When YLAD Living Soils began seventeen years ago, biological fertilisers and biological farming were the terms used to describe a new way of farming.
The introduction of the term regenerative agriculture has created a big umbrella for many innovative practices to sit.
Regenerative agriculture attracts many types of farmers, all sharing one goal - building the soil.
This is done by using different tools such as high-density rotational grazing, mineral and microbial balancing, compost application, compost tea, green manure crops, cover crops, inter-cropping, perennial pastures and embraces organic, biodynamic and biological farming.
The aim of adopting regenerative agriculture is to build the soil to ensure efficient production, resiliency against drought and flood, and the promise that the farm will not only be sustainable with the environment, but actually help regenerate degraded soil.
James Leslie and his two sons, Dominic and Ross, farm 6000 hectares in South Africa, and visited Milgadara, the farm of Bill and Rhonda Daly in the middle of a very dry time.
"I have listened to many of the 'biological farming gurus', done a few courses, and travelled thousands of kilometres to get new information," Mr Leslie said.
"What we saw at Milgadara was a complete tour where the theory has been put into action."
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