Melhores podcasts sobre Soils For Life (2024)

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Behind the scenes of Goodies Farm, with Penny Goodwin 29:18

4M ago29:18

29:18

Taking the first steps into regenerative agriculture can be intimidating. In this episode of the Soils for Life podcast, Eli Court has a chat with Penny Goodwin from Goodies Farm in Kendenup, WA Goodies Farm grows an incredible variety of crops, with minimal inputs, and is an integral part of the south west WA food system. While things can look nic…

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Regenerative trailblazers share their stories from the Soil Stewardship Summit 32:50

5M ago32:50

32:50

Ever wondered about regenerative agriculture and the impacts it can have on farmers? Join us as we learn about real life experiences shared by seasoned farmers at the recent Soil Stewardship Summit near Yass, NSW. Over two enlightening days, participants explored the concept of regenerative agriculture, discussing key topics such as tapping into in…

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Rain ready rangelands: Staggering potential on a vast scale 48:48

7M ago48:48

48:48

The United Nations General Assembly recently voted 2026 as the International Year of the Rangelands and Pastoralists. An incredible 81 percent of Australia is considered rangelands, and despite the sometimes challenging conditions, the opportunities for landscape repair through agriculture are immense. In this episode, we hear from three farmers wh…

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Small steps for big change in cropping, with Joel Williams 44:44

10M ago44:44

44:44

In this episode we talk with Joel Williams about how growers can start weaning off costly chemical inputs, rules of thumb for seed treatments and foliar sprays, why he likes tweaks and incremental improvements, the growing scientific evidence behind regenerative farming practices and more! Joel Williams is an independent plant and soil health educa…

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You are what you eat… and the soil it’s grown in: Is soil the key to better human health? 43:10

11M ago43:10

43:10

We’ve all heard the saying “You are what you eat”. But, as we'll hear in this episode, it really should go “You are what you eat, and the soil it grows in.” Over half of our adult population are considered to be malnourished, and this is in part due to a decline in the nutrient density of our food. As the world's population grows and remaining arab…

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Mick Green and Rachel Ward on the power of getting started 34:01

1+ y ago34:01

34:01

If you’re a long-time listener to this podcast, you’ll be used to our in-depth episodes co-hosted by Grow Love Project’s Susie Kable and Soils for Life’s James Diack. We’re continuing to make these episodes, but from time-to-time we’ll be bringing you shorter interviews with farmers doing interesting things to regenerate soils and landscapes. This …

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From monoculture to multispecies cropping: Making diversity work 42:05

1+ y ago42:05

42:05

Building cropping resilience through diversity In this episode we hear from croppers who are growing multispecies crops as a way of building soil health and improving diversity. We discover why and how these farmers are moving from growing monocultures to establishing polycultures. Find out more about how croppers around Australia are regenerating …

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Weeds are telling us something - are we listening? 49:17

2y ago49:17

49:17

The industrialisation of agriculture has created large paddocks of monoculture crops and increased the chemical burden on farmers and their environments. Global herbicide use has continued to increase as farmers have shifted to no till practices and adopted herbicide-tolerant crop cultivars over the last 30 years. One result of this is that the lis…

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Farmer led research – embracing complexity 48:21

2y ago48:21

48:21

Agricultural scientific research is really good at honing in on specific issues in the sector to investigate targeted solutions. But nature doesn’t always work that way. A fundamental principle of regenerative agriculture is to observe landscapes as a whole system and to build resilience by embracing ecological complexity. The importance of farmer …

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Next Generation Farming Matters 46:04

2+ y ago46:04

46:04

Australian agriculture currently has a labour shortage of over 100,000 people. It’s not an easy gig for someone to start from scratch on a farm and many younger generation farmers are moving from farms to urban areas. We rely on farmers to sustain our way of life as they produce our food and fibre. It’s critical that young and new farmers are encou…

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Working Together And Navigating Environmental Markets 43:06

2+ y ago43:06

43:06

The 8 families farmer group formed more than a decade ago after a holistic management course. Since then, the group has evolved and experienced transitions in all the businesses and families. In this episode we explore environmental markets through the lens of two members of the 8 Families group. The 8 families explain how their motivation to build…

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The Missing Middle: Farming Trees for Conservation and Profit 56:14

3y ago56:14

56:14

Farmer, forester or conservationist. It might seem like you need to choose one but more and more landholders are challenging this. With the right management, trees on farms can provide better farm productivity and forest products and increase biodiversity. But in many ways forests are still treated as either conservation reserves or plantations, ma…

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Compost ain't compost 55:39

3y ago55:39

55:39

There are millions of hectares of degraded soils in Australia's agricultural landscapes. But there are a billion reasons why compost offers a solution to this problem, teeming with micro-organisms and organic matter that can help regenerate soils. But not all composts are the same and there is still a lot that we're learning about this precious, ca…

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The Great Soil Carbon Catalyst? 36:26

3y ago36:26

36:26

How could the emerging market for soil carbon support farmers to regenerate soils? Soil carbon offers so many benefits both above and below the soil surface, from improving farm productivity to revenue raising in carbon trading. But while the case for building soil carbon is clear, the carbon market is still evolving. So what’s the potential, what …

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Soils For Life Trailer 4:59

3+ y ago4:59

4:59

This is Soils For Life. A podcast about connecting farmers, researchers and policy makers, to shed light on agricultural best practice and explore current policy barriers and mindsets that are getting in the way of adoption and how to overcome them. Each episode we’ll delve into a topical issue around soil health in agriculture. We’ll hear from far…

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Behind the scenes of Goodies Farm, with Penny Goodwin 29:18

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Regenerative trailblazers share their stories from the Soil Stewardship Summit 32:50

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Rain ready rangelands: Staggering potential on a vast scale 48:48

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Small steps for big change in cropping, with Joel Williams 44:44

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You are what you eat… and the soil it’s grown in: Is soil the key to better human health? 43:10

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Mick Green and Rachel Ward on the power of getting started 34:01

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From monoculture to multispecies cropping: Making diversity work 42:05

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Weeds are telling us something - are we listening? 49:17

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Farmer led research – embracing complexity 48:21

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Next Generation Farming Matters 46:04

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Working Together And Navigating Environmental Markets 43:06

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The Missing Middle: Farming Trees for Conservation and Profit 56:14

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Compost ain't compost 55:39

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The Great Soil Carbon Catalyst? 36:26

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Soils For Life Trailer 4:59

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