Videos and articles that explain the role of weeds and how they can be used to understand our soil health:
- Weeds as Indicators – Webinar Recording (youtube.com) This webinar discusses how weeds can be used as indicators of soil health, and management practices to phase these undesirable plants out.
- Weeds are NOT “The Problem” (youtube.com) Within this video, Glen from Soil Works explains why weeds are not the real problem but rather indicators/symptoms of underlying soil health issues and explains the key elements needed to create an environment that promotes healthy crop growth over weed proliferation.
- Weeds in pastures This video focuses on “weeds” and their importance to pasture health. Using Weeds to Read the Soil: Some Basic Concepts to Get Started This article provides some basic ideas of how to use weeds to read the soil.
- 14 page downloadable guide to weeds as indicators created by Reinventing Agriculture
- When Weeds Talk” book provides a comprehensive list of weeds and the soil conditions that enable those weeds to grow.
Existing groups, organisations and resources that support farming collaborations:
- The Land Access Toolkit – provides information on different land tenure models and practical guidance on navigating non-ownership farming models.
- Farming Together Website – provides an array of resources and case studies, models and co-operative business planning tools.
- Young Farmers Connect – Farm Links – is a portal for land holders to offer their land to farmers and farmers looking for land to farm. Create a profile, find a farm or find a farmer.
- Cultivate Farms website connects aspiring farmers, retiring farmers, land holders and investors. Find a farmer, find a farm.
- Farming on Other People’s Land (FOOPL) – Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (afsa.org.au) provides guiding principles for a landshare farming agreement.
- Grazing with neighbours webinar – Speakers in this webinar share their stories and experiences of working with their neighbours as a win-win solution for achieving their shared vision of creating a healthier landscape.
My Climate View – Tailored Climate Information for Farmers – providing climate information for 20 commodity types and location-specific climate predictions for Australian farmers for the next 50 years. Continually updated.
