Measuring

On-farm Sustainability On-farm Sustainability Energy u0026amp; Resource Use Air u0026amp; Climate Water Soil Productivity Human Capital Social Capital Biodiversity Plant u0026amp; Crop Health Animal Husbandry Nutrient Management

Nature outcomes:
• Increase biodiversity and protect threatened organisms and habitats within productive and non-productive agricultural land
• Increase the area, suitability and connectivity of habitats for species naturally found in the farm’s location
• Improve ecosystem health and reduce pollution

Climate outcomes:
• Improve knowledge of changes in the climate, weather and length of growing season in a farm’s location
• Enable timely adaptation of farming systems and practices to changing climate conditions
• Improve resilience of production, natural and social systems and reduce the impacts of extreme events

Water outcomes:
• Reduce water use overall and reliance on mains and extracted water
• Increase use of recycled and grey water
• Improve the natural water holding capacity of soil and habitats in both agriculturally
productive and non-productive areas
• Increase the availability of fresh water and functioning of natural water systems, as well as resilience to flood and drought

Soil outcomes:
• Maximise soil carbon storage and sequestration and reduce carbon loss to the atmosphere
• Improve soil health, biodiversity and functionality
• Improve soil conservation
• Increase the resilience, long-term sustainability and quality of production on-farm

• Minimise the importation of nutrients to the system in feed or chemical fertilisers
• Reduce the movement, waste loss of nutrients to the environment
• Improve the amount and mix of nutrients held in soils on-farm and the ability of the
soil to store them
• Reduce the environmental and business costs associated with the production,
transportation, use and pollution of artificial fertilisers

Resources outcomes:
• Reduce external inputs and the impacts that arise from their extraction, processing, manufacture, transport and use
• Identify aspects of infrastructure needing attention and reduce risk of deteriorating or inappropriately used infrastructure
• Improve production efficiency; farmer, worker and visitor safety; and product safety and quality

Farmer and workers outcomes:
• Improve working conditions for farmers, their families and workers (including volunteers, temporary and permanent) – irrespective of age, disability, gender, faith or ethnicity
• Provide freedom from discrimination, bullying, physical and psychological harm
• Improve opportunities for representation, skills development and career pathways
• Improve the effectiveness of decision-making

Crops and pasture outcomes:
• Improve the health of crops and pasture for efficient, resilient and high-quality production
• Minimise the interventions required to achieve and maintain health, including fit between crop species and varieties and the environment
• Improve the lifespan of crops and pasture (including grasslands and orchards), reducing pre-harvest losses and frequency of re-planting

Animals outcomes:
• Improve farm animal health and welfare and reduce incidence of disease
• Enable expression of natural behaviours and improve quality of life
• Reduce the interventions required to maintain health and welfare

Production outcomes:
• Maintain and improve the yields of crop and animal products from the farm
• Maintain and improve the quality of these crop and animal products
• Maintain and improve the resilience of production

Economic outcomes:
• Improve financial viability of production – including farms managed on a not-for- profit basis
• Increase resources available to improve sustainability and adapt to immediate and long-term challenges
• Diversify income streams to spread risk in the context of volatile markets for farm produce

Community outcomes:
• Improve the health, well-being and resilience of farmers and their families through local support and services for the farming system
• Improve connectivity, as well as the support, knowledge and resource sharing needed to adapt to challenges
• Improve the relationship between the farm and community to create a mutually supportive and thriving environment