A year ago we filmed with Elisabeth Fekonia a fantastic little DVD on Home Cheesemaking and All things Dairy. What we didn’t show you on the DVD – is what happens when best intentions don’t necessarily go according to plan. Elisabeth was instructing the camera how to milk a...

We thought we’d give a plug to our good friends at Milkwood Permaculture and Regen Agriculture who have brought out to Australia some great innovative thinkers and farmers doing things outside the square – empowering people to independent action and making a success of their...

ABC Radio has an interesting interview with self styled “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin who happens to also be in Australia courtesy of REGEN Agriculture talking about free-range farming in USA. Joel says food has become over-regulated by US food safety bureaucrats who are destroying...

                Mineralizing your farm soil is something many permaculturalists like to do frequently. Various minerals are mixed with a pollard and fed to the farm animals. The manure that the animals produce is gathered and returned to the garden once...

Using chickens to graze behind cows is a new way to improve soil fertility and pasture management. At the Permaculture Research Institute there’s a couple of neat looking chicken tractors standing in the center of the cow paddock. What exactly are they doing there? According to Geoff...

"Getting healthy bacteria into your gut flora to enhance your immune system." she says. "Making one's own fresh yoghurt with culture and kefired milk is essential in your family's diet. It will boost your health and vitality."