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The industrialisation of #agriculture has created large paddocks of monoculture crops and increased the chemical burden on farmers and their environments. Global #herbicide use has continued to increase as farmers have shifted to no till practices and adopted herbicide-tolerant crop cultivars over the last 30 years. One result of this is that the list of herbicide resistant weeds is growing.

Some farmers spend huge amounts of money on herbicide and scarce time removing weeds; Meanwhile, exactly how much damage is being done to native plant species and soils is not yet fully known. Either way, the current model is not sustainable

In this episode we are exploring a paradigm shift to an ecological systems approach to weeds with @SoilsforLife #agroecologist Sarah Fea. We visit four farmers to understand their changing relationship to plants. Including a grazier, seed producer, a farmer who has enlisted the help of goats and another who has developed no kill cropping.

We take a fresh look at weeds and how we can benefit from seeing them through a different lens. We hear how specific weeds germinate to heal damaged soils, showing us what the soil needs and how we can help them heal it.

Thank you to all our guests:

Martin Royds at @Jillamatong
Bruce Maynard at Willydah
Bruce Davison from Soilsmith
Russell Young at Young Seeds

Hosted by Susannah Kable from the @GrowLoveProject and James Diack and Sarah Fea from @SoilsforLife

This Podcast has been produced by Grow Love Project in collaboration with Soils for Life. Check out the case studies at soilsforlife.org.au
This project is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s Smart Farms Program