Jenny Jefferies’ Post

🥁 YES! It's now online the #Framework of Your Path Forward in Regenerative Food and Agriculture, our new #video #course meant to inspire anyone who wants to work on, build or invest in the creation of a future-proof food and #agriculture system. With this Framework, developed together with Food Hub (NL), you will decide what role you can play in the regenerative #landscape. Through a series of exercises we will help you make sense of the chaos, focusing on steps that you can take, derived from the shaping themes that speak to your regenerative heart. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/em_Wn-dB

It’s time to give a shit about food and farming… we need lots of it The title of a book that I’m writing about, you guessed it, food and farming and the power that we have to regenerate our Earth, heal our bodies and our societies by farming another way. It is filled with stories of the path to realise that food and farming was my purpose in this life, as well as the science and evidence of the power of regenerative farming as well as a live narrative of the quest to find and fund a farm as a woman in a recovering patriarchal world. #regenerativeagriculture #book

While my real passion is Organic / Regenerative Agriculture, I've coined the term "Regenerative Media" to describe the new media that is evolving with both community and tourist radio and also The Light Australia Newspaper and other online content. A perfect example of this, is book review of Dr Neil Benson's book "On the Origin of Diseases" by Jerry Roberts, in the latest edition of The Light Australia The review was prompted by my Donnybrook Balingup Community Radio interview with Neil. The Light Australia is a hard copy paper, but can also be downloaded as a PFD, the story is on Page 6 of edition 10

A course absolutely worth checking out if you are interested the #regenerative #agriculture space and do not know where to start. Ask Koen anything about this video course in this upcoming webinar.

We are excited to share findings from the #GrainLegsGo project, showing how mixed cover crops (ryegrass, chicory, and plantain) perform compared to pure ryegrass in boosting soil carbon (C) input and reducing weed growth. 🌾 🔍 Key results:   • Both treatments had similar C inputs deeper in the soil.   • Mixed crops reduced weed biomass by 57%, proving more effective in weed control. In conclusion, well-designed mixed cover crops had a greater positive impact on soil C inputs and suppression of weed biomass compared to pure stand cover crops with ryegrass. Read the full publication here: https://lnkd.in/dDpbFYDY Congratulations to the research team, including Juliana Trindade Martins, Nadja Fuglkjær Bloch, Kirsten Lønne Enggrob, Zhi Liang, Laura Sofie Harbo Arendal, Jim Rasmussen, and Leanne Peixoto. #sustainableagriculture #covercrops #soilhealth #agroecology

Which plants are well suited in Agri-PV 🌟 Next in our series of bits form our book : Agrivoltaics: Technical, ecological, commercial, and legal aspects 🌱 🌞 🌿 Balancing Ecological Impacts in Agrivoltaic Systems! 🌞 📚 Chapter 5: "The agronomy of crops in Agrivoltaic Systems" is a profound exploration of ecological impacts, aiming to strike a harmonious balance within Agrivoltaic systems! 🌾 In this enlightening chapter, we delve into the ecological pros and cons of agrivoltaic systems, focusing on identifying suitable plants and essential management strategies for successful implementation. Join us as we discuss yield changes for respective crops and examine the influence of shading on the plants, providing a comprehensive understanding of the intricate relationship between crops and Agrivoltaic systems. 🌱 A heartfelt thank you to Christian Dupraz for his invaluable contributions to this enlightening chapter. 🙌 Stay tuned as we continue our journey through the realm of sustainable innovation, unraveling the profound ecological impacts and opportunities within Agrivoltaic systems! 🌍 #Agrivoltaics #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #Innovation #SolarEnergy #Agriculture

📚🌾 Happy International Book Lovers Day! 🌾📚 Dive into the world of agriculture with these must-read books that explore farming, sustainability, and the future of food. Check out our top picks: https://lnkd.in/eM9eCc6S #BookLoversDay #AgBooks #AgEducation #BookRecommendations

Team Update: Richard Avila is currently traveling to Monterey, California for the Vegetable and Flower Seed conference. The conference has started today and will continue until the 30th. Richard has a long tenure within this business, which has given him extremely valuable insights. If you are interested in hearing a good story and learning more, this is the best opportunity to meet up with him. We hope to see you there! #AVSeeds #teamupdate #learnaboutagriculture

these five books changed my beliefs fundamentally in high school, they teach you that you cannot calculate the square root of a negative number. but when i studied mathematics in uni, i was introduced to the world of imaginary numbers and learned that this was not true. i was astonished and it made me think. what else had i taken for granted that in reality may turn out to be different? these 5 books opened my eyes. i was born in the countryside and my grandparents were farmers. from childhood, i had seen how farming was done. i had never given it any thought and believed that was the way to do it. until several years ago, when i met some farmers who did things radically different. i learned that many things that are being told, such as organic or regenerative agriculture will produce lower yields (and thus cannot feed the world by farming like that) are not true. also, many of the problems we encounter today, from biodiversity loss to water management and from a decrease of nutrients in our food to an increase of carbon in the air, are linked to how we farm today. all these stories show that if you work with nature rather than trying to control it, magic happens. if you are looking for stories of hope, here you go! 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 by Isabella Tree 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 by Gabe Brown 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 by wendell berry 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by masanobu fukuoka 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by Paul Hawken

This year's Groundswell (8th one) will surely go down in history as the epicentre of the shift in the conventional farming paradigm. By no means is everyone agreed on how food should be grown, and there is no one size fits all solution. What was clear, however, is that perspectives are shifting and the business as usual isn't working. Thousands of people attended the event, hungry for answers and to connect with a like-minded community. What I have taken away is the fascinating complexity of natural cycles and plant physiology which we are beginning to understand better. This replaces old simplistic agricultural models of soluble synthetic inputs. There's still a lot to understand but scientific progress has been made. Now it's our job to tie it all together. I think at the core of a new farming paradigm we should reframe the way we see nature. No longer as a competitor but instead a collaborator. Asking ourselves the question how do we work with natural cycles? A great example of that is the mob grazing video below. Allowing cattle to graze forage for 24 hours before moving them on allows the ground to recover and a greater plant diversity to prosper. #Groundswell