Secrets of the Soil Podcast with Regen Ray

Who is Brian Wehlburg?

Brian is a well-regarded Holistic Management educator. Passionate about the environment from an early age, he attended an introductory course in 1995 and was bowled over with the results he obtained through managing holistically.

As a certified Holistic Management educator, Brian has shared his passion and knowledge with many businesses, land managers, families, environmental groups, and pastoralists, with people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.

Brian has trained and consulted in Australia, New Zealand, America, and Zimbabwe. His belief and passion allow him to create an atmosphere of trust within a group, allowing participants to actively contribute towards positive outcomes. In addition, he has hands-on experience, crop farming in Central Africa, working as a pasture and cattle manager in South West Queensland, and managing a mixed-species property in New South Wales.

He is motivated by seeing the positive change that Holistic Management can bring to people’s lives and livelihoods. Brian is a board member of Holistic Management International and Land to Market Australia.

Website: https://www.insideoutsidemgt.com.au/

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Who is Dr. Christos Miliotis?

Dr. Christos has been researching for 17 years methods to draw down greenhouse gases from the sky to soil with a special focus on the role of microbes to build the soil carbon sponge and draw in more water vapour from the atmosphere and store it in the soil.

The focus is on reimagining greenhouse gases as resources where there is too much of a good thing in the wrong place and through plants and microbes to transfer too, much of a good thing in the right place - THE SOIL.

Christos is a Soil and Gut health consultant as the two are inextricably linked.

Website: https://biodiver.city/

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Who Is Dr. Mary Cole?

Mary is a Worldwide Branding Professional of the Year – 2015-2016
representing Farming and Agriculture – in recognition for her exemplary leadership qualities & unwavering dedication to her profession.

Dr. Mary Cole is a well-known academic, plant pathologist, and soil microbiologist who provides instruction and workshops/courses in biological non-chemical/sustainable agricultural farming practices to farmers, students, and consultants around the world. As an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne she supervises PhD students and her lab, Agpath P/L, provides summer vacation experience in soil microbiology and composting for graduates of Victorian and interstate universities.

Career:

• PhD in plant pathology from Monash University carried out at Monash University, South Australian Dept of Primary Industries & UCLA, Davis, California.
• Lectures in plant pathology, in particular, grape vine diseases, but agricultural and environmental pathology in general; microbiology of soil and biological/organic and biodynamic principles including the soil food web.
• 1994 to present Academic at Charles Sturt University, Monash University, and University of Melbourne.
• 1999 appointed foundation director for Centre of Wine, Food & Agribusiness in Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University.
• 2006 appointed to Faculty of Land & Food Resources at the University of Melbourne – involved in postgraduate distance mode to national and international students.
• 2009 continuing part-time lecturing in Diplomas of Viticulture and Oenology for Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE.
• 2009 continuing part-time lecturing in Faculty of Medicine, Monash University.
• 2010 continuing coordinating and lecturing in a professional development subject with Dr. Elaine Ingham of Soil Foodweb Institute USA.

Research:

• Recognised as a national and international leader in research into the plant pathogen, Botrytis cinerea, the fungus that causes rot of grapes, flowers, and many vegetables.
• Contributes papers to national and international journals.
• Has chaired and participated in national and international conferences and symposia in plant pathology.
• International referee for Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry. ACS Publications.

Consulting:

• Has a research-consulting laboratory with 2 staff.
• Can carry out water testing, any plant disease identification and identification of fungi; quality assurance, label rate validation; research projects in agriculture, horticulture, and biological post-harvest crop protection, soil biology health.
• Expert witness statements for courts and VCAT.
• Integrated Pest and Disease Management workshops for wine industry.

Public interest:

• 20 years an Honourary Consultant to the Victorian Poisons Information Centre on mushroom poisoning and identification.
• Involvement in Landcare and alternative farming practices.
• Public speaking to professional, farming, and community groups

Member of the Australian Institute of Agriculture Science & Technology

Website: www.agpath.com.au

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Soil TV Pro Members are Soil Lovers who are subscribed to our paid membership and who are doing our courses.

We were in awe at all the answers we were able to hear coming from real-life experiences of these amazing people Virtual regen interview highlights the success in soil regeneration and the increase in production on a holistic farm as a result of healthy soil management.

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Who is Ewan Campbell?

Ewan is a Farmer researcher who discovered the ability to increase electricity in the soil and its effects on biology nutrient uptake and production.

Whilst growing up and farming on the peat land they were continually
challenging the boundaries of what was possible. There was no rule book
because very few had taken a peat swamp covered in scrub and turned it into a productive beef and sheep farm and then converted that to a dairy farm. 

When he started farming on his own account his efforts to find people who could explain what, why and how things work on the farm and its soils usually left him with just a blank look. He was not deterred and his continued investigations were not in vain because they led him to be trained in soil agronomy, animal nutrition and environmental management with Brookside Laboratories. This unique opportunity gave him the ability to test, measure and give meaning to what they observed on the farm. When this knowledge was combined with the study of research papers and books from agricultural experts in biology, chemistry and physics a picture developed of how soils function in a productive manner. He want to pass his knowledge and experiences on.

Website: www.ecofarmaotearoa.com

Book: An Ecofarmer's Discovery

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Who Is Sam Duncan?

Sam Duncan founded FarmLab in 2016 after serving in the Royal Australian Air Force as a logistics officer. Following tours to Africa and the Middle East, Sam saw the need to support our adaptation to climate change. This led him to the hypothesis that if farmers had better soil data then they would be able to better manage soil carbon. In the quest to improve access to better soil data, he developed FarmLab, which at the time was a simple mobile app for agronomists and consultants to help collect and submit soil samples to a soil testing lab for analysis. 
 
Since then, FarmLab have developed out their agronomy and project management software to help farmers and agronomists better manage and share agronomic insights and data. More recently the focus has been on helping farmers understand and enter soil carbon offset projects under the Australian Clean Energy Regulator. The first step in this was the development of a Soil Carbon Offset Report (SCOR), pulling together a range of technologies from partners at CSIRO and CIBO Labs to help farmers assess and understand soil carbon across the landscape – and make an informed decision about whether or not they would benefit from entering a soil carbon project. 
 
FarmLab is continuing to help consultants and farmers maximise profitability by optimising nutrient application and supporting better soil management.

Who Is Florian Ruhnke?

Florian is a digital innovator with the ability to deconstruct big picture ideas and make them more inclusive. His goal is to help organisations to improve digitally and to use new and exciting technologies to improve their operations, their marketing and create new business opportunities.
With his master in political science and his long experience in the communication and digital marketing fields he understand the importance of communication to create a culture of change and innovation. Florian lived in Germany, Spain and the USA to finally find his place and inspiration in Australia.

He is a passionate worker with high professional skills in digital marketing and innovation. His Key strengths are in the areas of strategic project management, digital marketing, and innovation management. Florian believes in Design Thinking, creativity and collaboration as the keys to success and he deeply believes that failing is simply the chance to improve and retry.

Trailblazing new roles and excelling in fast paced, rapidly growing organisations he never stops learning and wants to make the impossible possible.

In his career, Florian thrives to establish standards for a more collaborative, improvised and meaningful digital landscape.
Florian loves reading (yes real books), surfing, riding his motorbike and playing soccer.

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Who is Michael Kilpatrick?

Michael Kilpatrick is the owner of Growing Farmers/In the Field Media, LLC and a farmer (The Farm on Central), educator, and inventor who lives in Ohio. He’s the host of the top-rated Thriving Farmer Podcast as well as the Thriving Farmer Summit series, which has been viewed by over a quarter-million farmers.

He’s managed large farms and businesses, consulted for industry experts around the world, and spoken at dozens of conferences. Michael believes that anyone can build a profitable farm by following the simple business and management skills that he teaches in the Small Farm University, his company's educational platform and community for thriving farmers.

Website & Social Media Links:

www.growingfarmers.com

www.facebook.com/growingfarmerswithmichael

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https://www.youtube.com/growingfarmers

https://www.farmoncentral.com

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Who is Nakala Maddock?

Nutrisoil director Nakala Maddock joined the NutriSoil team in 2013 alongside her husband Darren whose parents founded the business in 1995.

NutriSoil has been a perfect fit for Nakala as it has allowed her to bring her passion and skill sets together to help the business continue its growth in production and the number of farmers it supports.

Nakala who has completed a degree in Business Management is thriving in her role of managing the family-owned business as it implements its strategy to empower farmers to grow life-enriching food.

As a mother of two Nakala is passionate about human health, she understands the connection between growing nutrient-dense food, soil health, and the flow of human health. Nakala has supplemented her business degree with further study of a Graduate Diploma in Vocational Education as well as Sustainable Agriculture where she focused most of her studies on Vermiculture.

This places her in good stead to provide reassurance and guidance as she helps farmers transition to a low synthetic input system. Coming from a rural community Nakala understands the pressures of farming and a favorite part of her job is supporting farmers to ensure they are profitable in their journey to regenerative agriculture.

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https://www.facebook.com/nutrisoil

https://www.instagram.com/nutrisoilbiologicalsolution/ 

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Who is Tony Hill?

Tony teaches Holistic Management in NSW and is an accredited professional with the Savory Institute. With a background in economics, policymaking, regional development, ecology, and biodiversity, he has worked for the government and consulted on design applications for Cooperative Research Centres.

Tony chairs the Australian Holistic Management Co-operative, has been a member of the Upper Shoalhaven Landcare Council and is an accredited teacher of the NSW TAFE Holistic Management Diploma.

He is the founder of the Land to Market Australia project incorporating Ecological Outcome Verification.

Visit their website:landtomarket.com.au

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