From the field...
Kia ora <<First Name>>,
Welcome to the Quorum Sense Newsletter for January 2023, new year new stuff. Check out the regional updates below (including a Northland field day) and podcast #26 featuring Jake Herron.
Why not also head to our relaunched website that makes it easier to search for content and has a new community hub that will enable you to connect more easily with others. The website is also home to the growing Regen Toolbox, full of information to support you.
Is QS serving our community well? Survey request
We'd very much appreciate your help with our latest survey to find out what you think of us and our work. The information you provide will be invaluable for our continued development as a network supporting those on their regenerative agriculture journeys. It should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
link to survey here
Regional Updates
Coastal Hawkes Bay Ecological Landscape Regeneration Field Day:
Early April 2023 (date to be advised)
This field day will visit a farm which has been extensively reforested yet maintains good productivity. The day will cover:
- Using biodiversity to recover landscapes
- Species selection and tree planting within paddocks
- Selective timber harvesting
- Diversity of income streams on farm: grazing, timber, hay
This event is being organised by the Hawkes Bay Regenerative Agriculture Group with the support of Quorum Sense.
Manawatu Regenerative Agriculture Discussion Group
Meets 1st Wednesday monthly at 12 noon (bring lunch) for afternoon farm visit/activity.
For information see Manawatu Regenerative Agriculture Facebook page and the Manawatu-Whanganui page of our Community Hub.
Contact Group Co-ordinator Lance Gillespie, tfhl@farmside.co.nz, 027 648 1831
Taranaki Regenerative Agriculture
Group meets regularly. Keep up to date via the Taranaki Regenerative Agriculture Facebook page and the Taranaki page of our Community Hub
Contact Group Co-ordinator: Fiona Young, taranakiregenag@gmail.com, 027 580 3502
Northland Farming Diversity Group
Summer Forage Crop Field Day, 10 February
We're heading to Westwind Farms to check out their diverse summer forage crop. Jono Frew and Greer Manderson from Natural Performance Ltd will be talking about the benefits of diverse forage crops on soil and animal health, and different ways of utilising this practice.
David Cole will be sharing his observations of his diverse forage crop's soil and animal health benefits as well as how it compares financially with a maize crop.
RSVP by Wednesday 8th Feb to greer.avocagroup@gmail.com
The group can be contacted via their Facebook page.
Elsewhere
You can find out more about the different regional groups around the country here. If there isn't a group in your area and you'd like to contribute to one, please email contact@quorumsense.org.nz
Events in other regions
Keep an eye on the Quorum Sense website for upcoming events: https://www.quorumsense.org.nz/network-events
We publicise regen events organised by regional groups and professional coaching organisations as well as our own. Please contact us if you have an event you would like publicised.
Podcast #26 - Transformations and expectations with Jake Herron
New farm, new home, new partner, new baby! A whole lot has transformed for Jake Herron in the last two years. A real and refreshing story.
“What I would say to someone starting out in so-called regenerative agriculture is: Don’t attach your ego to the word.
“Because that’s the road I went down, for sure. My ego was SO attached to being a regenerative farmer, and I sort of almost cringe at it a little bit now.
“We’re all farmers. Doesn’t matter how you’re farming, we’re all farmers. And really, if we want to produce positive outcomes, we need to stop pitching ourselves against each other.”
Listen to the episode here
Ngā mihi,
The Quorum Sense Extension Team
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