Past Events

Need First Aid Training for your farm or business? Need to renew your First Aid Training? Want to gain unit standards 6401 & 6402? Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture are once again offering the opportunity to gain basic workplace First Aid Training This training course is offered to ESAI members and non-members free of charge. All food […]

Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture Inc invite you to their AGM to be held on Monday 8th August from 7pm at Lakeside Soldiers Memorial Hall, Nr Leeston. It will be an informative evening and will include presentations and reporting from all the work carried out by the Tinaku Project over the last 12 months, results gathered from […]

Do you want to understand your soil better and know how to maintain or improve your farm’s soil health? Want to ask questions about your soil type or about management issues you face? Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture are hosting an afternoon workshop with Abie Horrocks, Environment Research Manager from the Foundation of Arable Research on Wednesday […]

John Williamson from Pest Free Banks Peninsula will be there to talk about their project and the cross over between their work and how ESAI members can help in reducing pest numbers in the Ellesmere area. John will talk about each pest species, correct placement of traps, correct bait to use for each pest. He […]

  Do you use winter feed crops on your farm? Are you still confused about the new winter grazing rules? Still not sure if you need a consent? Do you need help with your consent application? ESAI are teaming up with Environment Canterbury to provide one on one information for farmers about the new winter […]

Growing Your Farming Destiny.... This event is a social get together for farmers and rural folk from around the region to celebrate the work that has been achieved by Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture Inc and their members in the last 3 years and also to examine what the future of farming could look like both here in NZ […]

  Integrated Farm Planning People and HR Workshop Tues 30th Jan  7:45am-1:30pm At Lakeside Soldiers Memorial Hall Are you wanting to: Understand and enhance the communication and culture in your work place? Gain ideas to support effective and efficient work places? Be confident you are meeting your legal obligations? Improve your Health & safety processes […]

This workshop will be facilitated by Rural Consulting Benefits of attending: Leave with a sound understanding of what mapping and recording is required to meet the NZFAP+ standard and why these requirements exist; understand how you can meet the likely mapping and recording requirements for Fresh Water Farm Plans. With the demise of Production Wise, […]

This course is now FULLY BOOKED - Thank you Rob Eggers from SFA Training is once again facilitating a First Aid Training Course in partnership with ESAI. The full day course will cover: CPR/choking in adult/child and infants. Common medical emergencies heart attack/stroke etc. Burns/fractures/traumas and life threatening bleeding. This course is offered Free of […]