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Robbie Hill - Farm Consultant
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In this interview I talk with Robbie Hill a consultant working with farmers to support them in their farm monitoring, reporting and developing regenerative farming strategies.
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David Lee-Jones - NZ Farming Trends
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David is an Agricultural Specialist at Foreign Agriculture Service and in this interview, we discuss his background in farming, trends in farming within the Rangitikei region, and national trends that have impacted farming. The interview helps identify how to take advantage of farming trends to identify areas of production that hold the most future promise.
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Dr Gwen Grelet - Regenerative Agriculture
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In this interview, I talk to Dr. Gwen Grelet a researcher at LandCare Research NZ - about current research projects in regenerative farming in New Zealand and some of the underlying philosophies to regenerative farming.
See Dr Grelet's whitepaper on regenerative agriculture in New Zealand HERE |
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Jon Foster-Pedley - Creating a Vision
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In this interview with Jon Foster-Pedley (the Dean of the Henley Business School), we discuss how to create an inspiring vision and its impact on business and sustainable development.
Find out more about Jon Foster-Pedley HERE |
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Jon Foster-Pedley - Business Strategy
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In this interview, I talk to Jon Foster-Pedley about business strategy and its application to creating a more sustainable future. Jon is a dean, director, strategist, activist, speaker, writer, educator, and marketer.
For the past 10 years, Jon has served as the Dean of the Henley Business School in South Africa, which is the winner of 'no. 1 MBA Business School in South Africa. Find out more about Jon Foster-Pedley HERE |
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Nicole Masters - Healthy Soils
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In this interview, I talk to Nicole Masters about her new book, coaching service and her philosophy for working with farmers to arrive at more healthy outcomes. Nicole is an author, systems thinker, regenerative soil educator, soil coach and director of Integrity Soils.
Find out more about Nicole HERE |
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Mark Kroening - Creating Change
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In this interview, I talk to Mark Kroening about his philosophy for leadership mentoring and how that can be leveraged for progressive changes. Mark is a leadership and organisational effectiveness coach, who help people focus on their most important challenges and opportunities, co-create the process to develop the best solutions, and implement these effectively.
Find out more about Mark HERE |
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Greg Hart - Regenerative Farming
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In this interview with expert Hawkes Bay farmer Greg Hart - he discusses his journey implementing regenerative farming strategies on his farming, the transformative results he has seen and the pathway regenerative farming provides for New Zealand to be a world leader in the next phase of high quality agricultural production.
Find out more about Greg Hart HERE |
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Tim Williams - Holistic Grazing
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Tim Williams is an internationally experienced farmer who has currently returned to England to pursue regenerative agriculture opportunities. This video explores the application of holistic grazing management practices to great fertile carbon-rich soil that brings a landscape back to health - using grazers.
Find out more about Tim HERE |
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Professor Stephen Kelly - NZ Agribusiness
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In this video I talk to Professor Stephen Kelly - the Pro Vice Chancellor of the Massey University Business School and discuss some of the trends in New Zealand agribusiness that can be adapted to move towards a more sustainable future.
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Natalie Hormann - Permaculture Property Tour
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Natalie is a future living coach who has developed a thriving permaculture based lifestyle property in Upper Hutt. In this video she gives us a tour of her property and discusses the process used to transform her property into a more enriched and productive landscape.
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Dr Ozan Nadir Alakavuklar - Principles
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An organisational scholar at Massey University, who draws arguments and theory from a wide range of critical social science traditions, which aim to challenge the dominant assumptions in the field of management and organisation.
In this interview we discuss the dynamics of developing principles within an organisation and how these processes can be used to move towards better solutions. |
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Alastair Cole - Sustainable Farming
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Alastair Cole from New Zealand Landcare Trust has worked with local farmers for many years, on strategic ways to improve sustainable farming practices.
In this interview he discusses some of the challenges associated with adopting sustainable farming practices in New Zealand and what the future might look like. New Zealand has many advantages in being an educated and innovative community of small scale and diverse agricultural producers. |
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Wholegrain Organics and Herb Production
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Wholegrain Organics run a wonderful education programme for local schools called hands on food, where the provide food growing educational opportunities in addition to providing fresh herbs for their Palmerston North cafe.
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Murray and Melinda Jones - Biodynamic Farming
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Murray and Melinda Jones run a 150 acre organic farm on the banks of the Whanganui river using biodynamic principles.
Within this interview Melinda discusses the background of biodynamic farming, the use of preparations and creation of composts. Murray also demonstrates stirring preparations. Through love and thoughtful action the couple have transformed their property into a thriving oasis of productivity. |
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Organic Dairy at Lindsay Farm
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Lindsay Farm is a pioneering organic dairy farm in Hawkes Bay of New Zealand.
Within this video brother and sister managers of the farm share their insights into establishing pasture diversity and soil health through adopting est practices in grazing management and increasing sward diversity. Their fertile farm and happy cows reveal the advantages of their approach. |
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Mark Christensen - Heritage Food Crops
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Mark Christensen of Whanganui is a man on a mission to find heritage varieties of crops that have the highest medicinal potency for combating cancer and promoting optimal health.
His property on the outskirts of urban Whanganui features a diverse orchard, glasshouse and variety of trial plots where he strives to find new varieties of heritage crops that offer the highest medicinal value. Within this interview he provides a tour of his property, discusses seed saving techniques, his research on medicinal foods and his insights into establishing crop diversity. |
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Greenbridge on Permaculture Designs
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We Talk to Daniel Woolley and Kama Burwell of Greenbridge Design and Implementation in Taranaki, New Zealand.
They have worked hard at establishing a professional permaculture design business in New Zealand and discuss the challenges they have navigated, the intentions of permaculture design and rewards they have experienced. Their is a wealth of information in this one of applying the principles of permaculture design to the New Zealand farmscape. |
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Permaculture Design with Dan Woolley
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Dan discusses his experience implementing permaculture design projects within the Taranaki business Greenbridge.
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Tony Robinson on Soil Health
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Tony is a soil health advisor and uses discusses the role healthy soil plays in increasing nutrient density of food and measures you can take to improve soil health.
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Permaculture Design with Gary and Emily Williams
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Gary and Emily Williams discuss their role through waterscape at offering permaculture design.
They discuss how the development of their property provided a catalyst for exploring permaculture design and providing their current service. |
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Trends in Permaculture with Gary and Emily Williams
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Gary and Emily discuss their perspective on the trends in permaculture and how they see things progressing in the future.
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Challenges of Community Living
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Members of the Quaker intentional community in Whanganui discuss some of the challenges involved in establishing an intentional community.
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Regenerative Farming at Family Farm
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Greg and Rachel Hart are dedicated practitioners of regenerative farming practices to restore ecosystem health of their Hawkes Bay Farm.
The Mangarara Family Farm vision has four parts:
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Nelson Lebo - Healthy homes and resilient farms
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Dr Lebo brings a wealth of experience in permaculture design to the Whanganui community and acts as an Eco Advisor within the wider Manawatu / Whanganui region.
His role as Eco Adviser is to provide free consultation on home design and retro-fitting to make a healthier living environment and on sustainable living and regenerative farm design. He has also set up an Eco School that offers permaculture internships to learn on a real permaculture farm while obtaining a Permaculture Design Certificate. |
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