wandering about in the canola...
With the world’s population set to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, the demand for clean, safe food will rise. Discover more about sustainable sheep production for changing consumer preferences and climate conditions. Learn about the effects of Rise and Chill® frozen storage and packaging on the quality of lamb and also participate in wool classing and judging.
VIRTUAL REALITY: Explore Dookie sheep farming to see what happens throughout the year via a virtual reality farm tour through time.
MUTTON TASTING: Taste mutton patties that have been freshly grilled and processed to enhance different flavour characteristics and learn what changes lead to different qualities.
Event Details:
22 Sep 2019
11:00 am - 03:30 pm
Dookie Campus,
Building 505,
940 Dookie-Nalinga Road, Dookie.
Register here: https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/dookie-day
Executive Producer/Concept: Andi Horvath
Supervising Producer/Concept: Matthew Holmes
Sound Engineer: Silvi Vann-Wall
Editor: Arch Cuthbertson
Guests Featured: Dr Stuart Barber, Senior Lecturer in Intensive Animal Management and Welfare, and Nathan Anderson, Dookie Farm Manager.
This podcast is proudly brought to you by the University of Melbourne. To see our full range of podcasts, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/news-resources/podcasts
10 min