The Clover Hill Dairies team is committed to reconnecting rural and urban communities and introducing young Australians to careers in agriculture.
Clover Hill Dairies is the foundation sponsor of Dairy Youth Australia Inc. This innovative team of young people create and deliver projects that use art and multimedia to engage and motivate school-aged children to explore agricultural sustainability issues and show them that responsible agricultural production is a legitimate use of Australia's land, water and other resources.
To achieve this goal Dairy Youth Australia deliver self managed events and activities which focus on youth, career opportunities, the arts and community – all linked with agriculture. Originally formed to share dairy farming experiences with school students and the wider community, we have now extended our brief beyond dairy.
Recognising primary industries share common ground, we have tailored our new programs to both enhance the image of agriculture and encourage young people to consider agribusiness as a future.
Our school programs are education and awareness focused and use creative arts and multimedia to engage urban and rural students in the challenges of primary production, such as the land degradation, urban encroachment, dwindling water supplies and climate change.

Our 2010 Art4Agriculuture initiatives partner with Landlearn NSW and other sponsors and include:
1. The award winning Jet and Emma Farm Management Education Series "Getting Down and Dirty on the Farm with Jet and Emma" published on the web by Landlearn NSW.

2. The Cream of the Crop Competition invites students involved in primary industry and natural resource management studies to create a PowerPoint about a unit of their studies with the chance to win cash prizes for their efforts. The winning entries will be loaded on the web providing contemporary authentic, positive and popular stories about agriculture and the environment written by young people for young people. This initiative is vital as the changes to the way farmers manage their properties have moved much faster than educational resource development.

3. The Archibull Prize invites students in suburban high schools to learn through hands on experience about the challenges of housing and feeding the world with a declining natural resource base. The finished artworks and curriculum activities must explore and communicate contrasting stories about the future of agriculture in their local area under the theme "Love it Or Lose

Our programs are a true celebration of the people and the places behind the food we eat. They deliver strong rural sustainability messages - not just to the students involved, but also to the wider community. They showcase the positive things farmers are doing and empower them to share their stories. Our activities are genuine, contemporary, engaging, fun and full of hope for a sustainable future.

Our Confidence to Grow Initiative is supported by Caring for our Country funding and other supporting partners
This program harnesses the energy and leadership drive of youth to forge cross-community partnerships to improve economic, environmental and social sustainability. It focuses on increasing the adoption of sustainable farm management practices, including conserving and extending green corridors, while improving food security to meet the needs of a growing nation and world demand. It creates the confidence to grow.

Clover Hill Dairies is a proud supporting partner of Landlearn NSW
Visit the Landlearn website to find out more.

The LandLearn NSW website provides an introductory overview of primary industries and natural resource management in NSW. It provides access to information on the production, consumption and management of primary products and natural resources in NSW, and links to national and global information.
The website showcases current practices and highlights the science and research projects yielding new practices in primary industries and natural resource management.
It serves as a portal for accessing NSW-based primary-industries-focused schools education programs, products and services.

"Clover Hill Dairies - "Watch the dairy in operation"

Cows making a fashion statement???
Check it out - these cows are making more than a fashion statement. Chris Clark from ABC Landline talks to Assoc Professor Richard Eckard, Greenhouse in Agriculture - Project Leader from Melbourne University and Dr Peter Moate from DPI Victoria to find out how the dairy industry is monitoring methane and the strategies they are putting in place to reduce the dairy industry's footprint - it's pretty fascinating