Hosted by ANU - ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development

Join us for a fun and inspiring day at the Australian National University, where science meets nature! Our event invites everyone — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, students, families, and the Canberra community — to discover how we can grow better food and care for the land using both ancient knowledge and modern science.

You’ll get to do hands-on experiments with real crops, go on exciting tours of plant labs, and learn how First Nations people have looked after Country for thousands of years. You’ll also meet real scientists — from students to plant breeders and social scientists — who will show you what they do and how their work helps farmers and the environment.

We’ll explore big questions like: How can we grow food in a way that’s good for the planet? What can we learn from traditional land care? And what might farming look like in the future?

This is your chance to see science in action, meet cool people, and maybe even imagine yourself as a future farming hero!