If you are like me and from a rural background, you have probably grown up being told that land had to be cleared for agriculture. Trees and grazing don’t go together- get rid of the trees and grow more grass (or crops). Our conventional thinking had us killing trees to make way for agriculture for [...]
The below graph depicting the Diet Composition of Herbivores is a great reminder that diversity is necessary in what our livestock have available to eat. If given the choice cattle will naturally choose around 50% of their diet as grass; and forbes and browse (or weeds & trees/bushes) for the other 50%. FRANCO, B. & [...]
Organic farming, within a Regenerative context, results in lower input costs which should make food cheaper for consumers. Some argue that yields are also reduced however making the net result for consumers a more expensive product – “The Organic Tax”. This isn’t (and shouldn’t) be the case. China now dominates the world Ag Chem and [...]
We’re into the New Year and with it comes New Year’s resolutions. What’s yours? One of mine is to care less what other people think. I know I’m not alone here, it’s a common one. Most of us do care what everyone else thinks. We are a social species after all and being approved of [...]
It was my “Plant Protection” (code for how to kill competitors in monoculture cropping) lecturer at University who first posed this seemingly simple question to a bunch of disinterested, (probably hung-over) budding Ag Scientists - about 30 years ago. “A weed is a plant out of place” was the seemingly simple answer. So [...]
By Tim Scott We all hear that to feed 9 billion humans, the expected world population by 2050, we need to increase food production by 60% from current levels.* A rising population, along with a new problem; a backdrop of ESG and environmental targets around carbon emissions (as one example) by corporations who don’t understand [...]
In previous posts we have touched on buffalo fly and ticks. Internal worms are the next in the parasite trifecta. Internal parasites are relatively easy to avoid, but very difficult to get rid of once infection occurs. As with all organic farming – pro-active management is the key. In a nutshell the lifecycle of an [...]
By Tim Scott As with life, understanding the role of SUCCESSION in plant communities is the cornerstone of understanding how regeneration works. This is the most basic land management concept and yet the most overlooked. Regardless of where your regenerative agriculture journey begins, significant time must be spent first learning the role of plant [...]
Click here to view in your browser THE BUBBLE There are many people more qualified to speak on economic vagrancies than I, however it seems from here that the writing is on the wall in the long winter of 2022. After such a staggering period of growth in everything from commodities to real estate [...]
Regenerative agriculture and business are about finding the double (or triple) bottom line and ensuring that every action leads us closer to our Holistic Context or vision. We want nutrients cycling in our system and do this by engaging natures inputs- the things we get for free! This is also the basis of a “Circular [...]
