Personal Memories of Lady Eve Balfour
Following our last blog post about Lady Eve Balfour, we received this story from Gwyn Jones. “As a young man, I went to England and
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Following our last blog post about Lady Eve Balfour, we received this story from Gwyn Jones. “As a young man, I went to England and
Towards a Sustainable Agriculture The Living Soil by Lady Eve Balfour The following is the text of the paper exactly as given by Lady Eve
Pat Coleby was born in England in 1920. Early on in her life Pat became interested in alternative health solutions after suffering chronic asthma as
“It’s not going to work”, with a mocking smile, my sister-in-law told me “You don’t have a business mindset.” Early this year, my husband and
Fresh, organic, home-grown fruits and vegetables are more popular than ever before. Thousands and thousands of consumers look to support more sustainable, earth-friendly agricultural efforts,
Looking for steps to recover your soil after a bushfire? Listen in to soil expert, Nicole Masters as she speaks to farmers in California.
We have to insist that our school teachers, those people that we allow to talk with our children are well trained. One of the lowest paid occupations in Australia is kindergarten teacher.
Michael Jeffery states that Australia as a nation should have a common purpose to restore and maintain the health of the Australian landscape. Farmers find it hard to change and need to…
Martin has taken up the bat for all farmers by buying and developing Tombarra, a place where all like-minded people can meet and work together
Michael Jeffery has observed the innovative and successful steps that Martin Royds has taken to change his whole farming system from conventional to regenerative.
We – if we have this restoration farming as we’ve said – we can actually uniquely produce food of very high nutritional integrity, clean green.
Ninety percent of the diseases that we are now suffering from in industrial societies, the heart attacks, the cancers, the diabetes
Us, everything on this planet relies on that simple equation – photosynthesis – these factors, these limiting conditions allowing plants to grow.And, of course, that’s what you’re in the business of.
How do we actually stop mining, exploiting, degrading and how do we get into soil restoration farming to rebuild the cycling of that planet? It’s really the practical tools and capacity to do that which is important.
And it’s the formation of soil, this pedogenesis with microbes solubilising minerals and creating organic matter, which is really the building block.
Walter Jehne is highly concerned about the future of farming unless farmers start making changes to start storing carbon in their soils.
Putin is leading the way in pushing for organic food production
Peter Andrews talks about his property Tarwyn Park with Viv Benton and the benefits of Natural Sequence Farming.
Gerhard is talking about the value of the weeds, & the history of the paddock which has caused the presence of capeweed and plantain..
Gerhard is showing farmers how to use a penetrometer. It is a handy tool to measure compaction.
We acknowledge First Nations owners of Country and their continuing connection to the land, waters and culture across Australia and from all over the world. As Soil Lovers we respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders past present and emerging. When caring for your land take a moment in stillness to respect the wisdom your land is sharing with us.
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