biological farming information

Trust Nature Far North Queensland has signed a 2 year agreement with Tablelands Regional Council to make Bio-Vital compost at the council site over the next 2 years.

This environmental initiative helps to address sustainable waste management, provide local farmers with quality compost and compost education, reduce the need for expensive farm inputs and reduce agricultural runoff into the reef.

Trust Nature FNQ in association with Northern Gulf Resource Management Group has promoted the initiative through education in the region over the past 2 years.

This project is set to produce over 20,000 cu mts of compost for agricultural use in the region.

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Christmas Island Phosphates has commissioned consultants SGS Economics and Planning and Trust Nature Pty Ltd to investigate the feasibility of establishing a sustainable horticultural industry in the Indian Ocean Territories.

As you would be aware, for many years much of the on-island food supplies have relied predominantly on importation either via air or sea freight. There are high costs and both economic and social impacts due to this reliance, and the result can be that fruit and vegetables are high in price and in some cases less than optimal in terms of quality.

The Australian Government has made an investment in the project, with joint funding provided by the Attorney-General’s Department’s IOT Economic Development Fund and Christmas Island Phosphates.

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Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets' research is the Northwest's native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.

There are cosmic implications as well. Stamets believes we could terraform other worlds in our galaxy by sowing a mix of fungal spores and other seeds to create an ecological footprint on a new planet.

"Once you’ve heard 'renaissance mycologist' Paul Stamets talk about mushrooms, you'll never look at the world -- not to mention your backyard -- in the same way again." Linda Baker, Salon.com

Our Biological Farming introduction is based on ancient wisdom, our personal education and farming experience, Permaculture principles and the teachings of Dr Elaine Ingham.

We begin with understanding issues at hand: Nutrient supply, water supply, bio-diversity, weed control, pest control, the need to improve quality of production, the need to improve soil fertility, the need to reduce input costs while maintaining production and the need to establish fair marketing.

What we is teach the practical side of biological farming so that it can be applied and understood on the farm.

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Our easy to follow, 5 step guide to making inoculum compost in your own garden.

In this guide we take you through the simple steps of making compost. From cleaning up the yard to inoculum compost of the quality required to make "compost tea" and all in under 8 weeks!

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The structure and function of the soil foodweb has been suggested as a prime indicator of ecosystem health.

Measurement of disrupted soil processes, decreased bacterial or fungal activity, decreased fungal or bacterial biomass, changes in the ratio of fungal to bacterial biomass relative to expected ratios for particular ecosystems, decreases in the number or diversity of protozoa, and a change in nematode numbers, nematode community structure or maturity index, can serve to indicate a problem long before the natural vegetation is lost or human health problems occur.

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Compost Tea benefits and understanding as taught by Dr. Elaine Ingham

Understanding beneficial soil inoculum as “compost tea” and its role in establishing a healthy foodweb.

Compost tea is used for two reasons: To inoculate highly diverse beneficial species of microbial life into the soil or onto the foliage of plants, and to add soluble nutrients to the foliage or to the soil in order to feed the organisms and the plants present.

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Several centimeters of topsoil per year can form under favorable conditions, which good management can create.

"The nation that destroys it's soil destroys itself" (Roosevelt 1937) - The future for Australia depends on the future of our soil.

The most meaningful indicator for the health of the land, and the long-term wealth of a nation, is whether soil is being formed or lost. If soil is being lost, so too is the economic and ecological foundation on which production and conservation are based.

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