The Agrarian Revolution

Some of the people and organisations that inspire us:

Individuals
Sir Albert Howard
Lady Eve Balfour
Rudolf Steiner – The literally unbelievable mind behind bio-dynamic agriculture (amongst the many other subjects he wrote 90 books on!!!!)
Scott & Helen Nearing – Early pioneers of the self sufficiency movement; inspiration and teachers of strong discipline to some of the world’s best farmers
Elliot Coleman – Elliot is probably one of the best known organic farmers in the world
PA Yeomans – His great book ‘Water for Every Farm’ will probably have the most significant effect on Australian Agriculture when we look back in 20 years
Alan Chadwick
Vandana Shiva – probably one of the most forthright & courageous visionaries of our time
Stuart Hill – one of the modern pioneers of the Sustainable Agriculture movement. If you have not heard a Stuart Hill presentation, you have not lived!!!
David Holmgren – Co-founder of the Permaculture Principles and one of the pivotal teachers behind Roberts evolution.
Bruce Maynard – Bruce is the founder of ‘No-Kill farming’ and is a straight down the line common sense thinker and doer about how broad acre grain and pasture farming could be done. Watch this vimeo to see some more of the work he inspires,,, Electric utes!!!
Wendell Berry – The humble hero of the agrarian revolution
Eric Holt-Gimenez – Eric is the director of Food First and is probably one of the best articulators of the current Food System.
Raj Patel – the author behind the hard hitting book ‘Stuffed and Starved’
Michael Ableman – farmer, author, and photographer and a recognised practitioner of sustainable agriculture and proponent of regional food systems

Organisations
The Food Alliance – an organisation specialising in developing standards for good farming practices
MADGE (Mothers Are Demistifying Genetic Engineering) – amazing group of Australian mums having major impact in exposing GE for what it really is.
Food First – one of the worlds best food research organisations that exposes the myths behind the agri-food agenda
The Rodale Institute – one of the most well known educational institutions on sustainable agriculture
Farming to maximise the nutritional value of your food
No Kill Cropping practices

Other Stuff

Permaculture principles – Food Connect and all good farms are based around these principles
Getting to know the pig behind your bacon
Why I am not certified organic – a Food Connect farmer’s perspective on industrial organics
The importance of trace elements