The soil story
Books
| Books | Description |
|---|---|
| Drawdown, The Most Comprehenisve Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, ed Paul Hawken | A detailed description of one hundred existing and available technological solutions for climate change. Each solution is examined and categories with a calculation of the amount of CO2 reduced, cost to implement and expected saving, including solutions that drawdown CO2 from the atmosphere. |
| Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown | U.S based but one of the best and easiest to read to understand the journey away from conventional agricultrue practivces |
| Call of the Reed Warbler, by Charles Massey | Australian based covering the topic of regnerative agriculture in considerable detail, including many examples |
| For the Love of Soil by Nicole Masters | Nicole Masters provides information and a roadmap for producers to understand what to do and why they need to look after their soil and to grow profits. Also a great read for the non famrer. |
| The Wooleen Way by David Pollock | Easy to read account of the economic and political constraints as they endeavour to rehabilitate and look after their land in the Murchison area. W.A. |
| The Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage | |
| Soil- the incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy, by Matthew Evans | Australian based, easy to read, entertaining, and full of useful information |
| Cows Save the Planet- and other improbable wasys of restoring soil to heal the earth, by Judith D. Schwartz | U>S> based. Easy to read and full of interesting stories and information |
| The soil will save us- How scientists, farmers and foodies are healing the soil to save the planet, by Kristin Ohlson | U.S based account of her journey to understanding the complexities and possibilities of soil |
| THE SOIL STORY - The Road to Regenerative Agriculture Teaching Curriculum | View the PDF Here |
Video
| Videos | Description |
|---|---|
| The Regenerative Farmer, David Marsh 5 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VoeMDFdTQk |
| Bruce and Roz Maynard- The Lazy Farmers from Narromine NSW. 8 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G2zMG371npM |
| Put Carbon back where it belongs- back in the soil Dr Christine Jones. World renowned soil scientist and adviser to farmers. 7 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=S3rhjqzVrRc |
| What is Regenerative Agriculture? 4 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fSEtiixgRJI |
| The Soil Story - produced by Kiss The Ground. 4 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nvAoZ14cP7Q |
| Plant Health Cure- 12 min Excellent description of the symbiosis between plants, bacteria and fungi | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugaL6wsXME |
| Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Soil Food Web.Calculations on soil carbon sequestration. Elaine Ingham | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHYChDUfhQ&t=81s |
| Diane and Ian Haggerty,on how they transitioned to different agricultural prtactices. In W.A. 15 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGyPtY2JYw |
| Profitable Regenerative Agriculture, Colin Seis | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwdTVAhQ6I&t=394s |
| Soils for Life. Stories of Regenerative Farmers. 12 min | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuiadqJlIJ0 |
Websites
| Websites | |
|---|---|
| Kiss the Ground Dynamic organisation based in the U.S with great programs and terrific resources available to download | https://kisstheground.com/ |
| Amazing Carbon Christine Jones articles. Christie Jones is well known and respected soil scientist who works with farmers to farm more productively | https://www.amazingcarbon.com/ |
| Soils for Life. A not for profit organisation, dedicated to supporting Australian farmers and rural communities in regenerating soils and landscapes. Includes many case studies | https://soilsforlife.org.au/ |
| Farming Secrets, Australian based organisation providing informati0n, mentoring, and courses to farmers who are on their regenerative journey and encourage them to share and mentor the next generation of farmers making the switch to regenerative farming. | https://www.farmingsecrets.com/ |
| Farmers for Climate Action. Australian based movement of farmers and rural Australians leading the way on climate solutions | https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/about-fca/ |
| Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, in assoc with Southern Cross University. A collaboration of Australias leading researchers and practitioners in regenerative agriculture, | https://www.scu.edu.au/regenerativeag/ |
| RegenWA, RegenWA is a network of committed West Australian farmers and industry stakeholders who are identifying, implementing and sharing innovative land management practices that other farmers can adopt. | https://www.regenwa.com/ |
| The Rodale Institute US based organisation advocacy, research and training on regenerative organic. Really interesting trials and research | https://rodaleinstitute.org/ |
| Healthy Soils Australia is a network of a great number of leading innovative farmers, scientists and advocates wanting to increase the amount of land in Australia, and globally, being transitioned to regenerative farming | https://healthysoils.com.au/ |
Podcasts
| Podcasts | |
|---|---|
| Charlie Arnott. The Regenerative Journey. Interviews with Australians in the Regenerative Agriculture field | https://charliearnott.com.au/Podcast/ |
| John Kempf, US based is world recognised as a leader in regenerative agriculture. Oriented towards practicing farmers. Great podcasts with best in their field regenerative practitioners. | https://johnkempf.com/podcast-interviews/ |
| The Soil Food Wed. Established by Elaine Ingham. Has great information and 5 really interesting short videos that explain concepts such as Soil carbon Sequstration, Inhibiting pests and diseases and Weed Suppression and much more | https://www.soilfoodweb.com/ |
| Secrets of the Soil Podcast with Regen Ray | Secrets of the Soil Podcast - https://www.SoilLearningCenter.com/podcast |
People to follow in Regenerative agriculture
| People to follow in Regenerative agriculture | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rattan Lal | Professor Ohio State University. Soil Scientist focus on soil fertility. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattan_Lal |
| Christine Jones | Christine is a soil ecologist and has worked with innovative farmers and graziers implementing regenerative agricultural practices that provide benefits for biodiversity, carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, water management and productivity. | https://www.amazingcarbon.com/ |
| Elaine Ingham | Elaine Ingham is an American microbiologist and soil biology researcher and founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. She is known as a leader in soil microbiology and research of the soil food web, She is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer. | https://www.soilfoodweb.com/about/ |
| Graeme Sait | Eloquent and very knowledgable speaker. Founded Nutri-Tech Solutions | https://www.nutri-tech.com.au/ |
| Diane and Ian Haggerty | Ian and Dianne Haggerty, cropping farmers in Western Australia, are famous for their ability to transform degraded land (that few farmers wanted) into healthy productive land. They generously share their time and insights in many presentations. A quick internet search will find them. | https://www.naturalintelligence.co/ |