Alternative or Complementary Land Use/Business

Catchment	Activity	Status
TCC Management Committee	Ensure close ties with the Venture Taranaki (MPI Funded) Branching Out project that is developing blueprints for alternative land use and business diversification	Ongoing – 2x TCC Management Committee members are on the Branching Out steering committee
Tarata, Wai/Waverly, Mangamingi and Makuri	Understanding different ways farmers can use the land and the effect on farm profitability	Underway
Tarata, Wai/Waverly, Mangamingi and Makuri	Investigate the use of Dung Beetles to improve farm soil conditions and reduce water run off	Underway