Category Archives: Media

‘Biological’ farm guru pulls crowds

Published in : Rural News July 7, 2009, p 35-36. By Neil Keating Animals in “extraordinary” health raised on “healthy soils that look and smell good”, growing plants with “less disease and insect damage, with great root systems and taste”.All thanks … Continue reading

Fertiliser industry listens to agronomist’s concerns

Published in : Country Leader, Monday, October 12, 2009, p 3. ‘In an unlikely marriage, the local fertiliser industry is sponsoring conservation agronomist Maarten Stapper to convince the region’s farmers to reduce their use of chemical fertiliser.’

Media Release: Farmers Lifted by New Hope for Farming for the Future

Media Release, October 2009 Tamworth’s Terry Balla may have joined 85 others from Kempsey, Armidale and the surrounding area to pick up some soil management tips from leading agronomist Dr Maarten Stapper but he left with something even he never … Continue reading

Farmers urged to make most of soil microbes

Published in : Farm Weekly, August 20, 2009, p 20 By Peter Lee About 40 of the faithful and the hopeful, with probably the odd sceptic, gathered at Wongan Hills recently to hear an alternative to traditional agricultural thinking and … Continue reading

Spearheading alternative agriculture

Published in : ABC Rural –  Tuesday, 22/09/2009 By Sarina Locke The former Governor General Michael Jeffrey is so worried about the state of agricultural land degradation in Australia that he’s spearheading an organisation to push for a different farming … Continue reading

Former GG backs alternative agriculture

Published in : ABC Rural  – Thursday, 09/07/2009 By Sarina Locke from Canberra , ACT The former Governor General is heading a group pushing for sustainable food production in Australia. Major General Michael Jeffrey will chair a taskforce that groups … Continue reading

ABC News: Farmers urged to focus on soil biology

ABC- News    Posted Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:16pm AEDT 

ABC Rural: Dramatic Evidence Presented at Fertiliser Inquiry

By Mary Goode ABC Rural – Wednesday, 12/11/2008  

Farmers Lifted by New Hope for Farming for the Future

Media Release – October 2009

Farmers Lifted by New Hope for Farming for the Future

Media Release – October 2009