SoilCare Resources

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The Northern Rivers Soil Best Management Practice (BMP) Guides were developed by Northern Rivers growers for growers. They offer practical guidelines to improve and maintain soil health for better production and environmental outcomes. The Soil BMP is a ‘living’ document and as such can be edited and updated as we further our understanding of soil health and sustainable farming practices.
Northern Rivers Soil Best Management 
Practice Guides

North Coast Regional Landcare Videos from the Regional Landcare Forum at Angourie, NSW in March 2013.

Jerry Brunetti - The Holy Grail of Crop Health: Plant Secondary Metabolites
Jerry Brunetti - Understanding 
How Nature Works
Jerry Brunetti - 13 Steps to Optimal Livestock Production
Jerry Brunetti - Soil as a Supra-Organism
Glenn Morris, FigTrees Organic Farms, Organic Holistically Managed Beef Grazing
Chris Eggert, Redbank Farm, Organic Dairy 

More Landcare Videos

SoilCare Videos
'Managing Soil for Quality Crops' was filmed at a SoilCare workshop in May 2014.  The presenter is Graham Lancaster, Managing Director at the Environmental Analysis Lab at Southern Cross University.

Graham moved from Environmental Science into Analytical Chemistry in the early 1990's, setting up EAL, Environmental Analysis Lab, in Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.  
In the mid 90's EAL moved into specialized agricultural analysis primarily related to organic and biological farming. Soil, leaf & compost analysis is designed to enhance soil management and encourage reduced & targeted application of inorganic fertilisers.   

http://scu.edu.au/eal/ 
Healthy Soil, Healthy World - Prof John Crawford is a sustainable agriculturalist and Professor at the University of Sydney. His projects focus on soil modeling and the social and cultural systems of food.
The Complexity Imperitive for a Sustainable Food System - Prof John Crawford is a sustainable agriculturalist and Professor at the University of Sydney. His projects focus on soil modeling and the social and cultural systems of food.

Websites Soil Health

SoilsForLife  Outcomes Australia’s Soils for Life Program is a Registered Environmental Organisation with the principal purpose of enhancing Australia's natural environment with a focus on the Australian rural landscape. 


Soil Health  Website for the Soil Biology Research Group in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in the School of Earth and Environment at The University of Western Australia.  Professor Lyn Abbott's book, 'Soils Are Alive!' can be downloaded FREE!
Advocate for Soil Health-Dept of Agriculture  Former Governor–General Major General the Hon. Michael Jeffery, the national Advocate for Soil Health, raises public awareness of the critical role soil plays (integrated with good water and vegetation management) in underpinning sustainable productivity, delivering high quality ecosystem services and helping to meet global challenges including food security and climate change.

Ecological Agriculture Australia Association  The EAAA believes farming ecologically is the most appropriate road to producing healthy food and environment in a world beset with falling carbon reserves coupled with the dangers of climate change.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Biological Control of Insect Pests

IPM - Beneficial Insects Websites
BioResources.com.au - Visit this website for information on biological control of Macadamia Nutborer and Fruit Spotting Bug.  Richard Llewellyn has a good Spotting Bug Blog .

Bugs for Bugs specialises in integrated pest management (IPM) and is one of Australia's leading suppliers of biological control agents.

ABC  - Australasian Biological Control - This website is hosted by the Association of Beneficial Arthropod Producers Inc (ABC Inc) - better known as The Good Bug Producers.  
The mass release of beneficial insects is now a "mainstream" component of many cropping systems, most notably - citrus, strawberries, nursery, cut flower and glasshouse vegetable crops, sweet corn, macadamia nuts...
This site lists all the commercially available beneficial insects in Australia and New Zealand. 
Biological Control - IPM Videos

International Soil Resources

Websites

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) 
Free download of books and fact sheets.

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) 
The publications and other resources listed here offer information on how to assess, improve, and maintain soil health for both croplands and pastures.
Soil and Health Agriculture Library  Free Digitalized Library  includes the original, fundamental books that began the organic farming and gardening movement. There is a broad collection of materials by William Albrecht, Sir Alfred Howard and Lady Eve Balfour. 

Videos

National Conference of Cover Crops and Soil Health  
40 videos/presentations on cover crops and soil health

Books