11 Ingenious Uses For Eggshells In Your Garden – Part 2
Adding eggshells to top soil will help improve its structure by adding calcium and other minerals that plants need in order to thrive!
Topic: Farming
11 Ingenious Uses For Eggshells In Your Garden – Part 1
Eggs are some of the most nutritious food on the planet and a good source of proteins...
Diversity Of Crops And Pastures
Crop and pasture diversity involves growing multiple species of plants in the same soil to improve soil health and resilience.
Cover Cropping Adds Biodiversity Into Your System
Cover cropping has experienced a resurgence in modern regenerative farming, providing small landholders with a sustainable way...
Reko Online Farmers’ Markets Increasing In Popularity
Farmers' market organisers say an increasing number of Australians are cutting out the middleman and buying direct from producers...
The Impact of Regenerative Farming – Part 2
When you adopt regenerative farming practices, you can tap into markets willing to pay more for products they perceive as healthier and more ethically…
The Impact of Regenerative Farming – Part 1
When you think about farming, there are mainly two ways to do it: the conventional way that's been around for a long time, and the regenerative way, w…
Not Just Garnish: Kale Is an Easy-to-Grow Superfood for You and Your Livestock
Kale, when prepared well, is delicious. Sautéed, it’s mildly sweet, slightly bitter, and has an earthiness that just feels healthy.
What Is Silvopasture? Key Principles – Part 2
The silvopasture approach is often exalted—including by the USDA—because of its potential to mitigate climate change and offset the environmental …
What Is Silvopasture? Key Principles – Part 1
Silvopasture, means "silva" (forest) and "pastura" (grazing), is a form of agroforestry that describes "the deliberate integration of trees and grazin…
Are You Farming Biologically? – Part 2
The biological farming conference was very valuable and inspiring. I can recommend attending the next one.
Are You Farming Biologically? – Part 1
The cover crop chosen should be cheap and easy to sow, highly productive, nitrogen fixing, and easily killed before the sowing of the main crop.
Weeds In Regenerative Farming
Many farmers try to get rid of weeds by killing them with herbicides which are commonly used to get rid of weeds.
The Benefits of Perennial Food Production
When many people think of growing their own food at home, their minds leap immediately to growing typical annual crops in a vegetable garden...
Boost Your Harvest: Why Every Farmer Needs Soil Testing and Nutrient Management
Soil testing and nutrient management refer to the maintenance of soil fertility and plant nutrient supply at an optimum level.
Biodynamic Agriculture: Harnessing Cosmic Energy For Profitable Farming
Biodynamic agriculture, or simply ‘biodynamics,’ is a farming system based on deep ecological principles.
Why Do We Measure Plant BRIX Levels – Part 2
Many different pests can target your crops but we almost never see all the possible pests affecting your plants at the same time. The reason being is …
Why Do We Measure Plant BRIX Levels – Part 1
BRIX measures the sugar, vitamins, minerals, amino acid proteins and other solid content found in the sap of a plant. The BRIX level of the plant is e…
10 Reasons Why Growing Organic Food Is Better for You and the Planet – Part 2
There are so many benefits to organic farming. When you buy organic food, your choice serves as a vote that supports the environment, better working c…
10 Reasons Why Growing Organic Food Is Better for You and the Planet – Part 1
These days, organic food is all the rage. A quick visit to any grocery store reveals just how popular it has become, with “certified organic” labe…
Regenerative Agriculture Is About More Than Just Stewarding The Land, It’s About Equity, Culture, Tradition, Mindfulness, And A Healthier Humanity – Part 2
Though some cultures around the globe have practiced restorative land management for centuries, the more dominant cultures ignored holistic practices …
Regenerative Agriculture Is About More Than Just Stewarding The Land, It’s About Equity, Culture, Tradition, Mindfulness, And A Healthier Humanity – Part 1
Regenerative agriculture takes a more systems-based, holistic look at the land being stewarded and applies various principles with the goal of making …
Agroecology Creates A Food System That Protects, Sustains And Restores The Diversity Of Life On Earth
Ecological farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity.
What To Tell Your Community. Nine Tasty Reasons!
Every day brings news of further food chain problems. However, there is a growing solution and you can be part of it either as a food producer or as a…
Why A Microscope Is An Essential Tool For Many Growers
Often the use of a microscope is overlooked. It is not considered an essential tool like a spade or fork. But nevertheless, for those making your own …
Saving Those Fallen Autumn Leaves
Leaves are a rich harvest for your garden’s soil. Raking up and hoarding fallen leaves is one of the best things you can be doing for your garden in…
Weeds Enhance Pollinator Diversity and Fruit Yield in Mang
There is an urgent pollinator decline crisis across the globe, with fewer pollinators and yet increasing agricultural reliance...
From Food Scarcity To Food Security
Food forests are a type of permaculture designed to mimic a natural forest environment, but loaded with specifically selected food plants.
Spraying Pesticides And Fungicides Should Be Regarded As The Tools Of Last Resort
Healthy plants have actually been known to grow beside sick plants that are decimated by insects and diseases.
Vermicompost Tea
As a result of many environmental and man-made factors, on many farms the microorganism levels found in soils has diminished and the result is just me…
Can Farmer’s Markets Help Heal The World?
Farmers markets have been around for ages. Now more than ever, not only are farmers markets important gathering places and amazing settings to take th…
Focussing on Quantity Not Quality Comes At A Cost
Despite all the apparent advances in broadacre, industrial agriculture, the nutritional qualities of our basic foodstuffs have been declining during t…
A Little Bit Of Every System Can Make For Better Farming
It seems that there are more and more terms for different types of farming practices coming on stream. Many of these methods have been around for a lo…
The Dark Side Of “Regenerative”
Much like "organic" or "sustainable," food labeled as "regenerative" or "regeneratively grown" you might think would set it apart from most other food…
If Regenerative Agriculture Is So Good, Why Isn’t Everybody Doing It? – Part 2
Biodiversity, carbon sequestration and better food are not add-ons or trade-offs; they are part of the regenerative farming system which enables more …
If Regenerative Agriculture Is So Good, Why Isn’t Everybody Doing It?
It is complicated, but in agriculture today, farmers are very much dependent on advice either directly or indirectly from their suppliers whose domina…
Peer-reviewed Science Confirms That A Migration At Scale From Industrial Farming To Regenerative Farming Can Deliver Simultaneous Economic, Ecological, And Social Benefits
The task of regenerative agriculture is to create profitable farms which deliver ecological services and the social benefit to agricultural communitie…
The Next Agricultural Revolution is About Growing Affordable, Nutrient-dense Food on Regenerating Soils at Scale
A growing body of evidence confirms that we can grow food at lower cost and, potentially, with greater productivity by aligning with natural processes…
Back To The Soil
The world beneath our feet is very much alive. We are told that in a single teaspoon of soil, there is an estimated one billion microbes including bac…
The Spice Of Life: The Fundamental Role Of Diversity On The Farm And On The Plate
The world is witnessing major shifts in dietary patterns and - in parallel - the threat to agricultural biodiversity. The implications for human healt…
What Is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a global movement of individuals, groups and networks working to create the world we want, by providing for our needs and organising o…
Organic Crop Practices Affect Long-term Soil Health
Prior organic farming practices and plantings can have lasting outcomes for future soil health, weeds and crop yields, according to Cornell research..…
Diversifying The Farm Income – What About Bees?
Honey bees produce honey and play a vital role in the balance of nature. Bees are especially important for pollinating agricultural and horticultural …
Why Farm Landscape Resilience Is Important
Alan Lauder contends we need to think of carbon stocks in all the forms they take, including energy reserves in plants.
What Is Dowsing?
Dowsing has a rich history in many cultures, and today it is commonly known through its agricultural uses, such as water divining, although it is also…
The Turning Point In Farming
Farmers are being encouraged to get bigger, produce more, to be export efficient only to get paid less for their produce. The biggest killer to profit…
Agriculture and Forestry: 5 Ways Agroforestry Can Work for You and Your Land
Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees or shrubs with crop and animal production. The result? A more diverse agricultural operation, boo…
Conservative and Regenerative Versus Intensive Agriculture
In a recent report Dr. Robin Batterham outlines the benefits of conservation and regenerative agriculture and calls for greater scientific analysis of…
Photosynthesisers – Plants – Part 2
The number of known plant species has been estimated to be around 400,000. The majority (i.e. 260,000 – 290,000 species) belong to seed plants with …
Photosynthesisers – Plants – Part 1
Plant roots generally grow anywhere with suitable environmental conditions and readily explore soil macropores. The part of the soil that is directly …
