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Mountain River Venison's Regenerative Pilot Group Workshop #2 on 7 May

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Post by Conan Moynihan of Groundshift - republished with appreciation.


Last week I had the privilege of helping facilitate Mountain River Venison's Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Group in Springfield, a fantastic afternoon in good company, despite the nor'wester doing its best to remind us where we were.



The MRV team brought together a great group of farmers, and we were joined by Professor Pablo Gregorini and his PhD student Emilia, who shared details of their upcoming research exploring the relationship between pasture diversity and venison quality. Having researchers and farmers in the same paddock, talking the same language, is exactly the kind of collaboration this industry needs.


Over the course of the afternoon we covered a lot of ground, literally and figuratively. We looked at the opportunities that improved soil function can unlock for animal performance, walked paddocks with notably different productivity and tried to understand why, and used the collective knowledge in the room to identify opportunities and work through some of the challenges facing the host farm. 



There was a rich conversation about integrating trees and shrubs into farm systems both for shelter and as a kind of natural medicine cabinet for stock and whether that approach translates well to deer. Native pastures got a good airing too.


The quality of conversation between farmers, researchers, and everyone in between was outstanding. When people stick around well after the formal programme has wrapped up, you know something good happened and that was very much the case here.


These are the days that remind me why I do this work. I left Springfield energised and inspired, and I'm genuinely looking forward to being more involved with this group as the programme develops.

View the overview video of Regenerative Pilot Group Workshop 2 - Hosted by Vanessa Bragan, Bragan Farming on 7 May:



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