Survey: Community & Consumers

Status:: Draft
Last updated:: 2026-08-05

Participant information: This form helps New England Landcare Network understand community views about industrial hemp. You do not have to provide personal contact details. Individual answers, contact details and sensitive details will not be published. Answers may be grouped together without names for project summaries and participant feedback. Read the research statement and disclosures on the Industrial Hemp subdomain: industrial-hemp.neln.com.au/03-primary-research/research-disclosure/short-form/.

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! Are you comfortable with audio recording for note-taking only? [ ] Yes [ ] No

1. What You Know Now

Before this conversation, how much did you know about industrial hemp?

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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1-3 = not much; 4-7 = some understanding; 8-10 = a lot.

Where has your understanding mainly come from? For example: news, social media, farming contacts, shops, building products, health or food products, personal experience, or conversations with others.

2. Your Connection To The Topic

Tick any that describe you.

Connection	Tick	Connection	Tick
Resident or community member	[ ]	Landcare member	[ ]
Producer or landholder	[ ]	Local business	[ ]
Builder, tradesperson or designer	[ ]	Consumer / shopper	[ ]
Student, educator or researcher	[ ]	Other	[ ]

3. Hemp Products You Know About Or Use

Have you bought, used, looked into or heard of any of these hemp products?

Product	Bought / used	Looked into	Heard of only	Not heard of
Hemp seeds or hemp food products	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hemp seed oil	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hemp protein, flour or food ingredients	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Fibre, textiles or clothing	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Animal bedding, garden mulch or similar products	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hempcrete or other building products	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Skin care, soaps or cosmetics	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Other	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

4. Possible Benefits

Which possible benefits sound most important to you, if any? Rank up to three. Use 1 for the most important.

Possible benefit	Rank	Possible benefit	Rank
More options for local farmers		Local jobs or business activity
Better soil cover or soil health		Products that may have lower impact
New building materials		Local processing or manufacturing
Learning, education or research		Other

5. Concerns Or Questions

Which concerns or questions matter most to you, if any? Rank up to three. Use 1 for the most important.

Concern or question	Rank	Concern or question	Rank
Confusion with cannabis or medicinal cannabis		Whether there is a real market
Whether the environmental claims are true		Water use
Chemical use		Rules, licences and safeguards
Landcare looking like it is promoting hemp		Community disagreement
Other		No major concern

6. How You Feel About Landcare Being Involved

How would you feel about New England Landcare Network helping to check whether industrial hemp is worth looking at for local farmers, communities and the environment?

Supportive	Somewhat supportive	Unsure	Somewhat concerned	Strongly concerned
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Why do you feel that way?

7. Information Needs

What would you most want explained in plain language? Rank up to three. Use 1 for the most important.

Topic	Rank	Topic	Rank
What industrial hemp is and is not		Legal rules and safeguards
What hemp can be used for		Whether it can make money for farmers
Environmental evidence		Local examples or trials
Risks and reasons not to go ahead		Other

8. Stories, Events Or Examples

Are there local stories, examples, concerns, questions or opportunities that New England Landcare Network should understand?

Demographic Baseline

These questions are optional. They are only used in grouped, anonymous summaries to understand who we have heard from and how people prefer to receive information.

Gender:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Woman	[ ]	Man	[ ]
Non-binary / gender diverse	[ ]	Prefer to self-describe	[ ]
Prefer not to say	[ ]

Age group:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Under 18	[ ]	18-24	[ ]
25-34	[ ]	35-44	[ ]
45-54	[ ]	55-64	[ ]
65-74	[ ]	75+	[ ]
Prefer not to say	[ ]

Education / training:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Secondary school	[ ]	Trade / apprenticeship	[ ]
Certificate / diploma	[ ]	University degree	[ ]
Postgraduate	[ ]	Prefer not to say	[ ]
Other	[ ]

Main work / life stage:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Farming / land management	[ ]	Business owner / self-employed	[ ]
Employee	[ ]	Student / trainee	[ ]
Retired	[ ]	Volunteer / community role	[ ]
Other	[ ]	Prefer not to say	[ ]

Location:

Field	Response	Field	Response
Postcode or nearest town / district		Prefer not to say	[ ]

How would you prefer to receive information?

Channel	Tick	Channel	Tick
Email updates	[ ]	Website	[ ]
Printed handouts	[ ]	Field days / site visits	[ ]
Workshops / meetings	[ ]	Phone call	[ ]
Social media	[ ]	Local media	[ ]
Through Landcare group	[ ]	Other	[ ]

Preferred social media platform, if relevant:

Field	Response
Preferred platform(s)

Complete this section at the end of the form. If the participant has not been provided with the research statement, provide it before recording consent.

Tick Yes to confirm each consent item. Leave blank if the participant does not consent.

Research consent item	Yes
The participant has been provided with the research statement.	[ ]
The participant agrees to take part in this research conversation or form.	[ ]
The participant understands the information is being collected for New England Landcare Network industrial hemp research planning.	[ ]
The participant understands raw responses, contact details and sensitive details will not be published.	[ ]
The participant agrees responses may be combined and anonymised for project summaries and feedback to participants.	[ ]
The participant agrees optional demographic responses may be used in combined and anonymised communication-planning summaries.	[ ]

Respondent Details

Field	Response	Field	Response
Name (optional)		Contact for follow-up (optional)
Locality or area (optional)		Connection to New England (optional)
Preferred contact method		Interviewer / recorder

Follow-up Contact And Published Information

Record whether the participant agrees to follow-up contact or receiving published project information.

Follow-up and sharing item	Yes	No
The participant may be contacted for follow-up or clarification.	[ ]	[ ]
The participant would like to receive future project updates or aggregate summaries.	[ ]	[ ]

Participant Signature

Participant signature		Date
Participant name