'From the Ground Up - Regenerative Agriculture'
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- Inspired by Charles Massy's best-selling book "Call of the Reed Warbler", filmmaker Amy Browne set out across the dry farming country of South East NSW to meet Massy and the other trailblazing farmers bringing new life to their land.
Regenerative agriculture is one of the most promising wide-scale environmental solutions. This short documentary is a comprehensive journey through a variety of landscapes and regenerative farming techniques.
'From the Ground Up' is a story of genuine change and inspiration - tracing the steps of individuals who transformed their practices following the life-changing realisation - that farmers have a unique opportunity to heal the planet.
Additional resources on regenerative agriculture:
TED Talks
- Allan Savory on "How to fight desertification and reverse climate change": www.ted.com/talks/allan_savor...
- Charles Massy on "How regenerative farming can help save the planet and human health": • How regenerative farmi...
Books:
"Call of the Reed Warbler - A New Agriculture, A New Earth" by Charles Massy
"The Biggest Estate on Earth - How Aborigines Made Australia" by Bill Gammage
"Back from the Brink - How Australia's Landscape Can Be Saved" by Peter Andrews
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I'm in the U.S. and I use regenerative agriculture on my small home farm. We have a 5,000 square foot garden, some chickens and a few sheep. We don't till our garden, we cover it with straw, and we don't use any pesticides (I try to bring in beneficial insects and animals to combat bad ones). We also graze our sheep the way the video speaks about. We learned from Greg Judy. And our chickens are super happy on their roughly 1/3 part of our acre pecking away happily at all the bugs and soaking up sunshine. It makes my heart happy to see how beautiful it is when we live with nature rather than fight it. It is very rewarding.
Just started doing this on my farm. I only have one cow but i sectioned of one acre into 5 parts for my cow to graze each section for one week, which will give all the others one full month of rest in between grazing. Still need to work out some kinks but my grass is looking much better.
ABADDON 247 good shit
Are the others chickens or goats?
I am Curious the “others” would be the section of land that isn’t getting grazed by my cow. As I move the cow from one section to the other, the cow won’t be able to graze the last section he was on. Each section gets grazed for one week so the first section will get 4 weeks by the time the cows is done grazing the 5th section. But I do have chickens that follow the cow scratching up his poop.
@@abaddon2479 oh, thanks. I'm looking to try something like this myself. Probably on a larger scale tho with chickens and goats as well
@@Demon_Lord_Coom wish you good luck with your farm. Happy farming
This documentary is just lovely! My dad and I are working to turn our sheep farm into one run regeneratively to reverse all the damage done by our ancestors, and even in a small time we've seen the effect of it all, its just amazing
That’s amazing Rey! I would love to learn how you did it :) can I give you an email or something ?
Wonderful to hear that you are turning your place around! These practises need to spread and you are doing your part.
This should be mandatory viewing all around the globe!
Amen.
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I agree
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Alas even when the evidence is staring them in the face some people will not even look at it let alone consider it. Example the current cretin in the White House.
Yes!!
Around 10:00 thank you so much for your supportive words regarding under 5 acre farms worked by women. Sometimes I feel really small, useless, or ridiculous, since rather than seeking a wage, I assist my family by growing as much food as possible on our tiny lot. The more I improve the fertility of our land, tho, the more I approach that 70% of our family food supply figure. Really helped me improve my self esteem, thanks.
Love Cat, you are amazing. That you would experience low self esteem regarding your focus of raising food for your family is astounding to me. You have a healthy focus, contrasted with so many who just keep chasing more dollars with more consumption and more debt in an endless loop. Keep doing what you're doing! You will be your family's savior. You may also stumble upon a way to leverage your passion for growing your family's food into a profitable venture as well, which would really blow your family's minds, wouldn't it? It's amazing what people like Urban Farmer Curtis Stone, Joel Salatin, On The Grow or What The Fungus have learned about turning passion for self-sustainability into profits. Good luck, and keep your head up! You're doing important work!
love cat you are wonderful. Many years ago in the 80's I did the same on a 3 acre farm. I had five small children and my husband worked in town. So many ppl thought I should go and get a job. But I kept saying my job is my farm. We managed to provide ourselves with all our milk through goats. We had chickens and a huge vege garden that grew just about anything due to the red soil. I miss it terribly. And now live on a quarter acre in town. I decided that I would have a farm anyway so have chickens quails and grow as much as we can.
You are an inspiration! Thank you for doing what you are doing.
Wow thanks so much for all of these kind words!!!
love cat great good on you ,keep it up. Good luck
Loved being transported to the farm with these guys..
Thank you to all who have stepped out of line and help start this process of change.
need so many more farmers like this in australia. the droughts wouldnt be so bad.
droughts are mother natures way of telling useless and stupid farmers to piss off
@@flodjod lol not if the government throws 1b at the farmers.
The level of ignorance needed to think this way is mind-boggling. Without water there is no regenerative farming. Not the other way around. Omfg
Richard Watts. I think the farmers that have embraced this process, have done it in a way to preserve the the precious little water they have left. I’m sure they know without rainfall or water that this is useless. I am no expert but I can see merit from what they are doing.
Ben Costanzo see those hills in the background? That’s how you know this is close to the dividing range, and therefor the coast. There is no regenerative farming without reliable water resources. Farmers who do regenerative farming are doing it for marketing reasons, or they’re terrible farmers.
Beautiful, logical, wise. These are the people truly saving our planet.
I love the final sentiment. That nature doesn't compete, nature cooperates.
Cooperation is a competitive advantage
Sweet summer child
@@michaelharder9737 Guess that's true bit sounds a bit harsh this way ... it's still cooperation.
It's true but only some of the time. When a lion eats an antelope it's not cooperation. Many plants compete for soil nitrogen as well.
Hhahahahha nature is as capitalistic as it gets.
It does my heart food to see this awakening happening around the world! The scale at which I practice regenerative agriculture is tiny compared to these big cattle operations, but the philosophy is the same. Act like a honey bee, not a locust. Improve the conditions for all life while we gather our food, rather than strip mining every bit of value and leaving a trail of death. Great video. Thank you!
Radical Gastronomy “act like a honey bee, not a locust”. Love it. And good on you. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Andrew Ostrom Thank you. I’m trying my best to live up to the ideal. I’ve been documenting it on my blog, and now on TH-cam. It’s not just a better way to eat, but a better way to live, I’m finding.
Every little bit counts Radical!!
The Ripe Tomato Farms that’s right. Little dots of repair will spread.
Good words to hear! Thanks
That's the hardest part, changing the mindset of farmers.
I’m so happy to see regenerative farmers in Australia. We can buy food that’s alive. This gives me hope. Thank you. 😍😍.
Lets get regenerative agriculture as a subject is schools - its that impactful! Good work on this!
I'm beyond thrilled to hear this change is coming .... a fundamental change is what will save nature and as a byproduct us .
This is the kind of films we need more of! Thank you!
I wish this philosophy on regenerating soils would be soon applied all over the planet. Wise agricultors. Thank you for caring for al of us including the animals.
Thank you to those who are reasoning and making the changes back to what is natural. May blessings be returned to you 100 times over.
I’m happy to see farmers adopt these practices, especially seeing this practice is not new all the way from ancient Israel
Wonderful to see regeneration of the land and sharing with the world 🌿💚
This is the most positive thing I've watched about how to use and heal the land at the same time. So wonderful to see it becoming more commonly used. Really wonderful.
Wow it does make so much sense to pay attention to how these vast herds in nature function.
This gives me hope for our struggling farmers. Let’s get this out there for them to see.
These are the people who are guiding the way for future regeneration. If we started shifting over to something more like this in more places, the impact would be phenomenal. People need to learn about this because I think this will have to be very prominent in the next few decades
Few years, we don't have decades
I teach people to make and use biochar. My blog at theotherfishwrap.blogspot.com has six posts from about two years ago that detail the process. They are easy to find because they each have a one word title that begins with the letter "M".
I get really excited when watching programmes such as this, knowing we have people really passionate people showing how we can make our land better,thank you.
There are a lot of videos on TH-cam about the regeneration of sub fertile and even infertile land. This is the first one I’ve seen where it goes into detail about how it’s all being regenerated. And that is very refreshing to see.Keep producing more videos just like this, Fantastic!
Check out how David Bamberger regenerated 5,000 acres using grasses.
I would like it for governments to spend money on regenerating soil fertility and making land available to let more people start small farms adopting a permaculture style.
I was mesmerized by the positive message - by the prospects. The effects can be felt from here and I'm in England. Mark
Thanks to all my fellow farmers and stewards of the land out there 🤘
I salute you all for what you’re doing, it’s about time to give something back to the land, so everything around it will prosper again..... Thank You ... Very, very much!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Just beautiful. Really hoping this will completely replace industrial farming.
I believe it needs to and it shall. Workin on plans to implement it currently. It'll be a slow process but eventually all agriculture will be a Fractal of small farms all interconnected...wind powered de Sal plants pumping water for extra irrigation to maintain a healthy water table! One turbine can de Sal and pump a lot of water.
My dad was born on a farm in 1908 in Carroll county Maryland and what they are calling regenerative farming is how my dad described life on the farm growing up.
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Thank God people are find solutions to earth problems. We a creative beings our maker have given us that ability.
This is a great high-quality video that does a very good job explaining Regenerative Agriculture. Thanks to all involved!
There is nothing to explain. It’s all lies and falsehoods. Completely not backed by science, as it is not replicable or repeatable. End all support of the animal agriculture industry worldwide effective immediately. That’s the only way to then focus of the sequestration of carbon, and the cleaning up o the cesspools and reservoirs of filth and disease that emerge from the animal populations in the animal agriculture industry, as well.
Fantastic video. That platypus looked extremely happy splashing around. Loved it.
Just don't try to touch the male!---they sting!
Fabulous film with an extremely accessible explanation of regenerative agriculture practices and farming in ways that sustain water, soil, vegetation and, importantly, communities. Congratulations Amy Browne.
Incredible, thank you. I've been reading and researching so much about regenerative agriculture and love seeing the farmers talk first hand.
Could you please recommend some good practical literature? I would like to start applying these kind of techniques in the next few years.
@@wilks4994 Hey there. If you go through the comment section and replies, you are will find a lot of reading suggestions and quite a few links to other information that is full of thoughtful facts and ideas on how to move forward with regeneration our planet for the better.
Radical Gastronomy is a small TH-camr who has some information.
I can write a list of all information pertaining to that which you seek.
I hope that helps.
Thanks for the advice. I have spend the last year using these principles in my Arizona garden to regenerate my backyard. They really work!
How wonderful. It's news like this and changes in agriculture that will help me die in peace. I am worried sick for my grandchildren
I am still young.
I teach people how to make and use biochar. It is a technology older than written language and signals the beginning of the Anthropocene. It is only the last hundreds and fifty years or so that we have made terrible mistakes, the vast spread of human history, we did good for the environment, this is one way people are showing how to do it! Sequestering is easier than most people imagine and with modern retort technologies and machines that were unimaginable nine thousand years ago, we can make electricity and/or heat homes while making char, the first step along the process of creating biochar.
These examples are very positive, and seem quite do-able. The mention of "leaky weirs" is also very important. This process of slowing the water without stopping it is exactly what beaver do, both in North America and Eurasia. It keeps the water table high, and allows vigorous growth from riparian vegetation.
Seems like a great idea if you live in an area where people aren’t trying to sue you because fish can’t get through
@@johnmartinez6676 I suspect that Probably the 2 biggest hurdles to Regenerative farming/Ranching is the government and colleges. At least that's what it seems like here in the USA. On a side note, I'm a simple man,I don't have any fancy degree and I don't believe in evolution or other such stuff. However I believe we can learn alot by watching Gods creation more closely. Not that we need to become animals, but that we can learn how better to manage what God gave us. People Produced food for a long time before we had chemicals and some people like Greg Judy among others have learned to do it again.
So glad I found you! Saving destruction by working with nature's wisdom! You are Earth's angels! My heart rejoices! Thankyou for your good actions. I hope they go viral! 🙏🏽🌎
Truly brilliant! Well done keep spreading the word! Environment care and specifically soil care is the true essence of creating a sustainable future for us all. My garden isn’t the prettiest in the street by any means, however, our soil is now certainly the best. It has taken years of giving nature a gentle hand In regenerative practices and has well been worth the effort to have healthy root systems in soil teeming with life.
This is genius. Thanks for recording it. It will surely help future generations get on the right track.
Isn't it funny that the term 'grassroots' is giving hope in both the realms of natural and cultural regeneration?
May this sweep the world.
Charles Massey's book was the most hopeful book I read this year. I really wanted to see the farms and the farmers he spoke about. This is great!
I absolutely love this ❤️ it's my life goal to be able to get some land and live a self sustainable life myself... I don't need nearly this much land tho, just a normal yard for a permaculture garden.
I feel the same way. I'm slowly working toward that goal, learning skills in my suburban area that I can take with me once I sell my home.
Best of luck to both of you 👍😃
@@pseudonayme7717 I don't believe in luck; however, I appreciate the sentiment.
Make sure you get land in a high rainfall area because this won’t work without water
Check out Paul Wheaton's TH-cam channel, the man is one prolific permie 😸
These are the folks that we need to save civilization from itself.
These farmers are providing the answers - great showcase - glad we could play a small part. Keep on growing the love.
So powerful and beautiful. Thank you for the film and to these amazing farmers.
Go Mr. Allen Savory and the Savory institute!
I've seen this story somewhere else before and I'm so happy it's being put out there again- just so important!! Especially right now in the world and Australia it seems
This is almost mimicking nature, I love it
It is an attempt to exactly mimick nature.
Add 25% treed landscape. Good luck guys and hats off to you :)
Charles Massey! Loving his book, great work guys.
Stop being stock managers and becoming land managers...
Stop becoming land managers?
not as great as it sounds.....they usually just want money
@@joshuabradshaw6355 It was a quote from Massy in the beginning. Massy is saying that his main focus is soil health.
@@moihawk666 huh?
The ground is also able to absorb the excess carbon as well. Healthy ground sucks up as much CO2 as the ocean.
No, ocean stores more. But Allan Savory suggests that if more carbon is stored in the ocean it's gonna be too acidic for the fauna. The Ground solution is still perfect enough.
PURE LOVE FOR GOOD HUMANS STEWARDING EARTH.
New Mexico could really use this
what a fantastic film which does this marvellous book justice. i recommend anyone to also read Call of the Reed Warbler!
Just read a great book called 'Cows Save the Planet' by Judith D. Schwartz. I'd definitely recommend it, it covers and expands on a lot of similar ground to this film. UK farmers definitely need to pay attention to this stuff, since there's so much monoculture here and crops are getting worse.
Have you read "Wilding" by Isabella Tree? It's about saving a typical intensive farming estate from bankruptcy by allowing large parts of the estate to revert to nature and stocking native breeds which are left to cope by themselves. As in the video, naturally wet areas are allowed to flood annually, reducing flood damage elsewhere and replenishing the meadows.
The yields are higher, there's no fertilizer costs, everything is organic ( meaning premium product) and there's hardly any veterinary input. Not only is the business now a success but the area has become an oasis for rare breed birds and insects.
All this in West Sussex.
Great taster for Charles' even greater book!
Over here in Cape Town, South Africa I started my suburban veggie patch garden in August 2021, being a pensioner with very little money, I dug up the Kikuya grass and made cement slab barriers, covered the soil with cardboard and cut holes in the cardboard to put in my seeds. I have had a great harvest since then and earth worms are on the increase with very little compost. The veggie scraps I turn into the compost I use, as well as grass clippings. I also planted some trees, that are still small. Strong winds are a problem at the moment, but I will figure something out.
Very well done in only 13 minutes! It covers animal management, vegetable production, hope to challenge droughts, shows obvious good results, empowers farmers by showing it is a rewarding job, and suggest non farming people what they can do: they can relate to their food providers more directly, and they can also start to produce some of their own.
The simple ideas are often the best. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. May we heal ourselves, our land, each other.
I am thankful that they have caption. Took me a while to realise that.
But these guys are doing what's needed. Keep up the great work. 👍🏽
Magnifique ! Merci pour cet démonstration du "Tout est Possible" !
What an awesome story, totally agree, we are going the same way but not there yet. Thankyou
Awesome. Thank you for
making this video. So inspirational
To you farming in this fulls my heart with joy, and I am very excited to see this happening.
If I could go back in time when I was farming and adopted your methods and other natural methods. I probably would be still farming today because deep in my heart I know this is were we should be.
I wish you all the very best for your future.
Thank you. This is what I want. I’m taking Allan Savory’s course. I want to be livestock farming for a very long time.
How wonderful. Many blessings.
God bless you folks
Keep showing others what you are doing. Excellent work.
Love this guys. Fantastic work! The stories need to be told.
Spiritual this is the word everyone is looking for
i like how they point out that they´re not just improving their soil, but also save a ton of money - that will convince other farmers, who might not care about diversity but sure as heck care about their pocket book!
Wonderful. Keep up the good work! Three lessons that I learnt here: Every bit of intensity requires a bit of rest./ We humans can actually allow Nature to improve Herself if we enable Her./ Evolution needs cooperation.
Let animals compete, we humans will cooperate.
Thank you for sharing this video!
Wonderful! Thank You..Blessings
What a wise film - warms my heart...
Valuable regenerative agriculture lessons for humankind; on this challenging earthly journey through life, etc. Commendable.
Such a wonderful message, brought tears to my eyes. All my best wishes for Australia and the world from Sweden. (We always buy organic when not Swedish and otherwise preferably locally produced organic or transitioning, and fair trade laballed, naturally! It is more expensive, and sometimes there are scams, but we also have good journalists that expose scammers!) Amy Browne, thank you, and please keep documenting, it is so important!
This is a really excellent film. Thank you!
Yes, Take care of the land, and the land will take care of you!
Great piece! Thank you for the work and inspiration!
Amazing video, excellent pictures and profoundly motivating
Thank you
A fantastic and much needed effort to fix our problems.
Awesome, thanks for sharing this story and knowledge, keep up the good work.
This is brilliant and gives me genuine hope for the future!
Great to see this happening in Australia
Just great! Very well explained, thank you!
Bravo and thank you!
That was beautiful!
It is amazing to hear the information shared on this video. May it help and impact so many people to push to move to help better the life around us!
This should be replicated wherever possible
So glad to see this!
A well-presented, thought-provoking, presentation. Well done.
God bless and protect all true farmers and ranchers everywhere on Earth.❤🌞