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Ep 3 | Damon Gameau

In this episode Charlie chats to award winning film director & change maker Damon Gameau.

He delves into his own Regenerative Journey, from his early career as an actor, and the pivotal moments that were the catalyst for his change in direction. They talk Covid-19 and the opportunities the pandemic is providing to reshape redundant mindsets, including the role of regenerative agriculture has to play in a new paradigm. No chat with Damon is complete without of course, delving into his 2040 film as we learn more about Damon’s inspirational fact based dreaming approach.

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Ep 2 | Joel Salatin

In this episode Charlie interviews American farmer and leading regenerative agriculture advocate Joel Salatin.

Joel recounts his Regenerative Journey from his formative years as the son of a chicken farming accountant in Venezuela through the rehabilitation of his family farm in Swoope, Virginia, to the prolific supplier of fresh food to his customers and legendary public speaker. He talks about the importance of communication, authenticity and also about how highly he regards Australia within the regenerative agriculture space.

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We moved forward in faith not in fear | If you stop fighting nature, and […]

Ep 1 | Charlie Arnott

In the first episode Charlie delves into his very own ‘regenerative journey’.

He provides listeners with an insight into his early farming years, the defining moments that finally propelled him to a new way of thinking and some of the key milestones that Charlie has reached on the way.

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We were not running the farm with an entire view of the business or the impact we were having on the environment. The farm was a basket of resources that we could use…there was water, there was grass, there was soil, air, there was sunshine…and […]

Bio

Bio Charlie is an award-winning grazier from Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, an educator and passionate advocate for Regenerative Farming practices. His family business has developed under Charlie’s guidance from a ‘conventional’, industrial high input mixed enterprise farm working against Nature to a Biodynamically principled holistically managed farm partnering with Nature.

Charlie started his Regenerative Farming journey 15 years ago. Previously he and his family had been farming conventionally on their 5,000 hectare property “Hanaminno” for over 35 years, in an industrial high input/ high output farming business model, heavily reliant on pesticides, herbicides and man-made fertilisers.

After a series […]

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Where do you fit into the world of Regenerative Agriculture and why should you care?

Lets start with defining the term Regenerative Agriculture and see if it resonates with you..

Definition

Our definition is broad (you’ll understand why soon) and encompasses the 5 landscape functions, whereby an activity, principle or philosophy can be deemed of a regenerative nature if it enhances any of the 5 landscape functions.

Focusing on the improvement of soil quality and quantity, and health of the people involved, is central to the health of a functional environment.

Landscape functions

Solar…
Mineral
Water
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Start your Regenerative Journey

Read

Charlie has hand picked a range of great reads to help you on your Regenerative Journey. You can see them [hubspot type=cta portal=19516957 id=61d24c03-d0bb-4f40-a098-e1abf3501726]

Call of the Reed Warbler by Charles Massy

Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown

The Soil will Save us by Kristin Ohlson

For the Love of Soil by Nicole Masters

Holistic Management by Allan Savory

Soil by Matt Evans

Futuresteading by Jade Miles

Join

Connecting with like minded folk by perhaps joining a group or organisation will help you on your regenerative journey. See a list of organisations [hubspot type=cta portal=19516957 id=d7f40589-88ff-4e9a-a9ea-1a00ef5f0628]

Landcare Aus – Get involved

Another way to kick start your journey would be to join one of the many facebook groups which focus on regenerative agriculture:

Regenerative Agriculture Group

Deep Winter Agrarians

Australian Farmers Managing Holistically

Soils for Life (Organisation)

Learn

There is a fantastic array of workshops and courses on offer -Charlie’s recommendations are

Starting of course, with Charlie’s very own Biodynamics workshops which are run alongside his education partner Hamish Mackay. See events for further details and for our latest dates.

These 5 would provide a good tool kit for tools / background to someone looking to transition / step into the regen. ag space.

Natural Sequence Farming / Peter & Stewart Andrews of Tarwyn Park Training | 4 days | Contact Stuart either at info@tarwynparktraining.com.au or call him on 0427 112 […]

Find

If you are on the hunt for an interesting product or service, the place is

Find your local farmers market here