Mark Wootton
Mark Wootton AO is a geographer by training and a farmer by practice. With his wife, Eve Kantor AO, he produces carbon neutral beef, lamb, wool and timber at Jigsaw Farms in Hamilton in SW Victoria. Jigsaw Farms is a 3,500 hectare high input, high output livestock operation spanning 6 properties. The operation runs 25,000 Merino ewes, 620 head of cattle and the family have planted out 624 hectares to tree plantations. Mark is also currently the Deputy Chairperson of the Victorian Agriculture Climate Change Council and Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel for the Victorian Government’s Agriculture Energy Investment Plan. www.jigsawfarms.com.au