Soil Health – What is it and how do we get there?

We had a fantastic turnout for our Soil Health – What Is It and How Do We Get There? workshop, with plenty of great discussion and practical thinking throughout the day.

Led by Kevin Elmy, the session dug into what soil health really means on the ground, not just in theory, but in day-to-day farm management. From understanding soil biology and structure, to practical tools like cover cropping, livestock integration and smarter fertiliser use, the focus was on achievable steps landholders can take to build healthier, more resilient soils.

In this post, you can find the power point slides and all the resources we used throughout the day, as well as some bonus resources provided by Kevin.

Thanks to everyone who came along and contributed to the conversation. It’s encouraging to see so many local landholders committed to strengthening their soils for the future.

Kevin mentioned the solvita test kit for home testing, follow the link to find out more: Solvita Soil Respiration Test – AgSight 

There are more helpful resources at:  Perennial pastures for Western Australia – RegenWA

This event forms part the Lower Blackwood LCDC’s Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program (RAPP) 2026. RAPP is supported through funding from the Augusta Margaret River Shire’s Environmental Management Fund. This event also forms part of a collaborative project with RegenWA called ‘Make Your Hectare Count’. The project is supported by funding from the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program (State Natural Resource Management Program). Additional support has been provided through RegenWA’s Accelerating Regenerative Agriculture Adoption Project, and the WA Land care Networks. The WA Landcare Network is funded by State NRM, Lotterywest and the National Landcare Network.