‘City to Farm’ compost project rolling out through Kaipara Regen Ag group - Webinar Dec'22
Stephan Newman, and Phil & Jenny Grainger from the Kaipara Regen Ag group are involved with the City to Farm composting project lead by Betsy Kettle.
#24 - Foundations of a resilient farming system with Hamish Bielski
South Otago sheep and beef farmer Hamish Bielski authentically talks about marriage, managing expectations, failure, continuously adapting, creating opportunities, and celebrating your wins.
Navigating the maze of regenerative grazing - Grazing Webinar Nov'22
South Otago's Pete Blair and Hawke's Bay's Michael Reilly compare experiences navigating the multi-faceted maze of regenerative grazing techniques in very different contexts.
#23 - Gaining confidence through knowledge with David Birkett
Award-winning biological arable farmer David Birkett shares a whole pot of gold as he explains how he built the confidence to try something new.
#22 - Food and health independence with Marran (Maz) Tuckwell
Young farmer Marran (Maz) Tuckwell talks food and health independence, tapping into nature’s abundance, plus the importance of community and boots on the ground.
#21 - Embracing a bit of chaos with Richard Leask and Nick Paulin
Richard Leaske and Nick Paulin discuss the shift in customer attention from product to process, the need for critical questioning, and embracing a bit of chaos!
#20 - Seeing the opportunity in consumer demands with Geoff Ross
Lake Hawea Station's Geoff Ross talks about his return to farming, learning from nature and the opportunities in reducing the divide between farm and city.
A biological approach to growing healthy crops - Arable Webinar Aug’22
UK biological farmer Tim Parton shares his approach to arable crop production and how he’s come to work with nature, not against.
#19 - In off the deep end with Michael Reilly
Michael Reilly shares the ups and downs of his journey from Sydney suburbia to regenerative Hawkes Bay farmer, and what's changed along the way.
#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.
#17 - Balancing farm and family with Tim & Camilla Rutherford
Tim and Camilla Rutherford explore the benefits and balance of regenerative high country Merino production, healthy family life and Camilla's professional photography career.
#16 - Jodi Roebuck on maximising impact per hectare
Regenerative market gardener Jodi Roebuck on generating $250k from one tenth of a hectare, learning from others and the role relationships play in building resilience.