Gerard turned 65 and then bought a 550ha farm for his retirement! Together with his son Jake, they are exploring more regenerative ways of farming livestock while also looking after the land. Biochar is an emerging part of this journey and I really like the DIY, give-it-a-go approach Kaipara Coast Farm is taking.
We chat about diversifying pastures, spraying out biochar with special brews designed to stimulate fungal activity and enhance pasture recovery, grazing mobs with high density and long rotations, and feeding biochar to livestock as well as using biochar in compost!
An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar
The national biochar association in NZ: https://biochar.net.nz/ (BNNZ)
Intro sound: https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250749/