For five generations, Charles Massy's family rode on the sheep’s back and nearly destroyed their land in the process.
When drought in the 80s and 90s almost sent him broke, the Cooma farmer switched to regenerative agriculture and watched his overgrazed land recover.
In his mid-50s, Charles Massy started a PhD, visiting 80 top regenerative farmers to see what they were doing differently.
That led to his ground-breaking book Call of the Reed Warbler, a plea to farmers to start working with nature.
* National Farmers' Federation's Fiona Simson says this story does not fully represent her position on regenerative agriculture, which is one of broad support.
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