Olivia Lawson

Background

About Olivia Lawson

Strong advocate for a sustainable future in agriculture. For the past two decades Olivia has been a partner in a seed stock business based in central Victoria with a focus on holistic grazing systems, best practice animal welfare and ecological stewardship while producing efficient, fertile, highly productive beef genetics. In recent years Olivia has served as a non executive Director on various national and global Boards, advisory Policy Council (in Environment, Sustainability, Animal Welfare), Chaired Board committee in Governance, Finance, Audit, Risk. Olivia has participated in various carbon and climate in agriculture programs and contributed advice on policy development in beef sustainability. Olivia grew up in South Gippsland Victoria and completed a degree in Agricultural Science before working in the wool export sector. Olivia holds a lifelong passion for sustainable agriculture practices and was awarded ‘Landcare Sustainable Farmer of the Year’ in 2013 and the ‘Coles Weekly Times Beef Farmer of the Year’ in 2020.