“I wanted resilience everywhere in the business, whether that was financially or environmentally.

“I thought that if there was a slightly different way to do it and I could still make money and be more resilient and not damage the environment, then that was worth exploring.

"We're more resilient to the price changes and the weather extremes. We've reduced nearly all the variable costs, without over sacrificing yield.

“It’s made me feel really excited about the future, because there’s so much more to learn and we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface.”

“As a farmer you tend to be pretty self-reliant, so this message of regenerating your land and becoming more reliant on your own resources and less on external inputs is very attractive.

“Our approach is to work with those who are ready and willing to make changes or experiment. And as long as we can prove that these methods are profitable and pragmatic we believe that people will start to see those results, ask questions and begin to make changes themselves.

“Regenerative agriculture has been a blessing in my life, watching this community of farmers being able to link up and talk about issues and talk about what works on their farm and what doesn't work on another. “

Farmers who join a Regenerate Outcomes project receive targeted mentoring from an expert team of regenerative farmers and soil scientists at Understanding Ag.