Getting started with soil monitoring for on farm benefits webinar with David Hardwick and Gill Sanbrook
Description
Gillian Sanbrook has been monitoring soil and landscape health at Bibbaringa since she purchased the 927ha cattle farming property in 2007. Gillian will discuss how she got started monitoring, the benefits she has experienced from monitoring and the changes she has seen in her farm landscape as a result.
David Hardwick is an agroecologist with extensive experience in supporting farmers to undertake soil monitoring.
Gill and David will share their tips for:
Getting started with monitoring soil and landscape health
Tracking changes over time
Committing to a regular monitoring practice.
Soils for Life's is launching its Soil, plant and landscape health monitoring guide late September to get farmers started with monitoring practices. Leading up to that launch we’ve invited some speakers to share their experiences and the benefits that are gained through paying attention in a more deliberate way, capturing what you see and letting the land (and the data) tell you what’s working.
Gillian is a featured farmer in the guide, and you will be able to read and watch more about her monitoring practices, observations and the benefits she has observed.
Join us, and start building your monitoring skills.
This webinar is supported by the James N Kirby Foundation.
Lineup
Gillian Sanbrook
Gillian Sanbrook started monitoring on a 14,000ha Merino stud she was involved in as part of their adoption of Holistic Management decision making. When Gill purchased Bibbaringa in 2007 she immediately began monitoring. The property had been overgrazed and was covered in Paterson's curse. Gill has taken a low input approach to management, her focus has been on fencing to improve grazing management and using livestock as a tool for landscape regeneration. She has used monitoring data to make decisions, stay connected to the landscape and provide her with evidence of the observed ecological improvements that are happening.
David Hardwick
David is an agroecologist and has over 20 years experience in rural landscapes, farming and food systems. He develops and delivers extension projects across Australia. He worked in community development and then horticulture before completing a dairy traineeship on an organic dairy in NSW. Since then he has had a wide ranging career working in both management and technical roles. These include Landcare extension, agronomy, soils, agribusiness, biofertiliser R&D and manufacturing, organics, training, and consulting positions. David teaches soils, regenerative agriculture, farm planning and agroecology at TAFE NSW. David’s passion is agroecology and empowering farmers with knowledge and skills that make a difference!
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