Today’s podcast is co-hosted with Agroecologist David Hardwick at the first ever cane regenerative farming forum held in Ingham, Queensland. A key presenter and leader at the event was Simon Mattsson, who operates a 190 hectare property at Marion, 30 kilometers west of Mackay, producing sugarcane, soybeans and chickpeas in rotation, in a controlled traffic […] The post Episode 12 – Multispecies, inter row cropping & introducing cattle into regenerative cane farming appeared first on NutriSoi...
Jul 08, 2019
Today’s conversation is with mixed farmer, Col Harper, from Ariah Park NSW. Col changed to regenerative agriculture 10 years ago. He uses a combination of exhaust fertiliser, worm liquid and animals in his system. Since changing to regenerative agriculture, Col has doubled his organic matter, and increased his Carbon levels by over 70%. Regular tissue […] The post Episode 11 – Increasing Carbon With Regenerative Agriculture appeared first on NutriSoil ....
May 17, 2019
David Hardwick is an agroecologist and has over 20 years’ experience in farming and food systems. David develops and delivers extension projects helping farmers gain tools, and information to transition to low chemical, ecological and profitable farming systems. Today’s conversation pivots around acceptance of change in agriculture and how mastering a whole farm system is […] The post Episode 10 – Agroecology – A New Mindset in Agriculture | David Hardwick appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Mar 18, 2019
This is the NutriSoil story with Graham Maddock and his daughter Rachelle Armstrong. From a traditional dairy farmer, Graham became a shell of himself after being doused in insecticide in a farming accident. After twelve months of illness following the accident, Graham made the decision to remove synthetic fertiliser and pesticides from his farming system […] The post Episode 9 – From Chemical Farm Accident to Australia’s Largest Worm Farm appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Feb 13, 2019
Brooke French and her daughter Katie who is 13 years old, operate a 932 acre sheep and cattle property in Brungle Creek, NSW. From a passionate herbicide user who took pleasure in seeing her weeds die, Brooke’s mindset about weeds and synthetic fertilisers has been turned on its head. A change of perspective can change […] The post Episode 8 – Girl in the Arena with Brooke French appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Jan 24, 2019•38 min•Ep. 8
Nick and Lucy Kelly farm a 2000Ha cereal and livestock farm in Newdegate, WA. Using plants and animals as the tools, Nick has transitioned the farm from conventional to a holistic regenerative system. Multispecies summer covers are sown, with French White Millet as the main species, and plant senescing is now the key trigger to […] The post Episode 7 – Building a Holistic Regenerative Farming System with Nick and Lucy Kelly appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Jul 13, 2018•30 min•Ep. 7
Jeff, his wife Jenny and son Jarrod Andrews operate a 1000 Ha sheep property in Blighty, NSW. Using NutriSoil, a worm based fertiliser, for 15 years and low levels of Nitrogen (N), they turn off 6500 lambs per year. The Andrews are breaking the boundaries with using low nitrogen inputs in their corn crops. They […] The post Episode 6 – Low input, closed, profitable system appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Jun 15, 2018
Suzanne Lewis is an ethical sheep producer that is passionate about low-stress sheep management and explains, that a healthy sheep is a happy sheep. The post Episode 5 – Calm the Farm appeared first on NutriSoil .
May 18, 2018
In this episode, Nakala interviews Tom Briggs who, along with his dad Colin, operates a mixed cropping property near Rutherglen, Victoria. The father and son team have strong regenerative farming values and while being moderate synthetic input users, are now two years into a longer-term plan to remove synthetic fertilisers from their system. Listen to […] The post Episode 4 – A Five Year Transition with Tom Briggs appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Mar 10, 2018•22 min•Ep. 4
Di Haggerty operates a 12000-hectare sheep and cereal property in Western Australia’s central Wheatbelt using animals, worm liquid, compost extract and low levels of nitrogen. Di farms with her husband Ian and son James. The recent Charles Massy book “Call of the Reed Warbler” writes that the Haggertys are two of the most radical and […] The post Episode 3 – Natural Intelligence Agriculture with Di Haggerty appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Jan 18, 2018•32 min•Ep. 3
Andrew Freshwater from Australian Food and Farming has recently taken over a conventional cropping property in Tocumwal, NSW where he is building a holistic grazing operation. Andrew talks about jumpstarting a biological system, holistic management decision making, and transparency in food production. The post Episode 2 – The beginnings of holistic transition with Andrew Freshwater appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Nov 27, 2017•18 min•Ep. 2
Blake Vince is a corn, soybean and wheat producer from Canada. He is a Nuffield scholar, a cover crop specialist, a pioneer of no-till practices and an international speaker on regenerative farming practices. In this episode, Blake talks about reducing the impact and use of glyphosate, success in sowing corn clean without fungicide or pesticides, […] The post Episode 1 – Roots not Iron with Blake Vince appeared first on NutriSoil ....
Nov 26, 2017•27 min•Ep. 1
