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Farming Together

The Farming Together Team

29 episodes · in order

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In this season, Pippa Jones - a farmer, extension officer, and Nuffield Scholar - is chatting with farmers who are putting science-backed information into practice and testing ways to reduce emissions and strengthening their farm businesses.

Across six episodes, you’ll hear from farmers who are trying out research-informed tools, ideas and technologies. We delve into what sparked each journey, what’s been challenging, what’s paid off, and what farmers would do differently next time.

Together these stories show how research is driving real world change across Australian agriculture and horticulture.

This season is brought to you by the Land and Primary Industries Network of the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub.

Episodes

  1. An introduction to Ground Cover - a series exploring the trials and tribulation of the regenerative agriculture revolution

    · 4:40 · S1 E1

    Welcome to the introductory episode of Ground Cover – a podcast for farmers by farmers. This podcast is brought you by the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, in partnership with Southern Cross University. Ground…

  2. The regenerative agriculture revolution with Dr Charles Massy

    · 35 min · S1 E2

    Today, on Ground Cover, Kerry Cochrane speaks to renown author and regenerative farming revolutionary, Dr Charles Massy; a well known grazier from Cooma in the southern Snowies of NSW. A man, who through a paradigm…

  3. From bare paddock to diverse landscape with Bruce Maynard: No Kill Cropping, Self Herding and grazing management

    · 36 min · S1 E3

    Today, Kerry Cochrane talks with Bruce Maynard, a mixed farmer from Narromine, NSW, who was a conventional farmer, direct drilling for a decade or so, before making the switch to regenerative practices. From bare…

  4. It all starts with the soil with Derek Smith

    · 32 min · S1 E4

    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 years experienced a…

  5. From little things big things grow with 6th generation farmer Michael Taylor

    · 29 min · S1 E5

    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 New England region.…

  6. Out of the ashes with multi species pasture cropping expert Col Seis

    · 25 min · S1 E6

    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 the 1970s. This set…

  7. The five landscape functions in practice with livestock producer Tim Wright

    · 34 min · S1 E7

    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 Armidale on the…

  8. Regenerating soils and communities with Helen and Mike McCosker

    · 36 min · S1 E8

    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, north of Inverell.…

  9. Stay tuned... this series of Ground Cover is not quite over yet.

    · 1:10 · S1 E9

    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 meantime, join the…

  10. Leading a movement with Lorraine Gordon

    · 29 min · S1 E10

    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 Regenerative Agriculture…

  11. Welcome to Season 2 of Ground Cover

    · 6:55 · S2 E1

    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 work out the way we…

  12. Protecting Our Waterways and Health From Pesticides

    · 38 min · S2 E2

    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 impacts of ocean…

  13. How Biochar Can Help Us Reach a Net Zero Future

    · 55 min · S2 E3

    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 to bring together…

  14. Assessing Natural Capital on Your Farm: Challenges and Opportunities

    · 35 min · S2 E4

    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 management. Her…

  15. Managing Horticulture Crop Diseases

    · 24 min · S2 E5

    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 Southern Cross…

  16. Building Healthy Soils for a Resilient Farming System

    · 30 min · S2 E6

    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 Southern Cross…

  17. Lessons in Cattle and Carbon Farming with Lorraine Gordon

    · 26 min · S2 E7

    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 the holistic health…

  18. Dairy Farming Direct to the Customer with Paul Wilson of Nimbin Valley Dairy

    · 32 min · S3 E1

    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 University and…

  19. Running a Regenerative Farm and a Hatted Restaurant: The Story of Frida’s Field

    · 40 min · S3 E2

    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 driving between…

  20. Blue Marble Farm: Self-sufficient Living and Regenerative Farming

    · 59 min · S3 E3

    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 Tinning had a…

  21. Sustainable and financially viable small acre farming at Paddy Melon Ponds

    · 49 min · S3 E4

    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 medical…

  22. Reflections on a Life of Farming, Biodiversity and Landcare

    · 37 min · S3 E5

    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 wool in Western…

  23. The Challenge of Regenerating Flood Affected Soils

    · 35 min · S3 E6

    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 totemic animal prior…

  24. Diesel to Decarbonisation

    · 34 min · S4 E1

    Welcome to the Farming Together podcast. This season, Pippa Jones is chatting with farmers who are putting science-backed information into practice - testing ways to reduce emissions and strengthening their farm…

  25. Decarbonising by the Glass

    · 36 min · S4 E2

    In this podcast episode Pippa chats with Maggie Jarrett from See Saw Wines in Orange NSW. Read the case study on the Farming Together website. Maggie shares how See Saw Wines is turning a long-standing commitment to…

  26. Charred for Change

    · 32 min · S4 E3

    In this podcast episode Pippa chats with John Winter from Glen Innes, NSW. Read the full case study. John is a chemical engineer and farmer who explains how biochar could become a powerful tool for on-farm…

  27. Berrying Carbon: A farm's green ammonia story

    · 37 min · S4 E4

    In this podcast episode Pippa chats with Hugh Mackinnon from Mountford Berries in Longford Tasmania and Professor PJ Cullen, Chief Scientific Officer from PlasmaLeap Technologies in Sydney. Read the case study Hugh…

  28. The Diesel Drive towards Decarbonisation

    · 25 min · S4 E5

    In this podcast episode, Pippa chats with farmer, Nick Sissoev Hugh and Dean Shipp, CEO of Hy-Boost Technology. Nick notes the savings he is seeing using farm machinery after Hy-Boost system technology was retrofitted…

  29. Farming Flavour into a Future Towards Decarbonisation

    · 34 min · S4 E6

    In this podcast episode Pippa chats with Rowan Berecry from Good Rich Fruit Company. Rowan explains how the management team of the commercial orchard is rethinking conventional farming through biological practices…

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