The Thinking Farmer & The Learner Farmer
Martin Royds has achieved a lot over the last 30 years of farming in his property ‘Jillamatong’ at Braidwood, NSW. His guiding goal is to…
Producing for Farmers’ Markets
Hear how farmers are using the Victorian Farmer’s Market Association for significant and rewarding outlets for their produce. Allen, beef farmer has developed a fairly…
SFI Growers Programme
The first two growers, Paul and Rob have been participating in the SFI Growers programme and Elaine visits to see how they are going. The…
Macadamia Production for a Changing Climate (incorporating biological farming principles)
Alan Coates is an experienced agricultural advisor who specialises in macadamia production in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, Australia. Apart from on…
Pasture Cropping & No Kill Cropping
The Problem: Compacted soils and run-off as a result of high intensive grazing and allocation of small paddocks. The soil structure had gone. What Did Maurice…
3 Successful Farmers Working With Nature
Charlie Maslin lives on a 4,200Ha mixed grazing property at Bombala. In this walk we focused on Charlie’s application of Peter Andrews’ principles of rehydrating…
Landscape Management: Bare, Native Gravel, Dry Creek Bed
The Problem: Running through Craig’s property is the Yarramanbah Creek which was a bare, native gravel dry creek bed. When it flooded, the water caused…
Walk the Talk
We visit 3 farms – one biological, one trialling biological v current and one conventional farm about to change over to biological farming. We were…
What Caused Kevin to Change?
What caused Kevin to change? The changes Kevin made and the results he obtained. The farms featured in this “Walk The Talk” are in Gippsland,…
Putting Compost Tea Under The Microscope
In this walk we revisit the farms of David Davidson, Yonke & Don Cane and John Bedwell to look more closely at how compost teas…
Application of Peter Andrews’ Principles of Rehydrating the Landscape
Charlie Maslin lives on a 4,200Ha mixed grazing property at Bombala. In this walk we focused on Charlie’s application of Peter Andrews’ principles of rehydrating…
A Snapshot of the Benefits of Holistic Management
Graeme Hand is both a farmer and a trainer in Holistic Land Management. Graeme also manages STIPA Native Grasses Association which was formed by farmers…
An Introduction to Biodynamic Farming
Hamish Mackay, biodynamics educator, recently was asked to gave a brief insight into the wonders of biodynamics and its practical contribution to farming. During this…
Rehabilitating & Rehydrating The Landscape After Bushfire
Hazel Fox lives at Strathewen at the foot of Mt. Sugarloaf. On February 7th 2009 the Kinglake bushfire devastated her farm which she had been…
Becoming Biodynamic Farmer
Keen to know more of the practical side of biodynamics and of Krinklewood. we arranged to meet Rod Windrim and Hamish Mackay in the vineyard.…
Better Use or Fertiliser & Effluent
This Walk the Talk whilst filmed on a daily farm is nevertheless a good discussion about compost, compost making use of waste material and finally…
Simple & Practical Observations for Healthy Farming
This Walk the Talk: is a simple look at some basic observations to use to find out if your farm is healthy. It is a…
True Organic Co-op
Ron Smith founder of True Organic Co-op. has chosen to sell his dairy farm and open up a centre for learning. This “Walk the Talk“…
How Our Gut Flora Influences Our Health
Marieke Rodenstein is a qualified Dietitian and Nutritionist with extensive knowledge and experience in her field. Bottomline to health is establishing healthy gut flora. In…
The Imperative For Change – Food, Fuel and Finance
Garry McDouall lives and works from his family property near Tamworth in New South Wales. He is a graduate of the Rural Profit System and…
