Shelter belts are a key adaptation to the extreme weather effects of climate change. They are not a short term panacea but a mid to long-term proposition that requires a flexible approach and site-specific solutions.
On a three acre farm at the top of the Strzelecki Ranges, Mark and Margaret Brammer grow Heritage apple trees. They tend the many varieties of apples but also pear and plum trees.
Wattlebank Park Farm is a family owned and run farm in the Bass Coast Shire running a diverse range of animals from dairy cows to pigs. Nadine and Clive Verboon are passionate about growing exceptional quality meats…
Amber Creek ‘Hogs and Logs’ are artisan pork and timber producers located on a 165 acre property in Fish Creek. Their produce is a reflection of the region and environment it comes from.
Waratah Hills is one of the southern most vineyards on the Australian mainland. The cool climate wine region is acknowledged as one of the best Pinot Noir producing areas in Australia.
Bimbadeen has become renowned for its award winning premium quality beef and innovative environmental practices winning awards at both at State and National levels.
Michael Jeffery states that Australia as a nation should have a common purpose to restore and maintain the health of the Australian landscape. Farmers find it hard to change and need to…
Tony Coote owns Mulloon Creek Farm and created a vision for the whole of the Mulloon Creek catchment, which includes about 40 km of creek, to be repaired and the whole landscape rehydrated.
Martin has taken up the bat for all farmers by buying and developing Tombarra, a place where all like-minded people can meet and work together
Michael Jeffery has observed the innovative and successful steps that Martin Royds has taken to change his whole farming system from conventional to regenerative.
At the official opening of Tombarra, we were welcomed to the land and united as one with Shane Mortimore’s ceremony speaking on behalf of his people.
Allan Savory asks what will consistently work to resolve the desertification problem hence the loss of wildlife. His solution is profoundly simple but agrees no one solution is correct.
This interview was prompted by 2 events regarding saltbush and an apparent fungal disease. Firstly a Farming Secrets member, Rod Fiedler called Hugo to discuss what was likely the problem with his salt bush plantings…
We – if we have this restoration farming as we’ve said – we can actually uniquely produce food of very high nutritional integrity, clean green.
Ninety percent of the diseases that we are now suffering from in industrial societies, the heart attacks, the cancers, the diabetes
Us, everything on this planet relies on that simple equation – photosynthesis – these factors, these limiting conditions allowing plants to grow.And, of course, that’s what you’re in the business of.
How do we actually stop mining, exploiting, degrading and how do we get into soil restoration farming to rebuild the cycling of that planet? It’s really the practical tools and capacity to do that which is important.
And it’s the formation of soil, this pedogenesis with microbes solubilising minerals and creating organic matter, which is really the building block.
Walter Jehne is highly concerned about the future of farming unless farmers start making changes to start storing carbon in their soils.
Putin is leading the way in pushing for organic food production
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