Soil is the beginning of everything, without good soil we don’t grow healthy plants and we don’t eat good food, so it is critical we understand how to treat it more effectively. This episode features Derek Smith, a mixed farmer from Guyra who has come along the journey from conventional to regenerative farmer. 
A lifelong farmer, Derek has embraced natural farming as a way to protect biodiversity, store carbon and maintain consistent food production. He is currently running beef cattle, free range layer hens plus prime lambs on his property Kenilworth.
This is episode 3 of Ground Cover, an Australian podcast series created for farmers by farmers. These podcasts were recorded in 2019 with Kerry Cochrane, President of the Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture Cooperatives. Proudly produced by the Regenerative Agricultural Alliance (RAA) and Southern Cross University.

Ground Cover

It all starts with the soil - Kerry Cochrane with Derek Smith

Southern Cross University is a multi-campus university on Australia's east coast, with campuses in southeast Queensland adjacent to the Gold Coast Airport, in New South Wales at Lismore and in Coffs Harbour, where the University’s National Marine Science Centre is also located. We have metro and the Hotel School campuses in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and Brisbane.