About Djanaba Farm
Caring for Country is a responsibility - we do the work
What we are buildingCountry needs people
Djanaba Farm is where we learn what that responsibility looks like. Here, Caring for Country means restoring soil biology, holding water in the landscape, and growing nutrient dense native food and fibre in ways that increase ecological health each season.
We operate as a working enterprise, proving that regeneration can sustain culture, community and the economy together.
Australia’s agricultural systems face soil degradation, biodiversity loss and increasing climate volatility.
For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal management of Countury sustained complex ecosystems through observation, adaptation and deep ecological knowledge.
Djanaba Farm exists to bring traditional knowledge and contemporary agroforestry practice together — not as theory, but as working land.
Why this mattersFounded by Jocelyn King
Jocelyn King is a Bundjalung woman with deep connections to Country, culture and community.
Born on Gadigal Country and raised in Sydney, Jocelyn now lives and works on Worimi Country in the Hunter region. Jocelyn describes her work as “un-farming”: restoring land function and biodiversity while building an enterprise that supports both community benefit and environmental repair.
Jocelyn’s vision is clear: to help create systems where Aboriginal people can not only financially benefit, but also culturally thrive—and where capital and capability are mobilised in ways that strengthen communities and Country.
Djanaba brings together Jocelyn’s long-standing work in community development and organisational change with a practical, on-Country commitment to regeneration—designed to be lived, tested and shared.
Our goals
Designing and establishing native agroforestry plantings to rebuild degraded soils and grow nutrient dense food. We believe that growing native foods and fibre is better for people and the planet.
Regenerative land systems
There are over 4,000 native foods and fibres in Australia and only 11 have been commercialised.
Immersive stays will open all your senses to the possibilities.
Diversified revenue streams
Documenting outcomes and hosting small-scale intensives for those seeking practical learning.
Knowledge sharing
Our long term vision
The objective is not conservation alone, but the demonstration of a commercially viable regenerative land model that others can adopt.
Djanaba Farm is in its establishment phase. The work is deliberate and long-term. Success will be measured in ecological restoration, financial viability and the transferability of the model.