Natural Sequence Farming

Update http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/07/3156741.htm I stand by the first paragraph of the above post :roll: Would you grab a life jacket or merely change coloured deck chairs on a sinking ship? To further support the above paragraph.... I have just read that our new Liberal Government i...

This article almost escaped my reading, it was a Sunday news item and possibly timed to escape drawing too much attention! http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/government-blackmailed-university-20110305-1biyv.html When Governments use our taxes to fund Universities, it's supposed that we all benefit fr...

OOps sorry, double post...read below.

Look out Gippsland, Vic - The Coal Companies are casting their eyes upon your rural properties NOW! http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/baillieu-coal-export-push-20110302-1bexa.html A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to export Victorian brown coal for use in overseas power stations - shelved by the Brumby governm...

What disturbs me most about the plight these property owners now face, is that even voting a change in Government means more of the same. Both major party's focus on the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and as we saw from Tony Abbott at the last election, the mining company $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

Hi Maggie's farm! What reason has been given for their removal ? I don't know if you will find any supporting arguments within these articles but interesting reading at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora including this section IN AUSTRALIA Cinnamomum camphora was introduced to Australi...

Ok, searching a little further I found this but it's an old listing... http://www.transformaustralia.com.au/paper.htm The WORLD FIRST totally environmentally friendly paper factory will soon begin in banana growing regions of North Queensland, Australia, using solar and wind energy. Banana paper, or...

Yasi left so much destruction and the loss of income from the banana and sugar crops will have a deep impact on both the local and national economy. It will take some creative thinking to minimize the losses. I had heard of banana leaf paper sometime ago ....perhaps the Qld banana croppers already s...

Duane, the link you posted didn't work for some reason.

This one works!

http://skillset.com.au/Training/ShortCo ... fault.aspx

Fantastic news! Cheers

Duane, this thread opened with an article you posted re a 'scientific study'. The words of that article....resurfaced in my mind. Quote- A CSIRO study into the water use of willows found more than five and a half megalitres of water could potentially be saved annually per hectare of willow canopy ar...

Last month I read fresh water crays were walking out of the river at Swan Hill to escape toxic blackwater. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/creeping-flow-of-dirty-water-killing-fish-in-states-rivers-20110125-1a4cg.html A :( end to a beautiful giant Murray Cod. PS In the BBC documentary A Farm of th...

Around the world we must accept and adopt new ways to farm as oil supplies decline. I happened across this doco quite by accident at another site but saw it available also on youtube for all to view. Share it with other farmers, family and friends! http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=A+Farm+...

Merry Christmas to all at NSF!

Cheers Angela

Duane, I noted from the CSIRO article, it was to be submitted to this Journal for peer review. It appears 5th in the list. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622871/description#description I would suggest Peter write directly to the Editor of the Journal, A.L. Gill, pointin...

I would prefer my taxes to subsidize clean energy solar, geothermal, wind, any day instead of continuing to subsidize coal! Yes it's sibsidized! Of course there's a conservative base out there just waiting for our options to run out so they can peddle their NUCLEAR ambitions. John Howard didn't beli...