Reading, Listening & Watching
The books, podcasts and videos that have shaped how we think about farming, land and country. Click any card to read more. We'll keep adding to this over time.
The landmark work of Australian regenerative agriculture. Massy documents farmers who have healed their land through holistic thinking: part nature writing, part science, part manifesto. The book that inspired Rachel Ward's film and countless farmers including us.
Brown turns to Edo-period Japan, a society that reversed deforestation, increased agricultural yields and sustained a growing population for 200 years, to find lessons in conservation-minded, waste-free living. Stories of farmers, city dwellers and craftspeople who managed land, water and materials with extraordinary care. A quiet but radical argument that enough is, in fact, enough.
The story of Indigenous cool burning: the ancient practice that shaped Australia's landscapes for tens of thousands of years. A powerful argument that the knowledge held by Aboriginal Australians about this land is urgent, practical wisdom, not historical curiosity.
Savory's life work: the framework for managing land, livestock and finances as a whole system. His central insight, that properly managed grazing animals can reverse desertification, is the theoretical backbone of our work at Mirrim Wurnit. Dense and worth every page.
A provocative exploration of nutrient cycling: the fundamental biological loop that underpins all life and all soil health. Irreverent title, serious science. Helps explain why what moves through animals and back into the ground matters so much.
A meditation on the relationship between people, landscape and place: the emotional and cultural dimensions of land that sit beneath the practical science of regenerative farming. A reminder of why the work matters beyond productivity.
Nicole Masters' practical guide to building soil health from the ground up: accessible, science-backed and written for farmers and gardeners alike. A great companion to the bigger theoretical works, with clear guidance on what to actually do.
Colin Seis' account of four generations on Winona and the development of pasture cropping: zero-till annual crops sown directly into perennial native grasslands. A bushfire in 1979 destroyed the farm and forced a rethink that changed Australian farming. A remarkable story of regeneration through necessity.
A practical guide to revegetation design based on modern ecology and thirty years of Landcare experience, helping landholders choose the right indigenous plants for their specific landscape to create biodiverse, resilient plantings that mimic natural ecosystems. Directly relevant to the EVC-based approach we use at Mirrim Wurnit.
Charles Maslin has been running Gunningrah, a grazing property on the southern Monaro, for over 35 years. His work integrating livestock management with natural infrastructure, changing grazing practices to improve ground cover, then repairing degraded waterways, is a compelling Australian case study in landscape rehydration.
Documented by Soils for Life, whose case study library is one of the best practical resources for regenerative farming in Australia.
A new feature-length documentary from the Tarwyn Park Training team following Australian farmers putting Natural Sequence Farming into practice. It traces the movement Peter Andrews began — slowing water, rebuilding ground cover and restoring landscape function — across three generations of farmers now carrying it forward. A direct line to the ideas that shape our work at Mirrim Wurnit.
Charlie Arnott's conversations with farmers and thinkers on the front line of regenerative agriculture in Australia. Practical, honest and grounded. Essential listening for anyone farming or thinking about farming differently.
Wide-ranging conversations on regenerative food, farming and land management from across the globe. Thoughtful and accessible: the kind of podcast that makes long drives through the paddock feel like time well spent.
Peter Byck's 10-part documentary series on adaptive multi-paddock grazing: farmers across the US regenerating soils, improving water cycles and finally making money. Followed by Roots So Deep, a four-part series digging into the science. Seen by over a million people in 150 countries.
Rachel Ward's documentary following her own transformation from ecological despair to championing regenerative farming on her NSW property, with Peter Andrews and NSF at its heart. Funny, honest and genuinely moving. Made for people who've never heard of regenerative agriculture and those who live it.
The farmer who developed Natural Sequence Farming and spent decades fighting to have it taken seriously. His ideas on water, landscape function and rehabilitation underpin our approach at Mirrim Wurnit. Equal parts inspiring and infuriating.