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S3E6 The Challenge of Regenerating Flood Affected Soils
In this podcast episode, Gavin heads out to Jim Coren’s place in Tucki Tucki near Lismore, NSW. Apparently Tucki Tucki means place of many koalas. The local Bundjalung word for koala is Burbi, a…
S3E5 Reflections on a Life of Farming, Biodiversity and Landcare
Gavin chats with Barbara Linley at her Tullymorgan property in the beautiful Bundjalung and Yaegl country of North Coast New South Wales. In a past life, Barbara was a producer of super fine merino…
S3E4 Sustainable and financially viable small acre farming at Paddy Melon Ponds
In this episode, Gavin heads out to Possum Creek, Northern New South Wales, to have a chat with Penny Hall.Penny was a member of a RAMP cohort a couple years back. She and her husband Bob Lodge are…
S3E3 Blue Marble Farm: Self-sufficient Living and Regenerative Farming
Shannon and Julie Humphris run Blue Marble Farm on Gumbaynggirr Dangadi Country near Macksville on the New South Wales North Coast.Blue Marble Farm is a great example of self-sufficient living.Gavin…
S3E2 Running a Regenerative Farm and a Hatted Restaurant: The Story of Frida’s Field
Today I'm heading down to Nashua, between Lismore and Bangalow on the NSW North Coast, to have a chat to Jeanie. Jeanie Wylie and Edward Rawlings set up a restaurant called Frida’s Field. If you're…
S3E1 Dairy Farming Direct to the Customer with Paul Wilson of Nimbin Valley Dairy
In Series Three of Ground Cover, we hear the stories of farmers who participated in the Regenerative Agricultural Mentoring Program. RAMP, as it is generally known, was developed at Southern Cross…
S2E7 Lessons in Cattle and Carbon Farming with Lorraine Gordon
In today's episode, we will hear from regenerative agriculture pioneer Lorraine Gordon. Lorraine is the founder and current Chair of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance. Her vision is to improve…
S2E6 Building Healthy Soils for a Resilient Farming System
Today on Ground Cover we will hear from Dr Lukas Van Zwieten, a Principal Soil Research Scientist from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Lukas is also an adjunct Professor with…
S2E5 Managing Horticulture Crop Diseases
Today on Ground Cover, we're joined by Dr Jay Anderson, a plant pathologist with more than 20 years of industry experience. She's also a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at…
S2E4 Assessing Natural Capital on Your Farm: Challenges and Opportunities
In today's episode of Ground Cover, we're joined by Dr Jackie Williams, an adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Cross University who has more than 30 years of applied research in natural resource…
S2E3 How Biochar Can Help Us Reach a Net Zero Future
Today on Ground Cover, I'm joined by Don Coyne, the CEO of the Australia and New Zealand Biochar Industry Group. Don has been working to raise the profile of biochar for years now, and he works hard…
S2E2 Protecting Our Waterways and Health From Pesticides
Professor Kirsten Benkendorff is the Director of Southern Cross University’s National Marine Science Centre and the Deputy Director of the Marine Ecology Research Centre. Her research looks at the…
S2E1 Welcome to Season 2 of Ground Cover
Can university research really help us improve climate resilience and soil health on farms? What knowledge can experts share with us? And what can we learn from research projects that don't quite…
S1E10 Leading a movement with Lorraine Gordon
Today, on Ground Cover, Kerry is joined by Lorraine Gordon, a beef cattle trader from Ebor who is also Director of Strategic Projects at Southern Cross University, founder of the National…
S1E9 Stay tuned... this series of Ground Cover is not quite over yet.
Stay tuned... this series of Ground Cover is not quite over yet. We'll be taking a short break for a couple of weeks, then we'll be back with a big announcement that you won't want to miss.In the…
S1E8 Regenerating soils and communities with Helen and Mike McCosker
Kerry talks with Helen and Mike McCosker about the important of regenerating not only soil, but also communities.The McCosker family run Angus on a 3000 acre mixed farming enterprise at Wallangra,…
S1E7 The five landscape functions in practice with livestock producer Tim Wright
Today on Ground Cover, our host Kerry Cochrane, explores the five landscape functions and how they play out on Tim Wright's property.Tim is a livestock producer, and holistic management farmer, from…
S1E6 Out of the ashes with multi species pasture cropping expert Col Seis
Today, Kerry chats with Colin Seis; a mixed farmer from the Gulgong area of New South Wales. Col has come from a traditional cropping and grazing family and experienced an ecological crash back in…
S1E5 From little things big things grow with 6th generation farmer Michael Taylor
On Ground Cover today, Kerry is joined by Michael Taylor, a sixth generation wool producer from Kentucky, on the Northern Tablelands of NSW. Michael's family were one of the original settlers of the…
S1E4 It all starts with the soil with Derek Smith
Today, Kerry chats with Derek Smith, a mixed farmer from Guyra who has come along the journey from conventional to regenerative farmer.Derek started his days at the Orange Ag college and over the…
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Ground Cover has published 23 episodes since September 2019, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences.
Ground Cover is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 32m.
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