Learn how to improve soil, water, biodiversity, and farm productivity using practical, proven ecological approaches.
Key Benefits
✔ Improve soil health and nutrient cycling
✔ Increase water infiltration and drought resilience
✔ Build biodiversity and ecosystem function
✔ Make more informed, profitable farm decisions
This six-part, on-demand course introduces the foundations of regenerative agriculture—helping you work with natural systems to build more productive, resilient landscapes.
Developed by experienced practitioners, the course translates ecological principles into real-world management strategies you can apply immediately.
Who’s It For?
Farmers, land managers, advisors, students, and anyone interested in improving how land is managed.
What You’ll Learn
• Ecological thinking in agriculture
• Soil health and biology
• Fertility and monitoring
• Grazing and livestock systems
• Biodiversity strategies
• Regenerative cropping and horticulture
Our Presenters:

David Hardwick: David is a professional agroecologist working in soil and regenerative agriculture extension and consulting all over Australia for 20 years. He completed a Dairy Traineeship and Diploma of Agribusiness at TAFE NSW before completing a degree in Ecological Agriculture at the University of Sydney. His focus is on regenerative and organic farming systems, land management and rural change.
David has worked in the conventional, organic and regenerative sectors and across grazing, horticulture, dairying and cropping systems. For the last 10 years he has been helping farmers and graziers all over Australia build their skills and confidence to manage soils using fun and practical activities as part of his highly successful Digging Deeper Soils Courses and Bootcamps.


Mark Tupman: For over two decades Mark has been active in the fields of organic/biodynamic production, permaculture, sustainability, agro-ecology and holistic management and in between times managed an orchard, animals and food gardens on his own property.
Mark provides consultation and education & training in the establishment of integrated living production systems. In addition to his consulting work, Mark works as a project consultant to the Lower Blackwood Landcare Group and is the RAPP program coach.


Dr Judi Earl: Judi gained her PhD in pasture ecology when she conducted the first studies describing the benefits to pasture composition from planned grazing. She has extensive experience in how grasslands and pastures respond to grazing and fertility management and is a widely respected speaker on these matters.
Establishing the AIMS consultancy in 1998 and a Holistic Management™ educator since 2002, Judi’s main area of interest is working with land managers to enhance the condition and productivity of their land through improved understanding of ecosystem function and more effective utilisation of available resources.

This Lower Blackwood LCDC online course was developed with funding support from Healthy Estuaries WA – a State Government program that aims to improve the health of our South West estuaries.



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