In the first episode of our ‘Share Farming‘ Season we explore the other side to the story of our most popular episode of Season 1: a conversation with Katie and Hugh Finlay, founders of the Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op. As ageing farmers who saw they had a responsibility to nurture a future generation land stewards, […]
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Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of the Farming Together podcast. This time around we’ve narrowed our focus to the creative and resourceful world of sharefarming. After receiving a bunch of requests from farmers asking us for more stories and resources about share-farming models, we’ve decided to dedicate our upcoming season to this
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In this podcast episode Amanda speaks with Deb Bogenhuber, ecologist, slow food proponent and co-founder and Executive Officer of Food Next Door Co-op and Out Of The Box. As a multi-stakeholder enterprise, the group engages of new migrant farmers, consumers and volunteers. Committed to nourishing its people as much as the land, Deb says the
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This episode Amanda talks to Diana Fear, CEO of Central West Farming Systems, a farmer-led not-for profit group that covers 14 million hectares of the lower rainfall country. Diana talks about her work driving projects that empower women in rural communities and the importance of embracing new roles, building confidence, and forging partnerships. Topics covered:
Could new research by Southern Cross University provide the evidence for WA cropping groups to use less chemicals in favour of regenerative practices? Western Australian cropping systems typically involve a summer fallow kept free of weeds using herbicides due to concerns that the use of stored soil moisture by weeds over summer may impact on
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On the first day of Spring, Rebecca Zentveld, owner of Zentveld’s Coffee Plantation and Roastery, located on 15 hectares in Northern NSW, witnessed an eruption of colour between the rows of mature coffee plants on her trial multi-species cover crop plot. The field pea and vetch, among the mix of legumes, cereals, radish, buckwheat and
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Food system change-makers Kirsten Larsen and Serenity Hill have revealed their radical new collaborative farming model and succession plan designed to improve ecological function, support a diverse range of small-scale businesses, and ensure security of tenure for emerging farmers. The couple, who run a self replacing flock of Australian White ewes on a 168-hectare property
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Steps in Carbon Farming Webinar 2 in a 3-part series What are the options for realising value from soil carbon farming and the latest changes to the methodologies? In this webinar, we will be considering the best ways to access the available carbon in your farm for economic and environmental benefit. Farmers are set to be
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A Fairer Deal Together Webinar 1 in a 3-part series How can we work collaboratively to harness the opportunities in soil carbon farming and trading? How can collaborating best utilise carbon trading opportunities for farmers? Is there opportunity for carbon co-ops? Farmers are set to be major suppliers of Environmental Goods and Services using mechanisms
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Farming Together Program was proud to support the education and development of ten farmer co-operatives with a sponsorship program at the Co-p Federation Assembly in June. The Assembly brought together inspiring and insightful co-operators from around Australia, and across the globe via video link, to demonstrate how co-operatives influence positive environmental, social and economic outcomes. Our Assembly
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The Regenerative Agriculture Alliance is pleased to announce eight ground-breaking research and extension projects that can be scaled for the greatest impact. The $2.5 million Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment research funding will deliver industry-led projects that will quantify the benefits of regenerative agricultural practices in restoring degraded soils across Australia over
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My wife and I are wanting to retire 68 and 69 years respectively and our family’s next generation are not interested in continuing operations. My grandfather selected this property in 1897. The property is well established in the Traprock country on the Southern Darling Downs Granite belt region. The property has been destocked since 2019
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