A very interesting and edifying book I read recently is, “Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia”. Those that know me well know that I like being bombarded with researched facts and figures. Most people with any level of education would realise that being a farmer is NOT for the faint hearted. In fact, the rugged [...]
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On Australian Story tonight was an episode on Dr Maarten Stapper – a former CSIRO scientist – who spoke about “Biological Farming” methods. His crusade is to educate farmers about putting micro-organisms back into the soil in order to negate the need for chemicals, and to increase yields.Interesting to me was the fact that he [...] I’m a keen functional gardener, I don’t grow things because they look pretty but I do it so I can grow food. This approach serves a few purposes; 1. I know where my food comes from, 2. ZERO food miles, 3. my kids get to see how things work – thus planting a seed in [...] |
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