Category Archives: Regenerative Farming

Listen to Kevin Hughes’s experiences as he talks with Maarten about biological farming on a dairy farm.

Listen to Colin Seis as he explains to Maarten how the pasture-cropping management practice he developed saves him fertilizers and improves wool quality at his Gulgong property.

Maarten Stapper explains the importance of healthy soils for productive crops and pastures leading to animal health and farm profits.

The increased cost of petrol is providing an incentive for some farmers to consider alternatives such as organic and bio dynamic farming reports Hamish Fitzsimmons on ABC 7.30 Report, 18 September 2008.

Farmers are being urged to improve soil biology to get carbon stored in the soil and to increase production. A series of workshops are being conducted across the region this week, in an attempt to sow the seeds of new … Continue reading →

In the Australian Organic Producer, Summer 2008, Jaime Newborn writes about Dr. Maarten Stapper at a field day at wheat biological trials at Nyngam, West Dubbo NSW.

While ‘sustainable agriculture’ has been defined in many ways, it is fundamentally a process of social learning, not led by a science that overemphasises production and neglects maintenance functions within agroecosystems. Hill (1998) sees this blind spot as one of … Continue reading →

The conference and newsletter paper “Soil fertility management, towards sustainable farming systems and landscapes” attracted feedback from scientists, producers, business management consultants, farmers, water resource managers, ex-DPI officers and more. Below are some examples.

Canberra Times 20 March 2007 One of Australia's top organic farming experts, Dr Maarten Stapper, has been dumped by the CSIRO, amid allegations he was bullied by executive management for criticising genetically modified crops.