Nicole, a global agro-ecologist, educator and systems thinker, has been collaborating with VicNoTill to share knowledge about regenerative ag for more than a decade.
In this episode, current president Michael Gooden talks to Nicole about how regenerative ag is a sytem, not an input and how people's awareness has exploded about the critical role healthy soils play in our lives.
For Nicole, regenerative ag is an approach which enhances natural cycles, repairs ‘disturbance’ events, minimises harmful inputs and focuses on building resilience, microbial life and organic matter.
She loves that it’s not a scripted list of what you can’t do.
"As a farmer-led approach, a regenerative system encourages local innovation. Transitioning broadacre crops towards low-input, increased efficiency systems offers one of the largest opportunities for farmers, land, communities and profits."