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RegenWA newsletter
February 2024
Welcome to the Noongar season of Bunuru, the hottest time of the year represented by the colour orange.
We hope everyone had a relaxing and rejuvenating holiday break!
The RegenWA team are gearing up for an exciting year of projects and events to support the application of evidence - based practices that generate on-farm natural capital. We look forward to sharing knowledge on regenerative agriculture with the RegenWA community through a range of webinars, field days, workshops and more throughout 2024!
Calling all budding photographers!
RegenWA are updating their website and we can't wait to share with you what we have in store to keep you up-to-date on all things regenerative agriculture in WA.
We invite you to share your best photos that represent regenerative agriculture in Western Australia so we can showcase them on the website, acknowledging the photographer and region it was taken. We will rotate local photos on the homepage so that everyone gets a chance to have theirs on display! Email photos through to info@regenwa.com
Have an upcoming event? Want to share your story or find out more information? Contact us at info@regenwa.com, @regenwa on Twitter/X, @regenwa on Instagram or visit our website.
REGENWA EVENTS
To kick off 2024, RegenWA are pleased to be delivering three webinars covering a range of topics on regenerative agriculture - something for everyone!
Invertebrate Management with Dr Lizzy Lowe
Join us for this free webinar on Tuesday 6 February at 10am to hear from Dr Lizzy Lowe on invertebrate management, particularly in human modified systems such as farms and cities. Invertebrates contribute many important ecological services which are essential for agriculture including pollination, nutrient cycling and pest control and they form an important element of natural capital on farms.
Regenerative pasture - raised chicken and eggs
Learn all about regenerative, pasture-raised chicken and egg production here in WA in this FREE webinar held on Thursday 8 February at 10am! We will hear from two WA farming business owners - Blythe Calnan from Runnymede Farm, and Sam and Steph Hondema from Rosa's Ridge. They will share their trials and tribulations experienced along their regenerative journey and answer your questions about starting a regenerative poultry and/or egg business!
Review on the Global Application of Regenerative Agriculture
Join us for this free webinar, on Thursday 15 February at 10am featuring Dr Sadeeka Jayasinghe, who will present the findings of her recent review on The Global Application of Regenerative Agriculture. She will cover topics including a proposed framework for evaluating profitability and risk of regenerative practices and a case study in the context of a mixed farming system in Australia.
Rehydrate Your Farming Landscape Bootcamp - Carrolup - with the Mulloon Institute
RegenWA are partnering with the Mulloon Institute to bring you a 3 - day landscape rehydration bootcamp from 25 to 27 March 2024! Learn how to apply simple strategies to improve productivity, increase drought resilience and manage and repair salinity.
Day 1 will introduce you to landscape rehydration in the context of saline land. Day 2 and 3 will deliver a skills-based course where you can learn how to implement restoration interventions on your property.
REGENWA SUPPORTED EVENTS
In partnership with Lotterywest, RegenWA were pleased to award the Regenerative Agriculture Event small grants to numerous organisations across the state for the facilitation of events exploring regenerative agriculture with the aim of broadening the uptake of sustainable land management practices. We're pleased to share the following upcoming events from successful grant recipients.
Landscape Rehydration Workshop with the Mulloon Institute - Quindanning
Peel Harvey Catchment Council are delivering a workshop with the Mulloon Institute in Quindanning on 21 March 2024 from 9am - 12pm. Learn about what landscape rehydration is, how to implement it and learn of its benefits in this half day workshop with Mulloon Institute Landscape Planner, Lance Mudgway.
Foliar Nitrogen and Nutrition Workshop with Joel Williams - Perenjori
Northern Ag Region folk - this one is not to be missed! Yarra Yarra Catchment Management Group are holding a full day workshop in Perenjori on Wednesday 6 March, presented by Joel Williams of Integrated Soils. This event will cover nitrogen nutrition and foliar feeding to improve nitrogen use efficiency for broadacre farming.
Plan your Farm Landscape with David Hardwick - Karridale
Lower Blackwood Catchment LCDC are delivering a 4-day course with David Hardwick from Soil Land Food between May 16 - 21 2024. The course will explore how to plan and design a healthy, resilient and productive rural landscape for your farm business and will see you develop a whole of farm plan.
NEWS
RegenWA Chair and regenerative farmer, Stuart McAlpine recently attended COP28 held in Dubai, where he spoke from the perspective of a Western Australian regenerative farmer on topics including the role of government in enabling food systems transformations. Hear more from Stuart here.
Soil was the focus of a recent workshop held in Bencubbin. Phil Mulvey from Ryzo guided participants to learn more about their soils whilst explaining the importance of the small water cycle and soil carbon in agricultural systems. To hear more of the knowledge Phil shared on the day, read the article here.
OPPORTUNITIES & SUPPORT
More than 60 growers who implement a range of farming practices are needed from across Australia to assist in a GRDC research investment focusing on regenerative agriculture. This project is being led by Southern Cross University. See here for more information and how to get involved.
OTHER EVENTS
- SWNRM Pasture Challenge Final Results; Wed 14 Feb 2024
- Webinar: Nature Laws 101: What do Landcarers need to known? - Zoom; Tue 13 Feb 2024
- WA Innovation and Sustainability Showcase; Mon 19 Feb 2024
- Evoke Ag 2024; Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre; Tue 20 and Wed 21 Feb 2024
- Unlocking Proactive Farming Futures Holistic Management Workshops; Wed 21 - Fri 23 2024
- GRDC Grains Research Update - Perth; Mon 26 - Tue 27 Feb 2024
- Wheatbelt NRM and DPIRD Carbon Farming Workshop - York; Thu 7 March 2024
- PHCC Grazing Matcher program; April 2024
If you have upcoming events, or see an event the RegenWA community would be interested in, make sure you hit us up on info@regenwa.com, @regenwa on Twitter, @regenwa on Instagram or on our website.
REGEN ONLINE
Landscape collaboration for regenerative food systems: Towards an action agenda - a document with 5 sections exploring what is required for landscape scale action and impact.
Soils for Life podcast is available on Spotify. Tune in to hear from Australian farmers regenerating their soils and landscapes!
The Regenerative Skills podcast recently released an episode with John Kempf exploring the trends and future of regenerative agriculture.
My Climate View helps farmers understand what the future climate might mean for their location and is a part of the Future Drought Fund's investment into better climate information for the Australian Agriculture sector.
RegenWA Network Membership
We ask all our members to share this newsletter with their contacts and community groups and invite growers to register (no cost) regardless of what type, size, location, interest, and knowledge level of biological farming.
A diverse community is a strong, healthy community.
RegenWA is supported by Perth NRM through funding from Lotterywest, Commonland and Soil Wise.
Soil Wise is funded by the National Landcare Program Smart Farms Small Grants – an Australian Government initiative. It is supported by Healthy Estuaries WA – a State Government program.
