I love to train and educate people who have never worked in the meat industry or those who may have struggled to build a career, or to find a job that allows them to support their family and be proud of themselves.

Offered for the 15th consecutive year, the Greenham AgriTas scholarship is open to applicants aged 17-45 years who are immediate family, sharefarmers or employees of farmers who have sold cattle to the Smithton meat processing plant any time during 2017.

For upper Murray cattle producers Linda and Gary Nankervis, joining the pilot of the ABSF-inspired Greenham Beef Sustainability Standard (GBSS) was about more than environmental benefits alone; productivity, profitability, and training were the final pieces of the puzzle.