This is an excerpt from episode 78 featuring the last 25 minutes of my conversation with leading holistic farmers, Jeff Pow and Michelle McManus. We explore what it takes to regenerate country, community and custodianship. And to kick that off, I raise a section of the recent popular TV series here in Australia, Fight for Planet A, that had me squirming in my seat.

We then delve into some fascinating work around the health of ancient cultures relative to our modern ‘lifestyle’ afflictions, and how we might harness the ‘best of both worlds’. We close with Jeff’s run for parliament and an invitation to join Jeff and Michelle on their custodial journey.

Title slide: regenerated pasture at Southampton (pic: Justin Wolfgang).

You can hear the rest of our conversation in the main episode, ‘Growing Food & Farmers – for 500 Years!’

You’ll find a series of photos on that episode web page too.

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78 Excerpt. Natural Intelligence: Providing the conditions for life to flow into