Charlie Arnott is an eighth generation Aussie farmer, educator, regenerative ag advocate, podcast host, wellness dude and pretty darn enlightened dad in his spare time.
For all that, there was a time Charlie wasn’t such a conscious operator. His early farming career was characterised by all the conventional stuff; synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, a high input/output model, and a bitter ongoing battle against nature.
Today, he shares the epiphanies that led him to where he is today -- an award-winning biodynamic farmer who lives and breathes regenerative principles -- plus a veritable polyculture of stories, struggles and holistic thinking. A thought-provoking conversation with a visionary fella.
SHOW NOTES
- A blessed country childhood with a high bar for work ethic and a deep appreciation of farming
- Back on the farm from 1997, questioning the congruence of his values with his farming practices
- Interrogating chemical use, increased understanding in human health.
- “Once you’ve learned other ways of doing things, you can’t unlearn them, and I was searching for something to “go towards”. I had a new set of KPIS including ecology, well being, sense of purpose."
- Building a new community of intuitive, curious land managers.
- Changing the paddock between your ears!
- Why people are mean when they are scared.
- If you don’t have a few enemies, you're not having a good go.
- Making decisions through the lens of seven generations.
- Making the legacy attractive enough for the next generation to see it as desirable.
- “My sense of compassion and gratitude for the paddocks in my care is immense.”
- Practices that are ritualistic and foster a sense of reverence for our surroundings
- Engaging with the essence of our biome.
- Why we need to keep our food coming from places that are as close to the natural world as possible.
- Accepting those with different filters and ethics.
- Are plants sentient beings?
- Why using your credit card to abdicate responsibility for your actions isn't enough.
- The joy of not being an expert.
- Why it's OK to judge your former self but never others.
- A day in the life of Charlie Arnott
- Journaling for clarity and gratitude
- “Success is the confluence of preparation and opportunity”.
LINKS YOU'LL LOVE
Charlie Arnott -- Website, Instagram, Podcast
Sacred Cow: The case for (better) meat -- Documentary
The Secret Life of Trees -- Peter Wohlleben
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