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Revisiting the movement: Regenerative agriculture

Reading Time: 8 minutes

The value of regenerative farming is the desire of farmers to reduce their environmental impact and align their practices with the services that are inherently part of all ecosystems. But this is not a new concept at all.

Hands in soil

What is soil that works for you?

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Attaining soils that are working for you is a process. It starts with figuring out where your soils currently are. This will determine the next steps.

Old farming methods

What is it worth not to change?

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Can we afford not to change when we look beyond the individual farm and look at the entire agricultural industry and the way food is produced? What will it cost environmentally, and long-term economically, if we do not change?

Could compost tea be part of the solution?

Reading Time: 6 minutes

Compost tea, if used correctly, can help reduce the use of harmful pesticides through the introduction of beneficial microbes and at the same time bring nutrients that are essential for plant growth and soil functions.

Pasture-based dairy: what is possible?

Reading Time: 8 minutes

I am challenging farmers to think differently about how their farm systems are set up, especially in terms of their reliance on concentrates and fertiliser inputs. There is an alternative approach to the current convention.

Windmills grasslands

Is agriculture a renewable industry?

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Agriculture has not always been a destructive, extractive process. Regenerative agriculture is the solution, providing a renewable source of food.

Cows in field

A non-farmers guide to how livestock can help the environment

Reading Time: 4 minutes

I encourage you to think about farming from a restorative versus destructive, rather than a livestock versus plant-based perspective.

Variety of vegetables

Should we always trust agricultural research?

Reading Time: 5 minutes

There is a huge issue in agriculture that most of the research, especially prominent research, is driven by the agrochemical agenda.

Man planting plant

Soil restoration principles

Reading Time: 5 minutes

The goal is to restore agricultural soils to a healthy state – every farm is different, but the principles always apply.