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For almost a decade, our mission was to raise awareness by finding and sharing the stories of Australia’s leading farmers. These stories have inspired thousands, showing how soil stewardship can help solve our greatest challenges.
Now, as curiosity grows, the challenge is to ensure every interested farmer has the support they need to move from curiosity to confidence. We’re helping them do that through safe-to-fail trials, practical guides, training and peer learning communities that break down the barriers to change.
Read our Impact Report 2024-25
This year’s Impact Report shares highlights from that work: new practice guides, flagship cropping projects, a landscape rehydration partnership with the Mulloon Institute, a spotlight on regeneration in the rangelands, and our growing focus on soil and human health.
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OUR MISSION
Our mission is to support Australian farmers to regenerate soils, for resilient people, communities, businesses and landscapes.
OUR VISION
We are working to realise a world where healthy, regenerated soils and landscapes support profitable food-producing businesses, thriving and resilient people and regional communities, and abundant and nutritious food.
Our approach
Supporting the move from curiosity to confidence.
The vast majority of farmers want to leave the land better than they found it. But farming is a risky business, and many feel safer to stick with the status quo.
Our focus is to inspire and equip a critical mass of these ‘curious’ farmers to move from curiosity to confidence and adoption.
Unfortunately, soils around Australia have been degraded and in many places are continuing to degrade.
Our strategy
Inspire – Share stories of change to inspire and empower others.
Connect – Build strong peer communities of learning and practice.
Support – Help farmers trial and adopt regenerative practices.
Influence – Engage the public and decision-makers to enable regenerative agriculture at scale.
Impact by the numbers
24
Our latest in-depth case studies have showcased 24 regenerative farmers in the last year.
50000
More than 50,000 people have viewed our website this year.
11000
Our podcast has had over 11,000 listens, with over 2,300 average listens per episode.
500
We’ve had 500 participants in our online and in-paddock events.
94
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94% of farmers said our Practice Guides have been useful on their regenerative journey.
100,000
We’ve had more than 100,000 views of our online information and resources.
35000
Our practical farming videos have attracted more than 35,000 views on YouTube.
40000
40,000 people follow us across our social media channels.
18
We’ve supported 18 regenerative farmers to participate in public events across the country.
Our work in 2024
Practice guides
Our new guides complement our well-known case studies by providing practical guidance – including why and how to introduce regenerative practices – that many farmers are now seeking as they consider taking steps on their own farms.
We’re on track to publish 10 guides by mid-2025 on practices such as multispecies cropping, reducing herbicides, biological inputs and integration of cropping with livestock.
Regenerative cropping
Australian broadacre cropping produces enough each year to feed around 350 million people, but typical cropping practices also contribute to land and water degradation and leave cropping enterprises vulnerable to climate impacts. Our Cropping Resilience initiative has supported an estimated 4,000 crop growers to adopt practices that build soil and landscape health and resilience through field days, online events, videos, guides, podcasts and discussion groups.
Spotlight on the rangelands
Expanding on our work in western NSW for the Rangelands Living Skin project, we presented at the Regenerative Rangelands Conference and appeared in its Thinking Forward film, published a podcast on the opportunity in rangelands and embarked on a new project with the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development documenting and sharing stories of rangelands revitalisation in southern WA.
Connecting soil health and human health
Emerging research is revealing the connections between soil health, plant and animal health, human health and nutrition. We have helped to share this message, organising two Australian events with US-based farmer and researcher Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient Institute, and hosting Dan and others in the Soil Tent at the inaugural Grounded Festival in Tasmania.
Landscape rehydration
We’ve partnered with Mulloon Institute to tell the stories of farmers who are part of their Communities of Practice project.
The project aims to build catchment-scale communities of practice for land managers seeking to improve water cycling and manage climate risk. By showcasing examples of individual farmers and entire communities working to build landscape resilience, our case studies are a useful resource for community groups and farmers wanting to take the first step.
Read our impact reports
2024/5 Impact Report
10 Year Impact Report
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We are an energetic and passionate team of soil scientists, agro-ecologists, researchers, and communications and engagement specialists. Our work is possible thanks to the generosity of donors and grant-makers and the commitment of our farming champions. Gifts made to Soils for Life are tax deductible.
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