Boorowa Central School has been selected as one of the sixteen schools in News South Wales to participate in the competition, an innovative program providing students with opportunities to gain knowledge and skills about the food we eat and fibres we use. 

The program, whilst quite new, has gathered strong support and interest from schools around Australia, with Art4Agriculture’s vision to provide communities with the opportunity to celebrate the diversity of primary industries.

The artwork on the life-sized cow and calf will focus on the theme, What does it take to feed and clothe your community for a day sustainably?’ With each school having been given a food or fibre industry to explore and showcase, Boorowa Central School primary and secondary students have been allocated a wool theme.

Teacher Trudy Mahoney will be guiding the primary students through their artwork on the calf and encouraged all local wool producers to get on board with the project.

“We’re looking at doing a patchwork of ideas relating to wool and we’re going to be writing letters to wool growers to check their permission to use their logo on the calf,” she said.

“We would be looking at different products that wool can produce, a wool timeline and significant wool events and we’re really looking to promote wool growers in the local area.”

Ms Mahoney said the Boorowa Irish Woolfest Logo will feature on the calf, highlighting a major event in the community. Images of equipment used in shearing sheds, a photo collage of dogs working sheep and shearers is also set to adorn the calf.

Both the cow, decorated by secondary students and the calf will eventually make their way to the Sydney Royal Easter show and do their bit to promote the local wool industry. 

The schools involved in this project are paired with a Young Farming Champion who will share their farming journey and work with the students throughout the duration of the project. Boorowa Central School’s farming champion is Melissa Henry, a local farmer and the Catchment Officer for the Lachlan Catchment Management Authority.

“We would dearly love support from our community. We are looking for community contributors towards this project in regard to small wool supplies and local wool industry participant logos, amongst other items that may provide inspiration for designing images,” Ms Mahoney said. 

Ms Mahoney encouraged all local wool producers looking to promote their logo to contact Boorowa Central School on 63853009.