Over 2300 people attended some 15 events featuring Polyface Farms’ Joel & Daniel Salatin this past February in Australia & NZ/Aotearoa. Now Joel & Daniel are above the Pacific Ocean somewhere we thought we’d report in on this most successful tour. Everywhere they went they were followed with rains & storms, some…
HeenanDoherty 20th Anniversary
Our eldest daughter Isaebella was born at home at 0710 on the 6th of March 1993 with many of our family and close friends attending. Happy 20th birthday our beautiful darling, we are so very proud of all you are and have achieved… Also on this date (along with having…
Off the Contour #18 – The Regrarians Platform Outlined
Since 2006 Regrarians Ltd. originator and co-founder Darren Doherty has developed what since 2012 is called the Regrarians Platform. This determines the broad topics that we address as part of our global strategy, trainings, consultancies & designs. The genesis of Regrarians Platform lays with that great Australian, the late P.A. Yeomans, and his renowned…
Off the Contour #17 – BlueGreenBlack
‘Blue before Green & Black – Reconfiguring our approach to soil & water management, conservation & regeneration’ I can’t stand the word’s sustainable or conservation. They drive me nuts. Reason: they completely lack ambition and are not how the world’s ecosystems function. Would you ever describe your relationship as ‘sustainable’(i)…
Agricultura Regenerativa launches with MasHumus legend Eugenio Gras
Agricultura Regenerativa launched with MasHumus Chromatography & BioFertility Class Report & Images by Isaebella Doherty As a family, we had an instant connection to Spain. Whether it be the siestas, the homemade tapas, the eight hour long dinners and invigorating conversations that come with them, there is something about this country…
Off the Contour #14 – ‘Addressing the Needs of the Outer Zones’
Jervoise Station: an extensive family taking control of their destiny in an extensive landscape. Most people’s application of Permaculture is to urban and smaller rural holdings. Imagine you have a really big holding, with tens of thousands of hectares in outback Queensland, Australia, how then would you apply Permaculture Design…
Off the Contour #13 – ‘The Dalpura Forestry System’
Dalpura Farm – Visionary & Integrated Forestry Systems Back in the early-mid 1990’s our primary means of marketing was attending the various alternative farming field days and fairs across south-eastern Australia. These days by virtue of the foundation of those efforts we are fortunate that we don’t need to go…
Off the Contour #12 – ‘Challenge of capability, community & caring: Axioms & a grandson’s journey towards a permanent culture’
This is a speech Darren J. Doherty given to the ‘2º Encuentro Internacional Amigos de los Árboles – ‘Más Árboles ante el Cambio Climático’ – Institución Cultural El Brocense, Cáceres, Extremadura, España (www.masaboles.org)’ 4, 5 & 6 June, 2010 I wanted to introduce to you to the guiding principles of…
Off the Contour #11 – Ecological Design Principles
ECOLOGICAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES BEYOND PERMACULTURE In practice Permaculture is an inclusive design system that involves the integration of a whole host of disciplines in the pursuit of its follower’s objectives. The current sets of Permaculture design principles have been composed as a result of retrospectivity (Holmgren’s) or by incremental discussion,…
Off the Contour #10 – A Modern Approach to Keyline Design for your Property Part I
A Modern Approach to Keyline Design for your property Part I (First Published in Town & Country Farmer Magazine in 1996) by Darren J. Doherty In the Autumn edition of Town and Country Farmer we gave you an introduction to the history and basics behind Keyline Design. In this Winter…