Ep.39 Holistic farming - Randal Breen (Echo Valley Farm)

Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Randal Breen is a farmer that raises beef, chickens and pigs on the same farm for a number of reasons which we discuss during our interview, as well as the importance of biodiversity, native vegetation not only to the overall ecosystem but also to an animal's health and the nutritional density of its meat.
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The Echo Valley Farm website: https://www.echovalley.com.au/
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Echo Valley Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): https://www.echovalley.com.au/csa
Check out a Twitter friend of mine that also does CSA farming at Lakey Farm: https://twitter.com/RayMondeDeux
Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): https://afsa.org.au/csa/
AFSA's Food Democracy book: https://afsa.org.au/afsa-merch/farming-democracy-2/
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