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How to Naturally improve drainage in your Soil – Eco-logical Solutions

It’s understandable that soil gets waterlogged in low-lying areas. But these days, we need to improve drainage in our soil elsewhere, particularly in heavy clay soil and after flooding rains. Waterlogging

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Growing Nutritious Food requires Functioning Soil Ecosystems

How can we grow nutritious food in our farms and gardens when food now contains fewer nutrients than in the 1930s, despite decades of research and billions invested in improving

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How we’ll Grow food in the Future – Realistically

The story told about how we will grow food in the future is that it will be industrial and technology-driven. That it's our only opportunity to create a "cleaner and

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Compost and Biological Fertilisers – Are they Regenerative Practices?

Compost and biological fertilisers can be regenerative practices. But it depends on how we use them. We can improve organic matter levels, microbial diversity and activity in our soils by switching

Photo of flower showing the benefits when you drought-proof your garden

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How to Drought-Proof your Garden

Water is essential for our gardens to thrive and provide healthy food for our families. Standard solutions - spreading mulch, growing drought-tolerant plants, using irrigation and greywater, will help drought-proof

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What is Healthy Soil and Why Does It Matter?

We talk about the importance of having healthy soil. But what do we actually mean? How do we know if our soil is healthy? Typically, we assess the health of our

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How to Build Healthy Soil – Eco-logically

To build healthy soil, we need to repair our soil ecosystems. Our soils are not in good working order. While they don't show the customary signs of soil degradation—erosion and

Image showing principles of regenerative agriculture

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Guiding Principles for Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture

Whether we're growing veggies in a backyard in Wales or a community garden in Boston, fruit in a commercial orchard in Brazil, or running cattle in outback Australia, principles, if

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Regenerative Gardening: A Guide to Healing Your Soil and Harvesting Healthy Food

Lots of people talk about regenerative farming, but what about regenerative gardening? How is it different from sustainable and organic gardening? Essentially, we use the term regenerative for growing practices

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How to increase Rainfall – Eco-logically

Wouldn't we be better off using safe methods to increase rainfall instead of cloud-seeding, rain rockets, atmosphere zappers and other weather modification technologies? Scientists have evidence supporting the widespread perception

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