'From the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture'

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Published 2019-07-28
Inspired by Charles Massy's best-selling book "Call of the Reed Warbler", filmmaker Amy Browne set out across the dry farming country of South East NSW to meet Massy and the other trailblazing farmers bringing new life to their land.

Regenerative agriculture is one of the most promising wide-scale environmental solutions. This short documentary is a comprehensive journey through a variety of landscapes and regenerative farming techniques.

'From the Ground Up' is a story of genuine change and inspiration - tracing the steps of individuals who transformed their practices following the life-changing realisation - that farmers have a unique opportunity to heal the planet.

Additional resources on regenerative agriculture:
TED Talks
- Allan Savory on "How to fight desertification and reverse climate change": www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_wo…
- Charles Massy on "How regenerative farming can help save the planet and human health":    • How regenerative farming can help hea...  

Books:
"Call of the Reed Warbler – A New Agriculture, A New Earth" by Charles Massy
"The Biggest Estate on Earth – How Aborigines Made Australia" by Bill Gammage
"Back from the Brink – How Australia's Landscape Can Be Saved" by Peter Andrews

All Comments (21)
  • @tinaholbrook9719
    I'm in the U.S. and I use regenerative agriculture on my small home farm. We have a 5,000 square foot garden, some chickens and a few sheep. We don't till our garden, we cover it with straw, and we don't use any pesticides (I try to bring in beneficial insects and animals to combat bad ones). We also graze our sheep the way the video speaks about. We learned from Greg Judy. And our chickens are super happy on their roughly 1/3 part of our acre pecking away happily at all the bugs and soaking up sunshine. It makes my heart happy to see how beautiful it is when we live with nature rather than fight it. It is very rewarding.
  • @abaddon2479
    Just started doing this on my farm. I only have one cow but i sectioned of one acre into 5 parts for my cow to graze each section for one week, which will give all the others one full month of rest in between grazing. Still need to work out some kinks but my grass is looking much better.
  • @lovecatspiracy
    Around 10:00 thank you so much for your supportive words regarding under 5 acre farms worked by women. Sometimes I feel really small, useless, or ridiculous, since rather than seeking a wage, I assist my family by growing as much food as possible on our tiny lot. The more I improve the fertility of our land, tho, the more I approach that 70% of our family food supply figure. Really helped me improve my self esteem, thanks.
  • @reycroucher7473
    This documentary is just lovely! My dad and I are working to turn our sheep farm into one run regeneratively to reverse all the damage done by our ancestors, and even in a small time we've seen the effect of it all, its just amazing
  • @dunnymunch21
    need so many more farmers like this in australia. the droughts wouldnt be so bad.
  • @SikkiSweets
    Loved being transported to the farm with these guys..
  • It does my heart food to see this awakening happening around the world! The scale at which I practice regenerative agriculture is tiny compared to these big cattle operations, but the philosophy is the same. Act like a honey bee, not a locust. Improve the conditions for all life while we gather our food, rather than strip mining every bit of value and leaving a trail of death. Great video. Thank you!
  • @columlynch4229
    I love the final sentiment. That nature doesn't compete, nature cooperates.
  • Thank you to all who have stepped out of line and help start this process of change.
  • @emmahardesty4330
    Beautiful, logical, wise. These are the people truly saving our planet.
  • @kellyrad339
    I’m so happy to see regenerative farmers in Australia. We can buy food that’s alive. This gives me hope. Thank you. 😍😍.
  • @nenadsavin7937
    That's the hardest part, changing the mindset of farmers.
  • @J123Tilley
    I get so frustrated when my vegan daughter says that she doesn't want to harm animals. But is happy to eat products grown on mono culture fields that are intensively farmed by huge corporations, who have no connection to the land and no care for our shared planet. Thanks for the film. I also liked 10,000 beating hearts.
  • Lets get regenerative agriculture as a subject is schools - its that impactful! Good work on this!
  • I wish this philosophy on regenerating soils would be soon applied all over the planet. Wise agricultors. Thank you for caring for al of us including the animals.
  • @odinbriem9183
    These are the people who are guiding the way for future regeneration. If we started shifting over to something more like this in more places, the impact would be phenomenal. People need to learn about this because I think this will have to be very prominent in the next few decades
  • @btdt346
    I'm beyond thrilled to hear this change is coming .... a fundamental change is what will save nature and as a byproduct us .
  • @capicuaaa
    Just beautiful. Really hoping this will completely replace industrial farming.
  • @PeterLawrence_
    I’m happy to see farmers adopt these practices, especially seeing this practice is not new all the way from ancient Israel