Episode 135: Diverse Approaches in Farm Planning with Darren Doherty
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
AEA Marketing
4.7 • 546 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Darren Doherty is the director and co-founder, with his wife Lisa Heenan, of Regrarians Ltd., an Australia-based organization dedicated to advancing regenerative agriculture. They train land managers using their innovative "Regrarians Platform," which integrates elements from permaculture, keyline design, and holistic management to support land stewardship that respects and enhances natural ecosystems.
Having worked across diverse climates and landscapes globally, Darren focuses on sustainable land management practices that blend traditional methods with modern techniques. His approach aims to restore landscapes, improve soil health, and enhance biodiversity, creating productive and resilient systems.
In this episode, John and Darren discuss:
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Prioritizing management practices over infrastructure development
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The importance of understanding and working with the landscape's natural capabilities
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How effective farm planning integrates principles from multiple disciplines
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Compounding skills for broader perspectives
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Building diverse revenue streams
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The importance of incorporating managed grazing
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The value of learning through close, repeated observation
Additional Resources
To learn more about Darren and Lisa's work with Regrarians, please visit: http://regrarians.com
To take the REX Online Farm Planning course, please visit: http://www.regrarians.org/rex-online/
About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). A top expert in biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who grow it.
Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology.
Support For This Show & Helping You Grow
Since 2006, AEA has been on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable with regenerative agriculture.
AEA works directly with growers to apply its unique line of liquid mineral crop nutrition products and biological inoculants. Informed by cutting-edge plant and soil data-gathering techniques, AEA's science-based programs empower farm operations to meet the crop quality markers that matter the most.
AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with its products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers to produce healthier soil, stronger crops, and higher profits.
Beyond working on the ground with growers, AEA leads in regenerative agriculture media and education, producing and distributing the popular and highly-regarded Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, inspiring webinars, and other educational content that serve as go-to resources for growers worldwide.
Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products: https://www.advancingecoag.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, friends. Welcome to the regenerative agriculture podcast. If you've listened to this podcast for a while, you know that we talk about all kinds of entertaining topics related to regenerative agronomy and agriculture in general and the work that I'm able to do every day with our amazing team in advancing eco-agriculture. But today, I have a special guest in a special format. |
| 0:22.6 | If you've been listening for a while, you know that historically we have, |
| 0:26.6 | I've been recording a lot of these interviews online, which brings its own element. |
| 0:32.6 | There's slightly less human interaction. |
| 0:34.6 | But we are going forward, I want to record a lot more of these interviews |
| 0:40.2 | live and in person, and that is happening today with a guest who's here all the way from |
| 0:45.8 | Australia, Darren Dowardy from Regrarians. And Darren, first, thanks for being here. I've been looking forward to our conversation, but I'm struggling to know where do we begin |
| 0:57.5 | because you have such rich work, a lifetime of work in landscape design and farm planning. |
| 1:05.0 | And often I like to begin by asking people their history and their story and how they came to be doing the work that they're doing. |
| 1:12.6 | But I'm concerned that if I start there, your history is so rich, we'll never get to the part of what you're actually working on today. |
| 1:20.2 | So why don't we begin? |
| 1:21.7 | Why don't you tell us a little bit about the scope of your work today and what all you're working on? |
| 1:26.8 | Thanks, John, and thanks for letting us stay with |
| 1:29.7 | you for the last couple of days. It's been an absolute treat to meet your family and being in |
| 1:34.0 | your company and especially Lillian and Kathy there are joy to everyone. What we're up to today |
| 1:41.9 | is going through yet another transition. I um that's probably why well i think |
| 1:47.9 | anyone who's been in business but long enough we you know we're 33 years at the end of this year |
| 1:53.5 | they've been in business for this long um you have to continue to adapt and and change and you know |
| 2:00.2 | right now we've got we've got that going on. |
| 2:02.4 | So probably the last, if I look at the last five years, if we can just start there, |
| 2:07.7 | I think in 27, well, going back to 2017, we transitioned to being online. |
| 2:12.5 | That was forced upon us after doing a long tour, world tour in 2016, |
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