Walking through the grass on her rural property in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Jackie Morrison has a vision for her farm: healthy soil, flourishing rainforest and a booming honey business. But the fruits of her labour won’t be seen in her lifetime. As a regenerative agriculture student, Jackie is farming for the future.
“You want your soil to be better for the next generation and then the generation after that,” Jackie says, giving one of her pigs an affectionate scratch as it snuffles at her feet.
The swine are managed through free-range rotational grazing, with crops planted behind the pig pen that provide food for them while improving the health of the soil. It’s just one example of how Jackie is incorporating her learnings in Regenerative Agriculture into the management of her farm.
“We integrate between the chickens, pigs and cattle for the best and most sustainable way to use that soil,” Jackie says. “It doesn’t matter if you’re farming nectar for bees or pecans, pigs or cattle, all you’re really farming is the biology in your soil.”
