#47 - Organic Kiwifruit and a "get stuck in" attitude with Levi Belcher
Kiwifruit orchard manager Levi Belcher shareds how he got started in the industry, and why he was attracted to soil health and regenerative practices.
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#46 - From rural banking to organic dairy farming with Willie White
Organic dairy farmer and Quorum Sense board member Willie White shares the impact going 'organic regen' is having on farm health, resilience and bottom line.
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#18 - Regenerative organic dairying with Janette & Carla Perrett
Dairying team Janette and Carla Perrett discuss how regenerative organic has cut health costs, improved soil fertility and created deep connection with stock and land.
COLLECTION: Exploring regenerative viticulture
Exploring regenerative innovation on two vineyards whose approaches to soils, plants, people and ecosystems are relevant to more than just viticulturalists.
Introducing Greystone Wines and Holdaway vineyard
Two very different vineyards, one in Marlborough another in Canterbury’s Waipara hills, offer different perspectives on what it means to operate regeneratively.
Context, goals and mindset
Improving the relationship between soil and plant health is fundamental to helping cycle nutrients and increasing nutrient availability to the vines.
Diverse vineyard cover crops
In viticulture systems, cover crops can help reduce compaction, cut fertiliser use, improve water infiltration and lower pest and disease pressure.
Improving soil and vine health
Improving the relationship between soil and plant health is fundamental to helping cycle nutrients and increasing nutrient availability to the vines.
Minimising disturbance under-vine
Innovative approaches being taken to explore alternative under-vine management that helps increase soil health and support healthy vines, yield and quality.
Biological pest and disease management in vines
There are alternative ways to manage vineyard disease and insect pests that are less costly and don’t negatively impact beneficial microbial and insect life.
Holistic grazing sheep in vineyards
Improving livestock integration into cropping systems can bring a wide range of benefits and displace the need for increasingly expensive inputs.