“We thought artificial fertiliser would fix the soil,” explains dairy farmer Miah Smith of Atiamuri, “not knowing anything about the biology and no-one had taught us from 20 years of dairy farming, we were pretty much at a loss for about three or four years.” Wilith Farm is a forestry conversion that had been farmed […]
When Miah Smith returned from hearing an Australian woman talk about supporting microbes instead of using synthetic fertiliser on his Atiamuri farm, wife Jenny thought he’d joined a cult. A farmer down the road told Miah he built topsoil through the root system by focusing on the soil biology, and suggested he attend Dr Christine
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As many farmers, growers and communities carry the weight of catastrophic weather events in January and Cyclone Gabrielle in February, an important question emerges. How we can assist farmers in their essential work to feed us, while honouring Papatūānuku (Mother Earth) through land use that does not leave the whenua, and therefore ourselves, vulnerable? In
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Building more resilient, profitable, and healthier farms is the goal of a new project, Rere ki Uta Rere ki Tai, that\’s strengthening farmers\’ connection with the soil through sharing knowledge, experience, and science. Ten farms across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions are working closely with researchers and will continue this through to mid
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Stanfred Farm is on Puhunga Island Rd, a farm that was known as “Davey Bros Farm” for 100 years. It is farmed by Warrick Davey after the death of Warrick’s brother Selwyn in 2020. Now it is co-owned by family members Carol Davey and Warrick Davey. In living memory, the soil has suffered unimaginable
A \’lazy way of farming\’ is how Mohi Beckham describes the changes he and his team have made on Scylla Farm. But farming is never lazy. And Mohi just needed to make changes for his mental health. A big part of our dedicated research is how farmers\’ own mental wellbeing relates to healthy soils.
