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Regenerative Agriculture: Looking back, moving forward South West Celebration Friday 20 November 2015 Jeff Pow & Michelle McManus, Founders

“The idea that we could take beautiful food off the land and heal it at the same time, is a very hopeful lesson… …it suggests that while the sun shines, there is a free lunch and you can capture that energy and run it through a system and not diminish the world” Michael Pollan, International food author

“There are no new fundamentals” Jim Rohn

Regenerative agriculture “Strategic disturbance is the key to environmental innovation” Joel Salatin, Polyfaces Film Trailer

Supply chain “Bringing the terms of trade back on- farm” Darren Doherty, Regrarians Ltd

Stacked Multiple, Enterprises “Decide the profit, and work backwards” Allan Savory Holistic Management

Direct marketing “Eating is an agricultural act” Wendell Berry, The Pleasures of Eating

Community “…very great change starts from very small conversations , held among people who care ” Margaret Wheatley, Turning to One Another

Next frontiers • Breeding & feeding • Collaboration • More mistakes and learning!