Educational Resources
Educational Institutions
The Cheese School Castlemaine
“Linked with Long Paddock Cheese, The Cheese School offers small-class practical and theoretical professional artisan cheesemaking and other dairy training, plus a range of small-scale business-related training. Headed up by resident French artisan cheesemakers, Julie and Ivan Larcher.
Classes will be announced in 2021.”
Tafe SA Cheese Certificate
“TAFE SA cheese making courses cover all aspects of artisan cheese production. Learn how to make soft ripened, blue vein, cheddar and non-bovine cheeses. Other topics include food safety, cheese science, new product development and troubleshooting.”
Sterling College - Jasper Hill
“The School of the New American Farmstead and Academie MonS– widely-renowned cheese producers, retailers, and educators in Europe–are collaborating to offer a suite of artisan cheesemaking courses that may be taken individually or pursued collectively to attain Sterling College’s Professional Certificate in Artisan Cheesemaking.”
Sue Sturman (Mons etc)
“Makers & Mongers is based on the notion of networking: connecting cheese professionals through publications, tours, education, and consulting on marketing projects. As a community we can be smarter, more effective, and…simply have more fun! The best way to grow is to connect!”
Agrifutures
Helpful resources from Agrifutures.com.au
Dairy Sheep Manual
Buffalo Cheese & Yoghurt
Dairy Goat Manual
Dairy Australia Webinar Program
“Over the past eight years Dairy Australia has developed over 250 webinars designed to upskill Australian dairy manufacturers.
These webinars, together with their downloadable PDFs, offer an exciting way to enhance the knowledge of you or your workforce, without having to leave the workplace - delivering substantial savings in costs and time. Alternatively, webinar recordings can be viewed at a time that suits participants.
Most importantly, staff receive this valuable training from local and international experts in their field.
Typically the 30 webinars conducted annually include a 50 minute presentation followed by 5 to 10 minutes of question time.
Webinar access is free for Australian dairy farmers.”
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National Resources
Scholarships
Become a Nuffield Scholar
Applications are now closed for the 2021 program but will open again in Mid-May 2021 for the 2022 program.
We urge farmers with a desire to drive their knowledge and businesses forward to consider applying next year.
There will be approximately 10-20 Scholarships on offer, each valued at $30,000.
Become a Churchill Fellow
A Churchill Fellowship offers a life-changing opportunity to travel overseas to investigate a topic or issue that you are passionate about. As an internationally recognised award, recipients gain access to expertise from around the world, not typically available to everyone.
There is a high level of visibility and credibility associated with being a Churchill Fellow, as well as a responsibility to share the knowledge and skills gained overseas with the Australian community.
Due to the impact of COVID-19 on international travel, we will not be offering a Churchill Fellowship application round in 2021.
Gardiner Foundation (VIC Only)
Gardiner Dairy Foundation is proud to offer tertiary scholarships to up to seven individuals residing in Victorian dairy communities. Students must be commencing studies in 2021 to pursue a career that will either directly benefit the dairy industry and/or benefit dairy communities. Each scholarship is worth $10,000 per year and is available for the first three years of a scholar’s University or TAFE course.
Demo Dairy Foundation
All scholarship awardees will be selected using the processes of the co-operating institutions (RIST, South West TAFE, Longerenong College, Deakin University) and other organisations which the Foundation invites to be part of the scholarship program.
All enquiries regarding scholarships should be directed to the institution the applicant will be attending during their studies.