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Farm Cam

Project start date: 15 November 2012
Project end date: 24 December 2012
Publication date: 24 December 2012
Project status: Completed
Livestock species: Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle

Summary

In order to bring the farm to the city and connect urban consumers with producers and the extensive RD&E portfolio of the industry a Virtual Farm was established on Sydney's Martin Place.  At the Virtual Farm consumers could ask a question about sustainable cattle and sheep production directly to producers and be beamed onto a giant screen on the pedestrian mall.  The event also featured live cattle and sheep and a farm display. 
 The output of the event was over 200 media clips, 200 Twitter mentions and 460 Facebook likes.  A final report was developed by the PR agency of coverage and key learnings, however is not publicly available.