Landcare In Focus November 2013

1● ● ● ● Landcare In Focus 7th November 2013 ~ www.landcareonline.com.au B ORN of farmers’natural interest in soil health, the special-interest Landcare group Soilcare has moved from strength to strength since forming eight years ago. Soilcare was created... More

1● ● ● ● Landcare In Focus 7th November 2013 ~ www.landcareonline.com.au B ORN of farmers’natural interest in soil health, the special-interest Landcare group Soilcare has moved from strength to strength since forming eight years ago. Soilcare was created out of the Tuckombil Landcare Group, on the NSW North Coast, which in 1998 recognised that its farmer members shared a common interest in understanding how their practices affected the soil. In the subsequent Good Soil Project and the two Good Worm Projects that followed, Tuckombil Landcare attracted more than a million dollars in funding. By 2004, preoccupation with soil health was pulling Tockombil Landcare members away from other natural resource management tasks, according to Soilcare chairperson Bonnie Walker. The following year, Soilcare was born to provide a specific focus on agriculture’s relationship with the soil. “Healthy soil is fundamental to the health of people and the planet,” Ms Walker said. “We can’t talk about the h Less