Podcast appearances and mentions of darren doherty

This is a talk with Darren Doherty from this past January's R-Future 2024 - I'm releasing it in anticipation of our 5th year of R-Future starting Jan 8th!! Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/BzIWfplswbw Join us again in January for another R-Future conference - our 5th year!! http://www.R-Future.world It's FREE for Everyone to Join!!

Darren Doherty is the director and co-founder, with his wife Lisa Heenan, of Regrarians Ltd., an Australia-based organization dedicated to advancing regenerative agriculture. They train land managers using their innovative "Regrarians Platform," which integrates elements from permaculture, keyline design, and holistic management to support land stewardship that respects and enhances natural ecosystems.  Having worked across diverse climates and landscapes globally, Darren focuses on sustainable land management practices that blend traditional methods with modern techniques. His approach aims to restore landscapes, improve soil health, and enhance biodiversity, creating productive and resilient systems. In this episode, John and Darren discuss: Prioritizing management practices over infrastructure development The importance of understanding and working with the landscape's natural capabilities How effective farm planning integrates principles from multiple disciplines Compounding skills for broader perspectives Building diverse revenue streams  The importance of incorporating managed grazing The value of learning through close, repeated observation Additional Resources To learn more about Darren and Lisa's work with Regrarians, please visit: http://regrarians.com To take the REX Online Farm Planning course, please visit: http://www.regrarians.org/rex-online/ About John Kempf John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). A top expert in biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who grow it.​ Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology. Support For This Show & Helping You Grow Since 2006, AEA has been on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable with regenerative agriculture.  AEA works directly with growers to apply its unique line of liquid mineral crop nutrition products and biological inoculants. Informed by cutting-edge plant and soil data-gathering techniques, AEA's science-based programs empower farm operations to meet the crop quality markers that matter the most. AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with its products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers to produce healthier soil, stronger crops, and higher profits. Beyond working on the ground with growers, AEA leads in regenerative agriculture media and education, producing and distributing the popular and highly-regarded Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, inspiring webinars, and other educational content that serve as go-to resources for growers worldwide. Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products: https://www.advancingecoag.com  

Join me today for a critical-thinking dive into swales - we cover what they are, the functions they perform and how they perform them, and then go into all of the context-specific factors that inform the decision of "To Swale Or Not To Swale". More than being a referendum on swales, today's show is meant to serve as an example for how to think through selecting, designing and installing elements within your landscape so that they actually perform their intended design function (i.e. rehydrate your landscape so you can grow more food, more animals, more beauty - whatever!). Swales are awesome rehydration elements and can be a boon to a healthy and productive landscape - provided they are a good fit for your context! Do your due diligence when considering swales within your landscapes - they are not a one size fits all solution and should NOT be applied in many cases and contexts. Show Resources Curated YouTube Playlist: Swales Greg Judy talking about his $10K swale mistake Darren Doherty discussing cost per volume of water stored with swales vs. keyline subsoiling.   Getting started designing your homestead? START HERE: Enroll in the Minimum Holistic Goal Creation Mini-Course today for free. This is the ONE THING that will make everything else easier or unnecessary on your homesteading journey! 100% Free Upon completing this course you will have a crystal clear idea of who and what resources you have to work with, your desired Quality of Life that your homestead has to provide for, and what you will need to produce and the conditions required to sustain that production to meet your Quality of Life needs.   Music by Alex Grohl

Darren Doherty is a land manager, developer, author, trainer, a pioneer and one of the worlds foremost experts in regenerative agriculture & living systems. He is the originator of the Regrarians non-profit educational & training platform with a network of more than 15'000 alumnis. This conversation is a deep dive into

This is the first episode of the Permaculture Herbalism Segment of The Elder Tree podcast on the first quarter moon of spring 2022. In this episode, I introduce myself (Tonielle Christensen, aka Earth Mumma) and share some insights into this specific segment and the concepts of the art and science of permaculture. In this space, we will connect with inspiring permaculturalists and learn holistic ways of integrating plants into our homes, gardens and communities for healing. Together, we will explore this regenerative design system with five powerful questions to bring out the wisdom of the amazing people I will interview in future episodes. So stay tuned! I wrote an article "What is Permaculture Herbalism", for anyone who wants to know more about his topic and the convergence of these two modalities of design and herbal medicine. Read it here! As an educator and grassroots kitchen witch, I love my lifestyle and its extension into my permaculture garden. I am passionate about empowering the next generation of earth carers who want to connect, nourish and grow in tune with nature. I offer an online deep dive year-long program to get skilled in sustainability at: https://www.earthmumma.co/naturekids and in-person practical workshops and courses from my garden here: https://www.earthmumma.co/workshops-courses. If growing an abundant nutritional and medicinal garden in the tropics excites you, then you'll need my book, The Incredible Edible Tropical Superfoods Guide: https://www.earthmumma.co/incredible-edibles-superfood-guide-ebook. If you want to stay tuned for these episodes 'follow' us and check back every first quarter moon to listen to this segment. Be sure to rate us so the bots share our love far and wide. Thank you! More about The Elder Tree and our Moonthly offerings Our podcast offers weekly segments, including: Herbal Educators with Twiggy Dawn - every new moon Permaculture Herbalism with Tonielle Christensen (me) - every first quarter moon Sacred Herbalism with Stephanie Hazel - every full moon, and  Self-Care with Herbs- Jessica Bosscha - every last quarter moon To learn more about The Elder Tree, visit the website and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  asktheeldertree@gmail.com The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here. Revised:  I mentioned that Darren Doherty is part of RegenAg, which was the case when I studied my PDC with him. However, he is no longer involved in that company and now runs the Regrarians platform. 

Biodiversity is important for the functioning of our ecosystem and life on Earth. Restoration, regenerating, or integrating biodiversity can help fix damaged landscapes that are losing their natural balance due to human activity. Let us understand and learn more about what life on Earth entails.  BECOME A REGRARIANS PLANNER MEMBER: https://soillearningcenter.com/rex ---------- Who is Darren Doherty? Darren J. Doherty (CPAg AIA) has extensive experience across the world in project design, development, management & training. A career-long focus on the profitable & regenerative retrofit of broadacre landscapes has seen Darren acclaimed as a pioneer in this important & often overlooked field. With the advent of the Regrarians Ltd. non-profit in 2013, Darren has shifted his service profile to being that of a volunteer of that organisation, and is a leading attendee at conventions and conferences organised in conjunction with local organisations, companies and individuals all over the globe. Darren is a 5th generation Bendigo region land manager, developer, author & trainer and has been involved in the design & development of well over 3000, mostly broadacre projects across 6 continents in more than 50 countries, ranging from 1 million hectare cattle stations in Australia's Kimberly region to 110,000 acre Estancia's in Patagonia, EcoVillage developments in Tasmania to public:private R&D agroforestry & education projects in Viet Nam, novel AG Machinery development + family farms across the globe with a range of private, corporate, government & non-profit clients. A true ‘integrationalist', Darren is the originator of the Keyline® Design (2006), Carbon Farming (2006), Carbon Economy (2007), Regenerative Agriculture (along with RegenAG® {2009}) & Regrarians® (2012) and Regrarians' REX®, ROC & RAP conventions and conferences across Europe, North & South America and Oceania.----------To Join the next REX program follow this link - https://soillearningcenter.com/rex ---------- Website: http://www.regrarians.org/ Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Regrarians/ https://www.instagram.com/regrarians/ https://twitter.com/regrarians https://www.youtube.com/RegrariansLtd/  Dig Deeper Club: https://soillearningcenter.com/digdeeperSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back. Today we're going to continue with this focus on the design process of regenerative projects at various different scales. We've already covered small and residential scale projects with Rob Avis, homesteading projects aiming for self sufficiency with Drew Grim, farm scale and production focused projects with Darren Doherty, and today we're going to cap it all off with an intimate look at the most ambitious large scale projects that aim to transform whole ecosystems while creating a profit for the local community and investors alike.  Naturally for this scale of work I reached out to Neal Spackman. If you're not already familiar with Neal from the two previous interviews I did with him on this show, I can tell you that Neal is best known for his work on the Al Baydah project in Saudi Arabia, and as the co-founder of the Regenerative Resources. With the Al Baydah project he'd been working for nearly a decade in one of the most arid regions of the world in a severely desertified region of Saudi Arabia to regenerate the landscape there through permaculture methods focusing on water harvesting techniques. As a former student of Geoff Lawton, Neal began work on the project with no prior experience with either permaculture or dryland restoration, but in a remarkably short time he and his team have completely transformed the way the land both sequesters water and builds topsoil, and has even reached the point where the trees no longer need any water from drip irrigation in a desert that receives only a few centimeters of rainfall a year. In this episode we're going to take a look at the new projects that he and the team at Regenerative Resources are launching. Their ambitious goals of using some of the most degraded coastal land on the planet to restore mangrove ecosystems with the aim of establishing agroforestry systems and productive fisheries is now starting to take shape in a big way.  Neal and I start by talking about all the changes and challenges that he and the company have been going through as they've traversed the globe looking for project sites, connecting with communities, and researching the feasibility of their projects.  From there we talk about the key differences and considerations when designing projects at this massive scale and how they work to calculate the feasibility out into an uncertain future.  We also get into the inevitable finance aspect of large initiatives and the disconnect between the investors and companies that say they want to fund regenerative projects, and all of the projects that are struggling to find funding.  This conversation strays a lot more than the others in this series from mere design and ecological considerations, but is essential for anyone who has dreamed of creating a bigger impact with a regenerative land based project but can't wrap their heads around the daunting task of finding the resources and support needed to get it off the ground.  Join the discord discussion channel to answer the weekly questions and learn new skills with the whole community Links: https://medium.com/@neal.spackman/the-valley-of-death-bc66c6812bb6 https://regenerativeresources.co/ https://regenerativeskills.com/abundantedge-desert-regeneration-and-showcasing-examples-of-permaculture-success-with-neal-spackman-of-the-al-baydah-project-and-sustainable-design-masterclass-019/ https://regenerativeskills.com/abundantedge-neal-spackman-2/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1rPnVUME4

Learn more and register for the Profitable Syntropic Agroforestry course today! Fill out this form to receive free trees and planting support as well as a consultation call with Oliver As we continue through this series on regenerative design we've taken a look at small and residential scale projects with Rob Avis of Verge Permaculture, last week we explored the homestead scale with Drew Grim from The Schoolhouse Life, and this week we're getting into the larger scale of properties and how regenerative design can be applied to farms.  For this subject, my go-to source for practical and professional farm design is always Darren Doherty.  Darren describes himself as a 5th generation Bendigo region land manager, developer, author & trainer who has been involved in the design & development of well over 3000, mostly broadacre projects across 6 continents in more than 50 countries, ranging from 1 million hectare cattle stations in Australia's Kimberly region to 110,000 acre Estancia's in Patagonia, EcoVillage developments in Tasmania to public:private R&D agroforestry & education projects in Viet Nam, novel AG Machinery development + family farms across the globe with a range of private, corporate, government & non-profit clients. Darren is the originator of the Regrarians Platform® process which outlines a strategic & logical process to the development of regenerative agricultural systems and is the program extensively outlined in the Regrarians Handbook which is now being released chapter by chapter as an eBook; along with the Regrarians Workplace which is the online content management and professional liaison platform for all client, associate, training and alumni relations. Though I've interviewed Darren a couple times before on this show, this session in particular was very timely for me as I'm currently working through the Online REX program for the design of my own property while guiding our Climate Farmers Pioneer group through the same process. With a more intimate understanding of Darren's design system I was looking to gain insight to the lineage of his learning and experience as well as the mind behind the process.Darren has a unique way of teaching in that many of his answers to questions come in the form of stories and explain not only the answer you were looking for but the history and context around it so that you can develop your own answers in the future.This interview takes a much more philosophical bend than I had anticipated going into it, and as a result I learned a lot more than what I had expected since I'm now quite familiar with his teaching material. So get comfortable for this one and just let the stories unfold Join the discord discussion channel to answer the weekly questions and learn new skills with the whole community Links: http://www.regrarians.org/  http://www.regrarians.org/webinars-ron/  https://regenerativeskills.com/abundantedge-darrendoherty/ https://regenerativeskills.com/abundantedge-darren-doherty-2/

I've been working on a very special project with Climate Farmers for the last few months and I'm proud to say we're finally ready to announce our new Pioneer Program for farmers in Europe. For this round we've partnered with a long time hero of mine, Darren Doherty and his Regrarian's platform, to bring the most complete regenerative farm training program together with our unique Carbon+ credits for transition finance assistance.  The Regrarian's online program is built around their expanded scale of permanence through which you'll learn essential elements of Holistic Management, Keyline Design, farm infrastructure development, soil health, business and finances, and so much more. All of this will be accompanied by access to some of the biggest names in regenerative agriculture around the world through our Skill Exchange calls, Expert Panel Discussions, and a chance to get dedicated attention from some of the best ag consultants in your region, as well as guidance through the application process to the Carbon+ credits. Along the way I'll be leading weekly coaching calls for the whole group, and you'll be able to interact and ask questions to your peers and the whole regrarians network with access to their Workplace community. All of this amounts to the most thorough and robust program to guide you on your journey to profitable regenerative farming. Whether this is your first introduction into agriculture, or you're a seasoned veteran who's been growing for decades, whether you're only planning a small farm or you're managing thousands of hectares, you'll find everything here that you need to make the journey as smoothly and confidently as possible.  Applications will only be reviewed until the 5th of November and there is a limit to how many people we can accept into the program, so don't hesitate. Even if you're not farming right now I'll bet you know someone who could benefit immensely from this kind of guidance and training. For more information on how to apply to become a Pioneer farmer you can follow the link in the show notes or go directly to ClimateFarmers.orgIf you're not farming in Europe but still want to be involved with the Regrarian's program and work with me over the next few months, you can sign up through this link here.   Welcome back everyone. Today we'll be picking up where we left off for the last installment of the three part series with Greame Sait. For a long time I've been working to connect the pieces between ecological health, regenerative methods of farming, and the health of the human body. Though many of you will find the connection between those three elements very intuitive, I've worked to find experts and practitioners who've illuminated some essential pieces of that puzzle. Up until now most of the discussions on this show have focused on just one of those elements at a time, but today we'll continue with the last of the three part series with Graeme Sait who has made it his life's work to marry these disciplines and train farmers, health care professionals, and ecologists around the world in the importance of caring for our bodies and our ecologies as a single organism that requires all of the pieces to be in place for optimal function.  If you didn't have the chance to hear the first two parts, I highly recommend it to give context to this episode, and I've linked to them in the show notes. For a quick recap, Graeme Sait is the internationally acclaimed author and educator who co-founded Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS) and Nutrition Matters as well as hosting the Nutrition Farming Podcast . He has written hundreds of published articles and the popular book "Nutrition Rules!". Graeme has formulated many of the soil health and human health products for which NTS are renowned and he has developed all of the nutrition programs that are the keystones of their proactive management approach. Greame also owns Nutrition Farm which comprises two distinctly different properties dedicated to t...

I've been working on a very special project with Climate Farmers for the last few months and I'm proud to say we're finally ready to announce our new Pioneer Program for farmers in Europe. For this round we've partnered with a long time hero of mine, Darren Doherty and his Regrarian's platform, to bring the most complete regenerative farm training program together with our unique Carbon+ credits for transition finance assistance.  The Regrarian's online program is built around their expanded scale of permanence through which you'll learn essential elements of Holistic Management, Keyline Design, farm infrastructure development, soil health, business and finances, and so much more. All of this will be accompanied by access to some of the biggest names in regenerative agriculture around the world through our Skill Exchange calls, Expert Panel Discussions, and a chance to get dedicated attention from some of the best ag consultants in your region, as well as guidance through the application process to the Carbon+ credits. Along the way I'll be leading weekly coaching calls for the whole group, and you'll be able to interact and ask questions to your peers and the whole regrarians network with access to their Workplace community. All of this amounts to the most thorough and robust program to guide you on your journey to profitable regenerative farming. Whether this is your first introduction into agriculture, or you're a seasoned veteran who's been growing for decades, whether you're only planning a small farm or you're managing thousands of hectares, you'll find everything here that you need to make the journey as smoothly and confidently as possible.  Applications will only be reviewed until the 5th of November and there is a limit to how many people we can accept into the program, so don't hesitate. Even if you're not farming right now I'll bet you know someone who could benefit immensely from this kind of guidance and training. For more information on how to apply to become a Pioneer farmer you can follow the link in the show notes or go directly to ClimateFarmers.orgIf you're not farming in Europe but still want to be involved with the Regrarian's program and work with me over the next few months, you can sign up through this link here.   Welcome back everyone. Today we'll be picking up where we left off last week in our three part series with Greame Sait. For a long time I've been working to connect the pieces between ecological health, regenerative methods of farming, and the health of the human body. Though many of you will find the connection between those three elements very intuitive, I've worked to find experts and practitioners who've illuminated some essential pieces of that puzzle. Up until now most of the discussions on this show have focused on just one of those elements at a time, but today we'll continue with the second of the three part series with Graeme Sait who has made it his life's work to marry these disciplines and train farmers, health care professionals, and ecologists around the world in the importance of caring for our bodies and our ecologies as a single organism that requires all of the pieces to be in place for optimal function.  If you didn't have the chance to hear the first part, I highly recommend it to give context to this episode, and I've linked to it in the show notes. For a quick recap, Graeme Sait is the internationally acclaimed author and educator who co-founded Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS) and Nutrition Matters as well as hosting the Nutrition Farming Podcast . He has written hundreds of published articles and the popular book "Nutrition Rules!". Graeme has formulated many of the soil health and human health products for which NTS are renowned and he has developed all of the nutrition programs that are the keystones of their proactive management approach. Greame also owns Nutrition Farm which comprises two distinctly different properties dedicated to the production of nut...

I've been working on a very special project with Climate Farmers for the last few months and I'm proud to say we're finally ready to announce our new Pioneer Program for farmers in Europe. For this round we've partnered with a long time hero of mine, Darren Doherty and his Regrarian's platform, to bring the most complete regenerative farm training program together with our unique Carbon+ credits for transition finance assistance.  The Regrarian's online program is built around their expanded scale of permanence through which you'll learn essential elements of Holistic Management, Keyline Design, farm infrastructure development, soil health, business and finances, and so much more. All of this will be accompanied by access to some of the biggest names in regenerative agriculture around the world through our Skill Exchange calls, Expert Panel Discussions, and a chance to get dedicated attention from some of the best ag consultants in your region, as well as guidance through the application process to the Carbon+ credits. Along the way I'll be leading weekly coaching calls for the whole group, and you'll be able to interact and ask questions to your peers and the whole regrarians network with access to their Workplace community. All of this amounts to the most thorough and robust program to guide you on your journey to profitable regenerative farming. Whether this is your first introduction into agriculture, or you're a seasoned veteran who's been growing for decades, whether you're only planning a small farm or you're managing thousands of hectares, you'll find everything here that you need to make the journey as smoothly and confidently as possible.  Applications will only be reviewed until the 5th of November and there is a limit to how many people we can accept into the program, so don't hesitate. Even if you're not farming right now I'll bet you know someone who could benefit immensely from this kind of guidance and training. For more information on how to apply to become a Pioneer farmer you can follow the link in the show notes or go directly to ClimateFarmers.orgIf you're not farming in Europe but still want to be involved with the Regrarian's program and work with me over the next few months, you can sign up through this link here.   Today is going to be the start of a unique journey with a very special guest. For a long time I've been working to connect the pieces between ecological health, regenerative methods of farming, and the health of the human body. Though many of you will find the connection between those three elements very intuitive, I've worked to find experts and practitioners who've illuminated some essential pieces of that puzzle. Up until now most of the discussions on this show have focused on just one of those elements at a time, but today we'll begin with the first episode of a three part series with Graeme Sait who has made it his life's work to marry these disciplines and train farmers, health care professionals, and ecologists around the world in the importance of caring for our bodies and our ecologies as a single organism that requires all of the pieces to be in place for optimal function.  Graeme Sait is the internationally acclaimed author and educator who co-founded Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS) and Nutrition Matters as well as hosting the Nutrition Farming Podcast . He has written hundreds of published articles and the popular book "Nutrition Rules!". Graeme has formulated many of the soil health and human health products for which NTS are renowned and he has developed all of the nutrition programs that are the keystones of their proactive management approach. Greame also owns Nutrition Farm which comprises two distinctly different properties dedicated to the production of nutrient-dense, chemical-free food with forgotten flavors and enhanced medicinal qualities. One of these farms is based in a sub tropical zone on the Sunshine coast in Queensland,

This episode is dedicated to the people, trees, animals & land of Australia. The world is hearing a lot about the tyranny & division in Australia at the moment, but it's important to remember this unifying concept of Permaculture was born, has grown, and matured to resilience in Australia to inspire people and places all across the world. This episode explores just a small slice of the many voices throughout the region that have such beauty, innovation and regenerative cultures to share. Hope you enjoy and share some positivity with this episode with your friends, family & neighbors! Our hearts go out to Aussies on this one...keep living strong, resilient, wild & free!Learn more about the inspiring folks from this episode, watch the videos and read the show notes on this episode here >Hear from voices like David Holmgren, Rosemary Morrow, Geoff Lawton, Bill Mollison, Darren Doherty, Hannah Moloney, Nick Ritar, Robyn Francis & more…“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” ― Bill Mollison- - -Learn more about the inspiring folks from this episode, watch the videos and read the show notes on this episode here >- - -Disclaimer: This is another episode exploring different themes in Permaculture and related fields with audio clips, interviews & anything else we can find. All audio clips are credited and linked on our website. We seek to share content & information which is becoming increasingly hard to find, censored and/or deemed controversial. Opinions expressed by content creators, guests & interviews on Permaculture Freedom podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Land by Hand. No human holds the whole truth and listening to many different perspectives helps to shape a critical informed opinion. Always do your own unbiased research before drawing conclusions or spreading others' ideas as the truth.  "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle - - - If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and consider the following: Share it with someone else in your life  Leave a review or rating for the show Submit feedback, episode topic/guest ideas or a question at landbyhand.org/pfp Thanks for listening and your support! Land by Hand Permaculture education & media to live a natural, resilient lifestyle.-Learn more, watch the videos, and read the show notes on this episode here >

 In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World I am joined by the legendary Darren Doherty - a 5th generation land manager and trainer from the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia. He's developed his own regenerative farming training platform, the Regrarians (Regenerative + Agrarian), inspired by many practices including PA Yeoman's Keyline Scale of Permanence, Fukuoka, Allan Savory's Holistic Farm Management, Permaculture and others. Darren has trained thousands of people in 50 countries and been involved in the design of thousands of properties. You can find his thinking in the Regrarians Handbook and associated training programs. Darren's family is also deeply involved in Regrarians, local food projects, their own farm,  film-making and a cafe/artspace in Castlemaine  - Cream Town.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DARREN'S WORKRegrarians: www.regrarians.orgFilm: Polyface: A world of many choices http://www.polyfaces.com/Regrarian Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/RegrariansLtd/Cream Town https://www.facebook.com/creamtowncafe________________________________LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF PERMACULTURE WITH MORAG GAMBLEExplore the permaculture films, articles, masterclasses and other resources on Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel & blog.Find out more about the Permaculture Education Institute and becoming a certified permaculture educator.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.________________________________Download this list of 10 of Morag's favourite books.   Click here to watch my free 4 part introduction to permaculture video series. ________________________________I acknowledge the Gubbi Gubbi people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, work & play, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.  Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

Farms are an expression of a climate, soil and farmer's potential. All need to be considered in order to create holistically functional systems. Reaching this depth is a complex task, but thanks to the work of innovators like Darren Doherty we have tools and techniques that help us make smarter decisions.This episode deals with the big picture: the patterns, the behaviours and the context that are vital to any farmer and his 'whole under management'. Too often, planning is not given enough emphasis, causing huge losses in resources. Darren bring his vast experience to the table, in an interview that we hope will make you think as much as it made us!Enjoy! • TABLE OF CONTENTS03:00 - Introduction to Darren and the Regrarians Platform13:10 - The role of IT in the agricultural transition18:00 - The limits of consulting26:50 - Trees as a farm's backbone (potentially)38:55 - The economic potential of timber trees on farms47:40 - Reasons why we struggle to add trees to landscapes01:01:00 - Design tools and methodologies01:09:10 - Delving into the scale of permanence01:22:30 - Holistic management as a planning framework01:27:30 - Challenges of farming regeneratively01:37:50 - The next Regrarians REX training• RESOURCEShttp://www.regrarians.org/https://www.facebook.com/Regrarians• GET IN TOUCH www.regenerativeagroforestry.org• SUPPORT US www.gumroad.com/regenagroforestry• FOLLOW US on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Darren Doherty is a self confessed regenerative integrationist and the conversation he had with Charlie certainly supports that description of this multi-talented consultant, environmentalist and landscape manager. Charlie explores with Darren his career from growing up in Bendigo, Victoria, his days in hospitality and connection with producers, through to his current world renowned landscape and holistic management consulting business 'Regrarians', unearthing a wealth of wisdom and experience in this last episode for Season 3. Episode Takeaways and links to follow.

WoodsTalk #95 UPA HAPPY HARDCORE W/ DARREN DOHERTY by Ruairi Woods

Darren is a 5th generation Bendigo region land manager, developer, author & trainer and has been involved in the design & development of well over 3000, mostly broadacre projects across 6 continents in more than 50 countries, ranging from 1 million hectare cattle stations in Australia's Kimberly region to 110,000 acre Estancia's in Patagonia, EcoVillage developments in Tasmania to public:private R&D agroforestry & education projects in Viet Nam, novel AG Machinery development + family farms across the globe with a range of private, corporate, government & non-profit clients.In todays show we discuss:-Home made mustard-Darren's Irish heritage-The early years of permaculture in Australia-The pedagogy of regenerative agriculture-Australian folk culture (or lack-there-of)-Darren as emperor (This was parodical illustration. Only a fool would take it seriously)SHOW NOTESRegrarians.orgCREAM TOWNhttps://shop.cream.town/ct-hub/BYRON'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREwww.oaktreedesigns.com.auTHE OCTARINE TREE: YOUTUBEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1HzW66O3K0Rou3wvQ-0ccwBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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WoodsTalk Extra Branch #6 JAGGY BEAKS WITH DARREN DOHERTY by Ruairi Woods

How can we prepare for tougher economic times? What are some of the options to gets started with your own herd of animals?

▪ Døc (Sligo, Ireland) @darrendoherty https://www.mixcloud.com/doc_muzik/ https://www.facebook.com/docmusicpage/ https://www.instagram.com/doc_muzik/ https://twitter.com/darren_doherty http://classic.beatport.com/artist/d-c/548724 ▪ Booking darrendoherty@rocketmail.com ▪ About Døc Døc is a musical project by Irish DJ and producer Darren Doherty. A well established name on the Irish clubbing scene, Døc’s first real experience of dance music happened after he snuck into a nightclub at the tender age of fifteen, instantly falling in love with the tunes, atmosphere and vibes, Doherty promised himself that one day he would return to the club, Privilege, Longford, as a DJ. He then devoted himself to achieving that goal and eventually enjoyed a very successful residency there. With over twenty year’s worth of experience behind the decks, it’s safe to say that Døc is an artist who has truly mastered his craft. Based in Sligo, the home to clubbing in the the west of Ireland, Døc has been controlling crowds in the region with his genre hopping brand of deep, progressive and techy basslines for well over a decade, never failing to lift the energy in a room and create an atmosphere that keeps people coming back and begging for more. Having played in many of Ireland’s biggest and most popular venues, Døc has played a number of international shows, most notably at the Warehouse Project London, Sankeys Ibiza, Eden Ibiza and HI Ibiza, supporting the likes of Danny Howells, Clive Henry and Alex Arnout in the process. Døc is also an extremely accomplished producer, having been making his own original productions for the last eight year. He has a string of successful releases behind him, both as part of the Døc project and under other aliases. He has had a number of tracks signed to Suro Recordings including his collaboration with Marc de Pulse on the track Birthing Star, released in September 2017. Døc’s music has received support from some real heavy hitters in the industry, including Nick Warren, one of the world’s best known progressive DJs. Døc currently holds a number of local and international residencies, including slots at Spiral Tree, Longford and appearances with Circle Experience in London and Ibiza. He also often plays guest slots with some of Ireland’s leading club brands in venues up and down the country. With a regular podcast series, Døc-Cast and Døc's Picks, which now has over twenty episodes, it is evident that Doherty is one of the hardest working DJs currently on the Irish scene, and one that is set to be here for many years to come. ꜜ Free Download ꜜ - Link Soon - ALL EPISODES: https://soundcloud.com/estorsjkebar/sets/estorsjke-bar-series IN ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/estorsjke-bar/id1320512703 Cover Art © John Hoar

Amazing long form, round table conversation with Joel Salatin and Darren Doherty, recorded right before the CoVid lockdown. We get a real deep insight into what drives and concerns two amazing pioneers and innovators in agriculture and regenerative farming. Joel Salatin is an outspoken advocate for free speech and choice in food and farmer relationships and transparency of production. An author of 12 eclectic books on farming, entrepreneurship, legal battles and spiritual ecological connection. Joel's latest communications outreach is his ever relevant blog Musings From a Lunatic Farmer. Joel is also the head of the highly acclaimed Polyface Farms and widely accepted as the most famous farmer of our time and a huge mentor to thousands of young and passionate new farmers. Also self described as a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. I have huge respect and affection for Joel as an elder, a friend and a God fearing farmer. Known as the master of process Darren Doherty has painstakingly developed an incredibly pragmatic and far reaching platform for total farm planning, the Regrarians Platform. With thousands of hours, ecological farm designs, implementations and successful students Darren's innovative and incredible contribution to the regenerative farming movement is well established and most recently manifest in his long awaited book The Regrarians Handbook. When it comes to due diligence in farm planning and farming innovation Darren Doherty has become the undisputed last word. I have a special respect and gratitude to Darren, as my first real teacher and connection into the world of regenerative farming and all the following evolutions. The Regarians team and Polyface Farms also collaborated in the production of the deeply moving and acclaimed documentary, Polyfaces. check it. As we do at The EcoIQ Project, we like to dig deep into these leaders mindset, decision making processes and secrets of success, earned the long short way, through thousands of hours of involvement at all levels of regenerative farming and connecting to our intrinsic relationship to land, food, animals and country. We cover: Connections and preparations for the upcoming Mother Earth Fair and The Regrarians Handbook launch History of The Mother Earth Magazine and information sharing globally The beginnings of a close professional relationship The hunger for a deeper meaning in farming Thoughts on the work of Dr Jordan Peterson The importance of taking on individual responsibility Entrepreneurial mindset Secrets of mentorship and importance of passing on knowledge What is a big M small D approach? What is real diversity Techniques for developing and refining innovation. Is there a connection between our farming models and the strength of immune system? Richard Perkins and the desire to engage on the deeper end of the water… To serve is how we become most fully human. messages for all… A deep honour and pleasure to share words of wisdom from these two esteemed elders in this space. many lessons to mediate on and integrate. So get your pen ready and your finger poised over the rewind button, as we embrace the complexity in all things and go deep and dense with Joel Salatin and Darren Doherty.

VEG's context Hey all so today I share a little bit about holistic decision making - the whole-oriented decision making practice I have adapted and evolved from Allan Savory's Holistic Management decision making framework. I've had a bunch of folk requesting more info about this lately and I'm feeling it very relevant to this historical moment when many of us are making big decisions about the shape of our lives and enterprises moving out of the first wave of coronavirus. Hope is helpful - happy to share more on this in due course if so and I'm also running a free two-hour webinar about this stuff on May 30, 2020 you can learn about here. You can find more info here and there is a series of articles a bunch of people have found helpful here. Here's our family context which I refer to along with VEG's context above. Here's an old vid where Adam and I talk about the impact of this stuff on our business (during a workshop we had Darren Doherty come and run for us): https://vimeo.com/86850657 I mention and thanks Allan Savory during the chat and share how he is currently in crisis (holistic) management mode of the African Centre for Holistic Management in Zimbabwe. Visit the website here to learn more and donate. Here's what's up for him from his facebook page: I would like to thank those of you who have donated to support Africa Centre for Holistic Management, which we deeply appreciate. Due to the pandemic crisis Jody and I have had to assume the management role of ACHM. All income has stopped, and Victoria Falls hotels lie empty. We have done the best of holistic financial planning to survive at least 18 months till income might start flowing. Priorities are to save the people managing the land and wildlife and stopping the poaching that is ramping up as hungry people try to feed their families. We are feeding staff and paying monthly what little we can in very tight plan. And as usual things happen! Last night the elephants tore up our water pipes so replan!!Because we operate under a government rated as one of the most corrupt in the world and 600% inflation of the local virtual currency, we have had to install a new donate button to stop government and banks raiding donations. Now 100% donated gets to us to save the people, wildlife and all we hold dear. If you can support please go to front page at https://www.africacentreforholisticmanagement.org and every dollar will I assure you go a long way in this broken failed economy and help a lot of wildlife and poor people. https://youtu.be/kQGy0vxeL_k Allan Savory laying out aspects of the approach

After 11 interviews with experts on native reforestation, holistic orchard management, water retention landscapes, perennial crop agriculture and more, I learned a lot of new things about the state of the world's forests and the tools and knowledge we have to regenerate them. In this special episode wrapping up the series on reforestation and agroforestry I'll break down some of the information and statistics that will help you understand the major role that forests play in maintaining a healthy climactic balance on earth. I'll also break down how both past and current practices have put forests at risk all over the world and how even many well intentioned projects are causing unintended damage. By the end I'll replay a few of the key insights from the experts that I interviewed in this series that will give you hope that we already have successful examples of effective native forest restoration and management to help to carve out a new future for these crucial ecologies moving forward. I also highly recommend taking the time to listen to the full interviews with Jairo Rodriguez, Alex Kronick, Kristen Krash, James Potter, Pieter Van Midwoud, Peter Khan, Neal Spackman, Darren Doherty, Stefan Sobkowiak, Mark Shepard, and Shubhendu Sharma. Don't forget to reach out if you like these kinds of episodes so I know to make more. If you'd prefer to read all this information or even print it out, you can find the article here Resources: Interview with Jairo Rodriguez Interview with Alex Kronick Interview with Kristen Krash Interview with James Potter Interview with Pieter Van Midwoud Interview with Peter Khan Interview with Neal Spackman Interview with Darren Doherty Interview with Stefan Sobkowiak Interview with Mark Shepard Interview with Shubhendu Sharma http://www.fao.org/3/XII/1018-B2.htm https://www.reuters.com/article/ozatp-climate-forests-idAFJOE7AN04G20111124 https://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14112-how-long-does-it-take-a-rainforest-to-regenerate/ https://fellowsblog.ted.com/how-to-grow-a-forest-really-really-fast-d27df202ba09 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/how-to-regrow-forest-right-way-minimize-fire-water-use/ https://www.wri.org/resources/maps/atlas-forest-and-landscape-restoration-opportunities https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150909124051.htm https://ensia.com/voices/tree-planting-afforestation-carbon-sequestration/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/why-amazon-doesnt-produce-20-percent-worlds-oxygen/ https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/more-trees-than-there-were-100-years-ago-its-true https://issues.org/kahn-2/

On this episode I speak to Darren Doherty. Darren is one of the world’s most well-respected farm planners. He has developed a design system called the Regrarians Platform, which incorporates ideas and from existing frameworks with Darren’s own innovations. The platform was greatly influenced by people such as PA Yeomans, whose scale of permanence forms the basis of Darren’s framework. Darren’s approach also draws on Allan Savory’s work in holistic management and Bill Mollison and David Holmgren’s insights from permaculture. Darren has worked around the world in many different kinds of climates and also has extensive experience regenerating landscapes in Australia. Darren and his family have also produced an award-winning film called Polyfaces, which profiles Joel Salatin and his family on their innovative farm in Virginia. You can stream it at polyfaces.com. I wanted to talk to Darren about his own history, and also get his thoughts on the bushfires in Australia, and how we can try to mitigate them in the future. We don’t spend a lot of time specifically discussing the Regrarians Platform itself, so I encourage you to look up Darren’s lectures on YouTube, or go to regrarians.org to learn more about it. At some points, we do get a little bit into the weeds, but even if you’re not familiar with land management or farming, I think you’ll still find Darren’s insights on those topics interesting.

Darren Doherty is a farm planner in Australia who works worldwide, and he's founder of Regrarians, which promotes and teaches the principles of regenerative agriculture. We talk about the bush fires, the land management problems that contributed to their severity, the loss Aboriginal land management practices--and the opportunities that rise from the ashes.

What an amazing interview with master gardener and HUGE seed saving hero, Kay Baxter.   Along with her husband Bob corker and family, Kay is the founder of the Koanga Institute and the Kotare eco village project in Wairoa, New Zealand.  An inheritor of gardening knowledge of several generations, Kay Baxter has a deep and visceral understanding of the rhythms and cycles of nature that move so fast when you manage a garden. With over 800+ reserved heritage seeds and over 400 reserved fruit tree and berry stocks from all over New Zealand, Kay is truly a master of her craft and has managed to save not only the seeds of her communities but also the stories of those families. More recently Kay has headed a new project 'Regeneration Production', a highly comprehensive and in-depth resource of online masterclasses and courses on gardening, garden planning, permaculture, improving nutrient density in food, making real compost and the critical first step of taking a seed to a seedling successfully. Kay's online content is formidable and is growing year by year. at a time in life when many would be winding down their activities Kay seems to be growing the team and forging ever more new directions in her mission to create a deeper ecological connection. Kay is the author of numerous books and booklets including the koanga garden and design your own orchard. A deep believer in the self regenerating quality of the human body and the soil Kay Baxters journey is an example of the difference one family can make when they follow their passion and strength. I was really surprised how much i enjoyed connecting again with someoene who is condensing deep knowledge into mastering home gardens. Hope you enjoy it as much as i did. Don't forget to leave some FEEDBACK HERE, and join the EcoIQ Tribe to stay in touch with all we do. 05:48 What drives Kay baxter 09:15 My nana didn't give me ‘how to garden'…- the power of giving and inherent intelligence 17:00 making a choice to grow food and allowing connections to happen 21:21 low minerals.. and the animal connection 24:38 the unexpected buzz of regeneration. an unexpected abundance of frogs 26:00 guilds, families, good design and the power of connections 28:00 what is a guild? 31:40 personal discoveries testing brix….raising vibrations 34:16 physics of soil, connections and brix 39:30 the epiphany of effective gardening and testing Brix 42:35 what is so special about heritage seeds…. 44:54 communication of living soil 45:40 90% of the plants food can come from the universe. 46:35 the human effect on seed genetics. one small step at a time…. 49:30 the experience and responsibility of receiving a family's seed heritage 51:40 people dying 52:19 Lessons from Joel Salatin on building a team 53:45 A story of a seed 57:12 art of dealing with abundance 58:17 effective heritage seeds, local or not? 1:03:06 we cant go back……creating a new culture…being connected 1:08:07 Lessons from Darren Doherty “how can you critise integration” 1:09:30 stepping into the digital world 1:11:30 influencers : Dr Christine Jones, Nicole Masters and Grant Patten 1:12:25 Kay's role as translating biological farming for home gardeners 1:12:46 Advice to getting started 1:15:20 A message from Kay Baxter.

A very open conversation with the master of process and productive, integrative land planning, Darren Doherty. Darren Doherty and his family are the masterminds behind The online learning resource The Regrarians platform, along with The REX farm planning course, The Rap and the ROC international conventions. Darren is also the originator of carbon farming as a course, and is credited with popularising the international movement RegenAg, he is also the author of the comprehensive and developing Regrarians Handbook. Darren's portfolio includes over 15000 graduates, and active involvement in the design and development of over 3000 broad acre projects over 6 continents (Their platform is especially popular in Latin America). But more than Darren's numbers and achievements I realized that Darren brings something very unique and all his own into the space of ecological connection, intelligence, regeneration and farming. A truly openminded yet highly pragmatic approach. Darren's not afraid to be an active critic of the weaknesses behind any system, and is equally respectful of the strengths of the same systems. Darren is an active supporter, and somewhat of a spotlight, for a host of true heroes, and their work, in this space globally. Darren heralds the growing acceptance of a pluralistic view towards ecologically harmonious production systems. We delve into a more personal side with Darren Doherty and his journey so far. Covering his core values and beliefs behind the drive to serve more people more effectively with their own land. Keyline, holistic management, the mental climate and grandmas hands. It was really exciting to dive in to see what makes the man tick and have a laugh or two. I cant recommend Darren Doherty's work enough and there is a reason why he is the master of process. check out the Regrarians platform here If your not part of the EcoIQ Tribe then jump in here 06:30 Hosting, teaching and managing 120+ REX students online 14:35 Purpose 17:04 The Why 23:43 Helping people miss the first shot- innovation is chaos.. 25:25 Designing vs planning 28:00 Design, process and Permaculture 30:20 Personal Bias- attacking the idea and not the person 35:17 A Holistic context and happiness 44:10 Not everyone needs a garden 49:20 The importance of family 59:05 Keyline Planning and Holistic Management 1:04:00 Permaculture and Keyline 1:09:30 Process vs principles, planning vs design 1:13:58 Joel Salatin and harmonising with each other 1:19:40 The influence of Latin America, and taking lessons from Roundup 1:30:35 The core issue behind shifting mental climate 1:38:50 A message for healing - the world wants to live.

The last time I caught up with Darren Doherty for this podcast was back in season two. We talked a lot about his background and entry into ecological agriculture and how that journey informed his development of the Regrarian's platform and outlook on the potential of regenerative farming. I recently caught up with him again to investigate the new chapter of the Regrarian's handbook which he and his team just released. Chapter 5 of the 10 in the book which are being relseased one by one in digital format on their website focuses on forests and all the configurations that they come in. Since I've covered many of the first few topics from the chapter in other episodes in this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry I wanted to get Darren's take on specific management techniques in a commercially productive woody perennial system. This covers more than just trees and includes plants of that classification at nearly every level of a forest ecology such as bushes and understory crops. In this interview we start by going over the three main techniques for managing established woody species which are pruning, thinning, and coppicing as well as the incredible amount of things you can accomplish if you understand how to use them effectively. From there we look into harvesting from all the different major types of yields and balancing the need to incorporate efficiency into your system while maintaining a healthy ecosystem that wants more diversity and organic patterning. We also talk about how to mitigate the initial cost of establishing tree and perennial plants by using upcycled and salvaged materials to start sprouting trees quickly and cheaply right away. By the end Darren also touches on the importance of intervention in our landscapes to more effectively manage wildfires and fire prone areas. Before we get started I'll just point out that the interview starts really abruptly because I lost the beginning of the audio with the introductions and pleasantries. Try as I might after 3 season of producing this show I'm still a complete amatuer with audio software so forgive me for another awkward start to this session. The good news is that it all goes smoothly after the start. If any of you want hear more about Darren's background and journey to become the world renowned regenerative farm designer and educator that he is, I highly recommend the first interview we did for this show back in season two. I've put a link to that show as well as all his other resources in the show notes for this episode at abundantedge.com Resources: Check out Darren's first interview about building soil on a large scale Regrarian's website Buy Chapter 5 “Forestry Podcast RSS

In this episode we talk with Raya Cole about her work with permaculture and water harvesting in many villages of rural India. Raya has worked with Aranya Agricultural Alternatives for five years on the ground teaching, designing, and organizing community efforts to restore water tables and improve nutrition. Raya has a lot of insight into the complicated dynamics of making lasting changes in a region where water, food, and soil have all been critically degraded over the last half-century. Now at a breaking point with depleted water supplies and the failure of chemical agriculture, many rural poor are open to the possibilities for sustenance that permaculture provides. Raya's links: https://livingecology.org/ https://permacultureindia.org Raya full bio: Raya Cole has been involved with organic agriculture, permaculture, and sustainable systems and social justice since 1996. She developed two of her own farms with permaculture principles in California, and the farms were used as training centers. She has provided permaculture consultancy and implementation on farms in the United States, Costa Rica and India. She teaches wilderness, primitive and nature awareness skills at 4 Elements Earth Education. She is an herbalist with a medicinal herb product business, Simply Being Botanicals for which she grows and wildcrafts the herbs. In 1995, with the One World Global Education project, Raya had her first involvement in international development. It was a transformative experience to her perspective on the world and social justice. Since then she has focused on living gently on the Earth while giving equal respect to all living beings; human, plants and animals. She contributes her knowledge of permaculture, group and community collaboration skills to the intern program at Living Ecology. Joyed to be working on a project that aids the work of an incredibly effective development organization, she provides advanced mentorship and training to permaculture students. Raya is the contact person for volunteers and interns who wish to participate in the practical application permaculture programs in India through Living Ecology and Aranya Agriculture Alternatives. Permaculture Instructor’s Qualifications An extensive advanced education in permaculture makes Raya the cornerstone of Living Ecology project outcomes. Her Permaculture Design Course was completed in 2003 in the Earth Activist Training. She has worked with professionals and permaculture instructors all over the world. Educational highlights include a 10 week internship with Geoff Lawton at The Permaculture Research Institute in Australia and 8 months at The Regenerative Design Institute in the Cultural Mentoring Program where she helped train the first year students in the Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness program with Penny Livingston-Stark and Jon Young. She also completed Aquaponics Design with Max Mayers, Holistic Management with Kurt Gadzia, Holistic Orchard Management with Michael Phillips, Keyline Design and Land Management with Darren Doherty, Advanced Permaculture Design Consultancy with Robyn Francis, and Soil Food Web training with Elaine Ingham. Her work and study have been remarkable.

I've been looking forward to speaking with my next guest for a long time now. Chris Magwood is the founder and director of the Endeavour center, which provides experiential education at the intersection of high-performance and natural building. Chris is a self proclaimed building “omnivore” who experiments with any and all materials and techniques he can get his hands on. He has dedicated his career to making the best, most energy efficient, beautiful and inspiring buildings without wrecking the planet in the attempt. I've followed his work and especially his books as I've been learning about all sorts of natural building innovations because Chris has done an amazing job of comparing and contrasting various natural materials to make it easier to choose which of the options available would be best suited for the context and design of a building. In this interview Chris talks about how he fell in love with natural building as he aspired to build his own home. From there we go into detail about some of the most important considerations when designing a sustainable home and how even natural buildings can be consumptive and wasteful if designed incorrectly for their place and climate. Chris also unpacks some of the popular building standards and why using them as design guides can limit the full potential of an ecologically responsible project if followed too rigidly. We also discuss one of the biggest challenges for natural builders, and that's the codes and regulations that can be tricky to navigate if the regulatory bodies are treated as adversaries from the beginning. I especially like his observations from his extensive experience working with, rather than against the building inspectors in Canada for so many years. This is a really practical and pragmatic look at the wide variety of options and considerations for natural builders and owner-builders. This episode kicks off a series dedicated to all aspects of building and design that facilitates a regenerative lifestyle. Be sure to stay tuned to the next few weeks of episodes as I'll be speaking with builders and designers focusing on in-depth topics and natural building materials. Resources: Workshop Schedule from the Endeavour Center The Endeavour Center Buy Chris' books from New Society Publishers If you're like me, you've dreamed of having a permaculture farm for a long time, but knowing where to start can be tricky, even if you've taken a PDC or other design courses. That's why I want to tell you about the Permaculture Farm Design Course, put together by my friend and frequent contributor to this podcast, William Horvath from thepermacultureapprentice.com. This course is the simplest, easiest way to design your permaculture farm without spending thousands of dollars on in person PDCs, or hiring professional designers or consultants.   This course is the culmination of William's research and the most important lessons he learned from permaculture giants like Geoff Lawton, Darren Doherty, David Holmgren, and Mark Shepard, all boiled down to a simple step-by-step roadmap that anyone can follow. William has simplified the entire design process and meticulously laid down how each phase of the process works, with simple instructions and design examples so you can come up with a design for your permaculture farm in as little as one week.  You don't even need any previous design experience or a PDC to get the most out of this course, just a willingness to learn and follow the system outlined in the program. In a short time you'll have a plan that has a clear set of goals to allow you to make your vision a reality  What's more, when you type in the code “design” at checkout, you'll receive 10% off the price of the course. Make your dream of regenerative living a reality today. Click on the link in the show notes of this episode and fast-track your way to natural abundance with the Permaculture Farm Design Course.

Darren Doherty is the worlds foremost farm designer and founder of the Regrarians platform and Regrarians LTD. In this episode, we dive into what got Darren started in farm design, what a truly regenerative farm is, and the challenges that farmers all around the world face as they attempt to restore carbon to the landscape. In This Episode: >> How Darren developed the Regrarians platform and the original framework it is based off of >> Darren’s advice to new farmers and the key areas they should focus on >> How so much of farming is the climate that you are are in, and the climate of your mind is an important part of that >> Why Darren prefers the word 'team' over 'staff' Quotes from the episode: “Looking through just 1 lens (biodynamic, organic, etc) is myopic, and today's farmers need to play with a full deck of cards” “Surround yourself with those a little further down the road than yourself, a community” “Know yourself better so that you can work with yourself” "Make your farming year boring to the point that you can focus on building the systems into every area of our operation” “Be excited about feedback, whether from other farmers or from your customers, its free advice!” “Your network of customers is your greatest allies in building your business, so often, they are experts in so many areas that you need help in”

This BEST OF GFL episode is a replay of a previous episode.   Darren Doherty of Heenan Doherty and Regrarians joins me from Australia to talk about the Regrarian philosophy that he has put together and how it can be used to regenerate landscapes and farming enterprises.The system deals with everything from the work done on the land to how you can synergistically stack multiple enterprises in the same system, and ultimately how to market and distribute those products to the people that actually want them. The system emphasizes participating in all 4 legs of the farm income stool - production, processing, marketing, and distribution. This allows you to be a market price setter, not a price receiver.

By far the most civil podcast guests I've had yet. A great talk about music and all things PC. Thank god Irish Joe's only coming back next week! Music by Darren Doherty and The Logues! Micky Ferry (Radio show host you can listen to live) [http://www.drive105.co.uk/the-drive105-team?lightbox=dataItem-iiqjbvo2](http://www.drive105.co.uk/the-drive105-team?lightbox=dataItem-iiqjbvo2) Christopher Henry (Runs Dicey Rileys of Strabane) [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009455241782](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009455241782) Music: Darren Doherty - Dye Your Heart [https://open.spotify.com/track/62aUc6GrcF7By7HRY1lFHJ?si=kjibrFUiQk-oGYHPwrsDuA](https://open.spotify.com/track/62aUc6GrcF7By7HRY1lFHJ?si=kjibrFUiQk-oGYHPwrsDuA) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWqRM59tl6g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWqRM59tl6g) The Logues - Price of a Pint [https://open.spotify.com/track/1VWLP8KN878e07qjrEPnmW?si=njs22cJTQkyLCG3Xdlxg_g](https://open.spotify.com/track/1VWLP8KN878e07qjrEPnmW?si=njs22cJTQkyLCG3Xdlxg_g) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQpRi2zlFU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQpRi2zlFU)

I chatted with Darren about his work and planning process

**Be aware there a few audio issues here and there, but I am in the process of sorting out the issue for the next one. Cheers!** In Episode 4 I talk about my attempts at cooking healthy meals, Barry Mc Elduff, the West Belfast fight video, The Simpsons and my hatred for other people's banter. I also speak about on article by my good friend Stuart, regarding a live action Simpsons film on his blog. Check it out here: https://crazydiscostu.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/worst-live-action-simpsons-cast-ever-1994-edition/ This weeks features snippets of Tiny Steps by Darren Doherty and Flashing Lights by Part Time Pilots. Enjoy!

It’s all about an unfolding journey of working with the land experimenting with new and unconventional methods to bring balance to the ecology and yet be able to have the soil sustain them with high quality, nutrient dense - organic food. A life that he and his wife Rachel and children absolutely love. Greg has also been involved in a significant tree planting program that coincided with the Air New Zealand Environment Trust wanting to plant trees to offset some of their aircraft emissions. This enabled them to bring their environmental footprint back down to earth - by planting 85,000 trees, the vast majority being natives. The Family Farm Greg Hart, his wife Rachel and family live beside a 30 hectare lake - (80 acres) on 1500 acres or 650 - hectares - which Greg says is an average size farm in the Hawkes Bay region for 1 and a bit person to run … Their lake was where tuna or eeling took place by early Maori - plus waka or canoes have been found sunken in the lake too. These link back to Maori families, that Greg has connections to. His farm is a mixture of beautiful rolling hills and some flat land and some steeper hill country with about 30 acres of remnants of native bush which he has been recently adding to. Unfolding Journey of Discovery It’s all about an unfolding journey of working with the land experimenting with new and unconventional methods to bring balance to the ecology and yet be able to have the soil sustain them with high quality nutrient dense organic food. A life that he wife Rachel and his children absolutely love. He has a web page called ‘Restoring Paradise’ - where 1,000 years ago his area would have been in perfect balance … It’s about working with the land, not extracting maximum yield - experiencing family, joy, people visiting and sharing. Greg has been involved in a significant tree planting program that coincided with the Air New Zealand Environment Trust wanting to plant trees to offset some of its aircraft emissions and bring its environmental footprint back down to earth - by planting 85,000 trees, the vast majority being natives. The plan was to restore ecosystems and regenerating native forests To also become a working model of a sustainable regenerating agricultural system and have an open farm where visitors are encouraged to come and reconnect to nature and see where and how their food grows and comes from. Because at present, NZ’s ecological systems, particularly due to dairy farming are becoming more out of balance. A big driver for Greg is about sustainable food systems and food milage based on oil, and all the fossil fuels consumed in growing food. Grain imports coming from overseas to feed the pigs and chickens has a large ecological footprint. In Greg’s estimation even his hens are not really sustainable either due to lack of granular food - with less organic wheat being grown in NZ. Perennial as against Annual crop planting Greg’s looking at more perennial crops so as to stop the continued cycle of growing each and every year, with more labour and fuel consumption disturbing the soil, the soil microbes, greater erosion etc. He has noticed that his pigs are doing quite a lot of damage to the soil on his farm and he has concerns about lack of soil cover and that with recent rains - can wash away this precious soil into drains and away. etc. Regenerative Agriculture The present focus is on regenerative agriculture - it is somewhat like organics and an ecological approach to sustainable land management -  like building up soil carbon and humus in the soil.  This is by reducing our carbon emissions due to the way this particular system sequesters Co2 out of the atmosphere and locking it down in the soil, as the soil is the biggest sink of carbon - it’s naturally built into the ‘earth system’. So regenerative agriculture takes and locks down carbon and makes the soil more fertile resilient and also capable of producing more nutrient dense food. Darren Doherty - http://www.regrarians.org/about/ - a Permaculture practitioner teacher from Australia - states: if the 5 billion hectares of agricultural soils around our planet were to increase their soil carbon content by 1.6% it would take out 100 parts per million of co2 out of the atmosphere - which is quite doable - this locking it back down in the soil. We could drop c02 content from 400 parts per million to 300 parts per million and it would really benefit our global food production. Regenerative Agriculture increase biodiversity - whereas the present Neo-Liberal system is still cutting down forests to expand industrial agriculture - Greg is heading in the opposite direction and setting aside the less productive food growing areas and planting trees and restoring ecosystems and he is noticing the incredible increase in insects and bird life and nature is growing back into restoring itself with natural cycles starting to kick back in. Water Quality This brings up water quality and with quality humus this acts as a natural water filter and the need to keep the soil after heavy rains from washing into water courses, rivers and out to sea - affecting fishing beds etc. Holistic Thinking Greg uses a holistic grazing system and again ‘ holistic thinking’ is embedded throughout the methods that he is using right across his farm as he endeavours to intuitively read what nature requires to rebalance itself and build up the soil carbon with its trillions of microbes - the microflora - especially bacteria and fungi - the 'workhorses' of our planetary ecology. The use of industrial fertilisers and chemicals are harming the soil biology - especially over the long term - when he wants the soil and planet to be thriving from day one. Greg's Philosophy is ‘do no harm.'  One of his farming heroes is American Joel Salitin  - PolyFace farm -http://www.polyfacefarms.com/our-story/ - Time magazine called him the most innovative farmer in the world and he is also a brilliant communicator - He is stacking enterprises on his land - by looking and mimicking how nature generates food. Embedding Micro Enterprises across the Farm Being innovative, Greg has created some small micro units - where someone can milk the cows and rear some calves and make an income from that. He is also direct marketing meat from the farm with home kills - and he has people with beehives - doing honey etc - and he sees there are incredible opportunities on the land that he is stewarding and care taking. Having his own Lodging for Guests. Having a portable saw mill is advantageous - he uses after cutting down  his own trees into timber - which he used to clad his lodge that sleeps 17 people down on his lake side.- The Lodge can be used for reunions, events, workshops, presentation etc  and many families and groups come to hang out in nature and reconnect with themselves at a deeper level. Even Corporate groups to breathe deeply again and chill out. It’s especially handy around education about earth systems etc, and of the necessity for people to understand the transition to regenerative agriculture. Deepening Our Connection That there is so much more that can be done to work with the land but Greg emphasises that it is about people working together and deriving more meaning at the same time. The interview covers Pure Hawkes Bay - http://purehawkesbay.org/ - that is wanting GE free status for the region and has a lot of local Council support whilst the Federated Farmers from the opposite perspective are arguing against it and the conscious people of the region!!! Greg's farm is an all grass system - no crops like turnips, swedes, maize and potatoes - as he wants to keep the tractor in the shed and see if he can live without disturbing the soil as much as possible. Which leads again back to Holistic Grazing Alan Savoury originally out of Zimbabwe http://www.savory.global/ - who observed the grazing animals of Africa from buffalo and zebra and to the bison of the American plains and with near on millions of animals in these herds  - these animals live on a very long seasonal rotation and continually move along eating the tops of grass a lot of it tall and defecating and urinating at the same time. Whilst following hoofed animals break down most of the stalks which are composed of mainly carbon and are pushed down into the dung, into the soil that over time this has built up a deep rich organic soil rich in soils microbes. - These African areas and great plains in America have some of the deepest richest soils that we have on our planet. That the richness of the soil allows great numbers of animals to be fed over millennia and the animals just kept moving - hence these areas are incredibly rich in grass, soil and deeply rooted plants and grass life. It’s turning sunlight into food for grazing animals.  It’s also  like composting on the soil surface. Grass is basically a carbon pump, the leaves are solar panels - plants are one of the most effective ways of sequestering co2 out of the atmosphere and pulsing it down into the ground. Greg is doing the same with his cattle using electric fences and moving the cattle everyday - and the rotational moving around the farm has the grass regenerating very fast and healthily. Because they are not eating every blade of grass percentage of leaves and stalks are still being ground into the soil along with dung and urine - the grass springs back into life quickly after … Back to Joe Salitin and a carbonaceous diaper - dung + leaves and stalks + urine builds up and covers your soil. Caring for it. Listen to the interview Note that pastoral agriculture is still the backbone of the NZ economy - but is is based on importing mega amounts of fertiliser for agriculture a lot of it phosphate from North Africa and Greg says that all the energy in mining it and trucking or railing it to ports - shipping to NZ then trucking to where it is processed then trucking it out to the rural regions and putting it in an aerial top dressing lane has huge costs as well as an ecological footprint skyrocketing. Will we have a crimp in fossil fuels in the future? If so Greg is prepared to work as if there could be one. Greg has learnt from courses in Biological Agriculture - (Listen to 4 interviews by Graeme Sait, as well as Arden Anderson, Christine Jones on GreenplanetFM.com) as well as organics and biodynamics and he finds that this holistic grazing management using these natural cycles has so many benefits. Utilising Grazing and Tree Cropping Together Greg then talks about environmental web sites that are saying if we want to save the planet we have to give up meat. Saying that he does not see any vegetarian eco systems in the world - yet animals are part of this nutrient cycling - and he is focusing on growing food producing trees on his farm - to get away from cultivating annual crops for our food. Where instead an integrated perennial polycultural system where you have food producing trees nutrient cycling trees and animals also working through the system - grazing under the trees etc. Greg talks about vegetarianism and a meat diet - (listen) re rice and pasta wheat not grown in NZ  same for pulses are all imported. These use up food miles. Meat is local. Mark Shepard - ‘Restoration Agriculture’ - https://permacultureapprentice.com/permaculture-profiles/new-forest-farm-mark-shepard-100-acre-15-years-of-establishment/  - that all our energy and cultivation is going into annual crops - rice, wheat, soy and corn - it’s so energy intensive every year - that the soils get ploughed up and the sun bakes and bleaches soil organisms in the heat and then rains can come and wash the soil away - it is disastrous at many levels   - there is no sustainability in this, especially when you add chemical sprays and fuel use. Nut trees in NZ, Greg says is a grand idea reducing our need for a lot of  annual soil cultivation. Walnuts, almonds, and hazel nuts have potential in this country   Universities - the need for natural soil science. Universities are not doing deep soil science - studying nature - but instead are looking at chemical band aids and trying to force feed the plant whilst in many cases destroying the microorganisms that are pivotal to feeding the plant. Many scientists are also spending so much of their time writing submissions for funding that they are spending a great deal of their time endeavouring to dream up ways so as to be financially viable. The commercial expediency of the Neo Liberal winner takes all approach to business - is devastating true scientific research in NZ. Today’s industrial farming has only one big winner, and they are the large agro combines and corporations. Whilst the farmer in so many instances is chemicalising his farm, depleting nature and selling unhealthy produce onto the market. Sam Lang - https://www.nuffield.org.nz/projects/ - Nuffield 2016 scholar travelling the world staying with Greg looking at sustainable systems and to get financial support to do these studies finds that finance is quite difficult to obtain in the current commercial environment - especially researching a green option. Covering his crowd funding program with ‘million metre streams’ -https://millionmetres.org.nz/ - planting around his lake on his property. Diversity of nature and a diversity of people who end up visiting - it’s the friendships and relationships and the warmth of connection - he loves sharing with people a farming experience. People can also become ‘a friend of the farm’ with an annual membership and people can - using that money plant trees with Greg's vision of ‘Fields of Food.  https://www.mangarara.co.nz/product/friend-the-farm/friend-of-the-farm-subscription/ - He has just had a visit from the Grand Chancellor James Cook hotel in Wellington and this keen group have turned up 5 years in a row and each year they grow another row of food trees on his farm - and this is what happens when you are receptive to work with the NZ public. In the future Greg says that there will be so much food that visitors will take it away and surpluses given to charities … We also have to get away from this scarcity mindset - to one of abundance  This is only a portion of this very interesting interview. - Tim These 2 recent videos which include Mangarara - The Family Farm and Greg's philosophies. "Restoring Paradise" and "Regenerators" www.mangarara.co.nz

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My interview today is with one of the designers and change makers that has most influenced my own approach to professional projects and regenerative landscape development. Darren Doherty is the founder of Regrarians Ltd. Based in Bendigo Australia and he has extensive experience in project design, development, management and training. He's worked on 6 continents and nearly 50 countries in mostly broad-acre agricultural applications. The Regrarian's purpose that he promotes is to provide the potential for people to be informed about the regenerative economy, whether it involves their work in agriculture, land management, corporate life, domestic services, manufacturing or other activities that are within the reasonable domain of humans. In this episode Darren talks extensively about the innovative platform and ethics that his organization promotes, how he got started as a landscape designer and began teaching with Bill Mollison the co founder of permaculture, and he gives essential advice on how to build soils that are counter intuitive to how many people have learned with mulch and compost. This is another really in depth interview and I'd advise having a note book on hand as Darren goes into detail about a lot of the science behind soil building and carbon sequestering in a regenerative landscape.

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/16 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. Darren Doherty of Heenan Doherty and Regrarians joins me from Australia to fill in some of the gaps surrounding Keyline design. While the whole Keyline design system is complex and way beyond the scope of this podcast.This episode should give you a brief introduction into what Keyline is, where it can be used, and what it can accomplish. Like all other design systems Keyline isn't the be all, end all, it is another tool in the tool box help design a regenerative landscape. For those that want to learn more check out Darren's work, some of it below, and P.A. Yeomans books. Darren recommends The Keyline Plan and The Challenge of Landscape. Keyline design is a foundation of technique and planning using a scale of permanence. It's focus is on reacting to a climate of an environment, a site, and then using the landscape's shape to maximize the possibility of a sustainable, regenerative environment. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/16 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.  

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/13 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. Darren Doherty of Heenan Doherty and Regrarians joins me from Australia to talk about the regrarian philosophy that he has put together and how it can be used to regenerate landscapes and farming enterprises. This is a system that borrows and includes tools from multiple disciplines like permaculture, keyline design, the transition movement, carbon farming, and the work of of people like Joel Salatin, Paul Stamets, and Dr. Elaine Ingham. These tools give you the ability to design a system that ultimately regenerates land while producing numerous agricultural products. The system deals with everything from the work done on the land to how you can synergistically stack multiple enterprises in the same system, and ultimately how to market and distribute those products to the people that actually want them. The system emphasizes participating in all 4 legs of the farm income stool - production, processing, marketing, and distribution. This allows you to be a market price setter, not a price receiver. If you are involved in an agricultural enterprise, or if you want to be involved in an agricultural enterprise, then you need to pay attention to the regrarian system and learn this information. The current status quo of agriculture isn't working; it isn't sustainable, it's degenerative. The regarian system IS regenerative. And it gives you the tools to produce the products that the consumers ultimately want, all while living the farming lifestyle that you want to live. It won't be easy, and it will be hard work, but hey that's farming. And I think farmers that farm in systems like this have fun and enjoy their life because they can make good living while restoring the land. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/13 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.

100% SURO records Showcase Mix Including: Brisboys, DøC aka Darren Doherty, Chily, El Mundo, Alex Arnout, 663 Degree & Marcelo Demarco Tracklist: 1.Be Quiet (El Mundo's Silence Dub)byMarcelo Demarco 2.Heatwave (Original Mix)byBrisboys 3.Birthing Star (Original Mix)byDøC Feat. Tommy Callaghan 4.Rhythm Of Life (Original Mix)by663 Degree 5.What Ya Need (663 Degree Forget The Sound Remix)byBrisboys 6.Feel It (Marcelo Demarco Remix)byBrisboys 7.Get Down (Original Mix)byDarren Doherty 8.Rock The Party (Chily Remix)byBrisboys 9.Runaway (Alex Arnout Remix)byMarcelo Demarco

One of the world’s most brilliant and accomplished Permaculture designers describes how “Regrarianism” can reverse the destruction and usher in a new regenerative future for our food systems and communities. This speech was given at the 2013 Bioneers National Conference. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year. Learn more at http://www.bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Be very cautious about how much you are imposing on the landscape.  That's something that Darren talked about on this podcast before.  Because it's a big problem out there within the permaculture space.  People doing work on the land because they want to do the work, not because the context of the land justifies that work. It's a mistake that most of us have made.  And it's a mistake that Darren Doherty has made in his career.   With over 2000 clients and 25 years of professional design experience all around the world, Darren has seen a lot and learned a lot. In this episode we'll talk about what he has learned over the last 25 years. Darren shares a lot in this interview and takes on the hard questions like will this method of land design ever catch on? And what are some of the mistakes that he has made in his career.   You'll learn a lot about design in this one, including simple ways to be better than the average farm, and the importance of fiscal discipline. As you go through this episode think about your design work, and how some of the insights that Darren discuses could apply to your world.   Because at the end of the episode you may realize that a lot of the work that you have done or that you want to do isn't needed, because it's not in context.  And when you think about start thinking about design in the personal, environmental, and financial context, many designs become a lot simpler. Learn more at permculturevoices.com/115 Learn more about the Engineering Success with Darren Doherty at permaculturevoices.com/darrenpv3

Darren Doherty presents the Regrarian Platform. This is Darren's introductory presentation that he gave at Grant Schultz's Versaland in October 2014. The presentation lays out the ten key components of the regarian platform - climate, geography, water, access, forestry, buildings, fences, soils, marketing, and energy. This episode focuses on soils, marketing, energy. This episode is the part of a four part series - episodes b032, 033, 034, 035. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/b35

Darren Doherty presents the Regrarian Platform. This is Darren's introductory presentation that he gave at Grant Schultz's Versaland in October 2014. The presentation lays out the ten key components of the Regarian platform - climate, geography, water, access, forestry, buildings, fences, soils, marketing, and energy. This episode focuses on buildings and fences. This episode is the part of a four part series - episodes b032, 033, 034, 035. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/b34

Darren Doherty presents the Regrarian Platform. This is Darren's introductory presentation that he gave at Grant Schultz's Versaland in October 2014. The presentation lays out the ten key components of the Regarian platform - climate, geography, water, access, forestry, buildings, fences, soils, marketing, and energy. This episode focuses on water, access, and forestry. This episode is the part of a four part series - episodes b032, 033, 034, 035. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/b33

Darren Doherty presents the Regrarian Platform. This is Darren's introductory presentation that he gave at Grant Schultz's Versaland in October 2014. The presentation lays out the ten key components of the regarian platform - climate, geography, water, access, forestry, buildings, fences, soils, marketing, and energy. This episode focuses on the introduction, geography, and climate. This episode is the part of a four part series - episodes b032, 033, 034, 035. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/b32

Peter and Grant met at a Darren Doherty workshop in 2012 as landless farmers with the shared dream of regenerating landscapes. Since then, they’ve both landed properties, planted thousands of trees, and developed large-scale permaculture farms. They will share their stories of how they acquired land and rapidly deployed permaculture in different ways in different places, amid different contexts. Peter farms at Mastodon Valley Farm in the ridges and valleys of southwestern Wisconsin, and Grant at Versaland in the rolling hills of Iowa. This talk was presented live at PV2 in March 2015. View the slides from this presentation at permaculturevoices.com/b27.

Neil Bertrando joins me to talk about the broadacre and farmscale permaculture design workshop we both attended at Grant Schultz's Versaland, Darren Doherty of Regrarians, our thoughts on both of those guys and broadacre design, and Neil's design experiences in the high desert of Nevada.   Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/98

I think we are in the perfect storm right now for regenerative agriculture and permaculture. The economy isn't great. We have a huge number of people dissatisfied with their jobs who are looking for a fulfilling and creative outlet. People that want to work and make a difference. The environmental side of things is a mess. So much so that we have big scientific meetings in Beijing talking about it. We have a food and water crisis brewing that is legitimately viewed as a looming global problem. But all of these crisis's have created an opportunity. An opportunity for permaculture to step to the plate be the solution. The tools are there. And this is the hard part of the game now because it is early in the game, but it isn't as hard as it was 20 years ago or 10 years ago. Forward progress will be made, but I think it is going to take some balls and strategic planning. We need to realize that we are pioneers forging a new path and and we don't have a ton of models to refer to and to fall back on. But there are some - Mark Shepard, Darren Doherty's work, Peter Allen, Kevin Woltz at the University of Illinois, and of course Grant. It won't be easy, but the path is there. It is just a bit of a bumpy, winding dirt path right now, not a smooth asphalt road straight into the future that most of use are used to. For some of us it is time to adult unschool and put the boots on the dirt and hit the path. And it is on that path where we live between easy and dangerous where really feel alive and are at our best. So if you want to go for it, there is no better time. The perfect storm is here and like Grant says, "You do have to jump on it; you have to go now because tomorrow might be too late." Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/69

My guest today is a self proclaimed plant nerd that is really into trees. He has worked with Geoff Lawton and Darren Doherty, and now he runs his own design firm in Australia, Oak Tree Designs. My guest today is Byron Joel.In addition to being a plant nerd, Byron is what I would call a permaculture realist. Realizing the potential of permaculture, while not over promising on results and truly being aware of the newness of the permaculture movement.In this episode of we talk about the newness of the permaculture movement and how it is evolving. And of course, we talk a lot about trees.A view of the permaculture of today and tomorrow, Plants and the Evolution of Permaculture with Byron Joel.. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/53

Darren Doherty discusses Holistic Management planned grazing, energy, and farm marketing.This is the sixth podcast that takes you to one of Darren's open consultancies. The consultancies themselves are workshops that center around a real world farm planning and development process. The hosts and Darren open up the process so you can learn from a real world application of theory.This audio was recorded at Darren Doherty's Regarian Open Consultancy at Markegard Family Farm on October 22 and 23, 2013. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all.Topics covered in this episode:Grazing plans. The Holistic Management Bullseye Energy Systems: veggie oil and wood. Marketing. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/b012

Darren Doherty discusses his farm setup and various broadacre topics - perennial grasses, silvopasture.This is the fifth podcast that takes you to one of Darren's open consultancies. The consultancies themselves are workshops that center around a real world farm planning and development process. The hosts and Darren open up the process so you can learn from a real world application of theory.This audio was recorded at Darren Doherty's Regarian Open Consultancy at Markegard Family Farm on October 22 and 23, 2013. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all.

Darren Doherty discusses soil mineralization, value adding on farms, and farm water systems.This is the fourth podcast that takes you to one of Darren's open consultancies. The consultancies themselves are workshops that center around a real world farm planning and development process. The hosts and Darren open up the process so you can learn from a real world application of theory.This audio was recorded at Darren Doherty's Regarian Open Consultancy at Markegard Family Farm on October 22 and 23, 2013. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all.

Darren Doherty walks Doniga and Eric Markegard through some basic farm design. Working with contour maps. Where to hold water in the landscape. Various uses for tree systems on the farm.This is the third podcast that takes you to one of Darren's open consultancies. The consultancies themselves are workshops that center around a real world farm planning and development process. The hosts and Darren open up the process so you can learn from a real world application of theory.This audio was recorded at Darren Doherty's Regarian Open Consultancy at Markegard Family Farm on October 22 and 23, 2013. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all.

Darren Doherty walks Doniga and Eric Markegard through the Holistic Design process. This is the second podcast that takes you to one of Darren's open consultancies. The consultancies themselves are workshops that center around a real world farm planning and development process. The hosts and Darren open up the process so you can learn from a real world application of theory.This audio was recorded at Darren Doherty's Regarian Open Consultancy at Markegard Family Farm on October 22 and 23, 2013. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all.

Darren Doherty presents the regrarian platform. This is Darren's introductory presentation that he gave an open consultancy in October 2013. The presentation lays out the ten key components of the regarian platform - climate, geography, water, access, forestry, buildings, fences, soils, marketing, and energy.This is the first podcast that takes you to one of Darren's open consultancies. The consultancies themselves are workshops that center around a real world farm planning and development process. The hosts and Darren open up the process so you can learn from a real world application of theory.This audio was recorded at Darren Doherty's Regarian Open Consultancy at Markegard Family Farm on October 22 and 23, 2013. The workshop was open source, so thanks to Darren for allowing me to share this with you all. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/29

John Kitsteiner of Temperate Climate Permaculture joins me to discuss his series of blog posts, The Myth of the Perfect Job. So many of us are stuck in the rat race. We want to be farmers, homesteaders, or something else that involves working closer to home, and not for the man. But we never end up doing that. Why? I think people are either afraid to take a risk and start, or they don't know where to start. This podcast should start to address both of those issues and at least get you thinking. Key Takeaways from this Episode: Be careful of the danger of just pursuing your passion. At the end of the day you have to make a living and get some sort of yield for your work. Balance: Biological, physical, social, spiritual health. Most people focus on one or two areas, not all. Consider this when pursuing a career path. Start looking for a career where your passion and skills overlap. Then start adding in what does the world need (will they pay for it) and does it have meaning to your own life. Think about if a new career is sustainable. Could you do it every day all day for the next 1, 2, 5, 10 years? Along with all of the side baggage that goes with it - accounting, marketing, legal, etc.. A lot of marketing is driven to you to consume more stuff. Often times that consumption is fueled by debt and is filling a void to pursue happiness. Forcing kids into careers. How many people were "forced" down a career path by parents, counselors, and teachers because it "was a good career path." And the you could parlay that career into a life of "success with a big house, nice car, and a whole bunch of bills. Embrace the idea of having a few primary careers, and multiple secondary careers. That creates resiliency and helps to eliminate boredom and burnout. Permie examples - think: Paul Wheaton, Joel Salatin, Darren Doherty, Rob Avis. Permaculture Principle 10: Use and value diversity. "Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the unique nature of the environment in which is resides." [permacultureprinciples.com] Apply this thought to careers and finances. Embrace the diversity to meet your needs and become more resilient. Money is the excuse, but fear it the reality. It doesn't take a lot to get our needs met. But it takes courage to step away from the rat race. Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/25

Joey Delia of EvokeHope.org joins me to recap the recent Darren Doherty Regrarian Open Consultancy, talk about the Dehesa system of Spain, and an upcoming PDC at the new PRI Tipuana Farm.Key Takeaways from this Episode:Don't focus on tactics. Slow down, observe and embrace a more passive approach to permaculture. Plant trees in the eroded gullies. Helps to control erosion while providing a valuable timber crop. Use roads as catchment. Often times roads are permitable, water harvesting is not. Roads have a lot of surface area to harvest water.  Use it to your advantage.Offset other systems off of the roads. This helps to create some order for systems like waterlines. If it is buried 5 feet off of the road then it will always be 5 feet off of the road.Consider using HDPE line instead of PVC. The fact that it is flexible might make things a lot easier. And it is probably a lot less toxic.Embrace the thistle, it is amazing.Read about the Dehesa system as a perennial ecosystem. So simple, yet so interconnected and productive. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/22

Darren Doherty of Heenan Doherty and Regrarians joins me from Australia to fill in some of the gaps surrounding Keyline design.While the whole Keyline design system is complex and way beyond the scope of this podcast.This episode should give you a brief introduction into what Keyline is, where it can be used, and what it can accomplish. Like all other design systems Keyline isn't the be all, end all, it is another tool in the tool box help design a regenerative landscape.For those that want to learn more check out Darren's work, some of it below, and P.A. Yeomans books. Darren recommends The Keyline Plan and The Challenge of Landscape.Keyline design is a foundation of technique and planning using a scale of permanence. It's focus is on reacting to a climate of an environment, a site, and then using the landscape's shape to maximize the possibility of a sustainable, regenerative environment.Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/16

Darren Doherty of Heenan Doherty and Regrarians joins me from Australia to talk about the regrarian philosophy that he has put together and how it can be used to regenerate landscapes and farming enterprises.This is a system that borrows and includes tools from multiple disciplines like permaculture, keyline design, the transition movement, carbon farming, and the work of of people like Joel Salatin, Paul Stamets, and Dr. Elaine Ingham. These tools give you the ability to design a system that ultimately regenerates land while producing numerous agricultural products. The system deals with everything from the work done on the land to how you can synergistically stack multiple enterprises in the same system, and ultimately how to market and distribute those products to the people that actually want them. The system emphasizes participating in all 4 legs of the farm income stool - production, processing, marketing, and distribution. This allows you to be a market price setter, not a price receiver. If you are involved in an agricultural enterprise, or if you want to be involved in an agricultural enterprise, then you need to pay attention to the regrarian system and learn this information. The current status quo of agriculture isn't working; it isn't sustainable, it's degenerative. The regarian system IS regenerative. And it gives you the tools to produce the products that the consumers ultimately want, all while living the farming lifestyle that you want to live. It won't be easy, and it will be hard work, but hey that's farming. And I think farmers that farm in systems like this have fun and enjoy their life because they can make good living while restoring the land. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/13

“London Session” a journey to the deepest side of the iconic city. Featuring: Mihai Popoviciu, Ben Grunnell, Thierry Tomas, Pele, Nico Stolan, Fabio Gianelli, Darren Doherty, Marco Bailey & Filterheadz. bookings@marcelodemarco.com

Half of Americans cannot name one component of the water cycle upon which all life depends. Yet water is at the root of every human endeavor - from manufacturing to agriculture, energy production and waste management. No water, no life. Join master permaculture designers Darren J. Doherty and Brock Dolman for both practical and poetic ways to re-educate earthlings in soil and water literacy. Their practical vision for regenerating ecological integrity and social resiliency prepares us for the challenges of climate change and environmental stress. But above all, they illuminate inspired pathways for restoring nature and people in the re-enchantment of Earth.

Interview with Darren Doherty, Australian Permaculture designer and teacher, and Guner Tautrim, owner of Orella Ranch on the Gaviota Coast. Doherty and Tautrim discuss Keyline and how it can reduce global warming, and rebuild topsoil.

Permaculture designer and teacher Darren  Doherty, introduces Keyline Design and outlines the many ways that it can serve as a solution to global warming.