HB Future Farming have been examining the interesting soil health and carbon sequestration results over time on three Organic Farms in the Patoka. Continue reading Soil Health and Carbon Results on Three Organic Farms
“Soils are often referred to as a poor man’s tropical rainforests. This is due to the abundance and diversity of life within the soil … These organisms are the ones that are driving the decomposition and nutrient cycling within the soil.” Continue reading Soil: A poor man’s tropical rainforest
Want to know ‘Why Organic?’ There are so many good reasons, and the Rodale Institute has put all the reasons together in an easy-to-navigate guide… Continue reading The Way That We Farm Matters
To help make sense of how carbon fits within our farming systems, Phyllis Tichinin – soils consultant, eco-nutritionist and former organic dairy support farmer – will be joining me for this webinar. The main focus will be on the connection between fertiliser applications, pasture qualities, methane emissions and soil carbon. Continue reading ODPG WEBINAR: Soil, Cows and Carbon
A search engine which channels a large part of its profits into planting trees is gaining traction. Though Ecosia has been around for a while now, eco-conscious people are currently flocking to use it due to the ever-accelerating threat of climate breakdown and their eagerness to make a change. Trees are one of the best climate change weapons we have to hand with their ability to reduce carbon levels, and if simply searching the internet can lead to more of them, it’s a no-brainer to make the change. Continue reading Plant Trees by Searching the Internet
The Billion Agave Project – In Mexico, a group of farmers are regenerating their desert land with agaves, deep-rooted nitrogen-fixing companion trees and holistic grazing. Continue reading Greening the Desert with Agave
An in-depth interview with Walter Jehne, soil microbiologist and climate scientist, on the crucial Soil Carbon Sponge. Continue reading Walter Jehne: In-Depth on the Soil Carbon Sponge
Our next webinar will be looking at livestock methane in terms of carbon emissions in the farming industry. Continue reading ODPG WEBINAR: Methane. Friend or Foe?
Worth a watch is this 23-minute engaging, practical explanation of why Regenerative Agriculture is a giant step forward in tackling climate problems, as seen through the examples of Australian sheep farmers, who regularly face extreme weather conditions. Continue reading CHANGING PARADIGMS | The WHY of Regenerative Agriculture
A 12-year project involving seven farms in the UK is hoping to discover how much silvopasture systems are benefiting soil carbon. Continue reading Planting Trees: A Silvopasture Project
This article – ‘Grow Roots to put Soil Microbes to Work’ – from the Rodale Institute with Soil Ecologist Francesca Cotrufo (Ph.D) provides a great explanation of the role of microbes and roots in the sequestration of carbon in soil. Continue reading Microbes and the Soil Carbon Cycle
The first UN Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity is taking place from the 19th to the 22nd of April, with the aim of producing a World Soil Charter to support actions to protect soil biodiversity. You can attend the symposium webinars for free at 11pm (Auckland time) each day of the conference, by registering HERE.
With destructive farming and deforestation practises, we are losing our rich networks of topsoil 50 to 100 times faster than we can rebuild it. A recent article in The Guardian highlights the crisis of soil degradation, and the impact it has on our climate. Continue reading Stop Treating Soil Like Dirt
Phyllis Tichinin, soils consultant, eco-nutritionist and former organic dairy support farmer, takes a look at soil aggregation, an important aspect of soil function and health, and shows us how it works. Don’t miss the interesting demonstration she uses to prove her point in her presentation ‘Soil Aggregation Made Sexy: Biology vs Water Power’ Continue reading Phyllis Tichinin: ODPG Conference Presentation
Hamish Bielski shares his own fascinating farming experiences in his presentation ‘The Importance of Regeneratively-Managed Livestock to our Planet.’ This is a must-see to understand how animals fit into the subject of soil health if they and the land are managed in the correct way. Continue reading Hamish Bielski: ODPG Conference Presentation
John McCrone’s article on the ODPG Conference (Day 1) in which he outlines presentations by Peter Barrett, Phyllis Tichinin, Hamish Bielski, Walter Jehne and Peter Fraser, and talks to attendees Dairy Farmer, Max Purnell, and Regenerative Consultant, John King. Continue reading Why Policymaker Interest in Regenerative Agriculture is Blooming
We started planning this two-day conference about eight months ago, and it began with a title – ‘The Regenerative Soil Solution’ – which sums up our growing need to regenerate soil functions in order to restore water, food, and health quality to New Zealanders, and sequester carbon in the face of a changing climate. Continue reading Book Your Place Before 2nd March
“Ninety five per cent of the biofertility of soils is about these microbial processes, not the actual nutrient content in the soil or how much we put on as fertiliser.” Continue reading Natural Immunity in Healthy Soil
How and why the founder of Patagonia is embracing regenerative and organic agriculture. Continue reading On Patagonia, Capitalism and Regenerative Organic Cotton Farmers
Join us on an Ian Mitchell Innes workshop in December. Renowned educator in Holistic Management, Mitchell-Innes is a man who learnt from his own costly mistakes and now travels the world teaching pastoral farmers how to use nature to make their farm more profitable, no matter what their environment. Continue reading Be More Profitable by Learning from the Best
“I would like to know to what extent regenerative agriculture practices could play a role in reducing carbon emissions and producing food, including meat, in the future.” Continue reading Regenerative Farming and the Climate Question