Regenerative Health with Max Gulhane, MD

33. Charlie Arnott: Breaking the Addiction to Chemical Farming with Regenerative & Biodynamic Methods

Jul 17, 2023

57:29

Charlie Arnott joins me for an honest and self-reflective discussion on his journey from chemical farmer to biodynamic producer. We talk about Charlie’s conventional farming background, his current farming methods, the mindset of commodity agriculture, the question of feeding the world, the ethics of eating animals, and much more.

Charlie Arnott is a regenerative farmer and regenerative farming educator. He produces beef, lamb and pigs, pasture raised on 100% cattle near Boorowa, New South Wales. He

TIMESTAMPS

00:01:33 Charlie’s chemical farming background

00:03:55 Charlie’s current farming approach

00:09:52 History of chemical use in agriculture

00:16:20 The effects of herbicides on human health

00:19:54 Mindset of the commodity agricultural producer

00:29:00 Charlie’s thoughts on ‘How do we feed the world?’

00:34:45 The ethics of eating animals

00:40:30 Charlie’s biodynamic farming techniques

00:47:05 Charlie’s podcast the Regenerative Journey and what he’s learned about the intersesction between farming and health

00:51:35 Dr Max plugs the Nguni cattle breed

00:53:35 Charlie plus his upcoming field day

Links

Resource Consulting Services Australia - https://www.rcsaustralia.com.au/

Dr Max’s Nguni interviews - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrv4qp8WwfQG8lBXPL2BFx0sBAwA-jFbo

Follow CHARLIE

Regenerative Journey Podcast

Charlie’s website - https://charliearnott.com.au/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/charliearnott1/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrTT5-QjNTyhp4X9voByAQ

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