FROM CONVENTIONAL TO REGENERATIVE AG A humble farmers journey

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Richard Perkins is a globally recognised leader in the field of Regenerative Agriculture and is the owner of Europe’s foremost example, Ridgedale Farm, Sweden. He is the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture, regarded as one of the most comprehensive books in the literature, as well as Ridgedale Farm Builds.
His approach to no-dig market gardening and pastured poultry, as well as his integration of Holistic Management, Keyline Design and Farm-Scale Permaculture in profitable small-scale farming has influenced a whole new generation of farmers across the globe. Garnering more than 15 million views on his blog, and teaching thousands globally through his live training at the farm and online, Richard continues to inspire farmers all over the globe with his pragmatic no-nonsense approach to profitable system design.

[@miriamneilson5150]

These videos are so valuable!!! It was brilliant to see the changes being made and the interconnecting relationships that each new enterprise is having. Absolutely Brilliant the way they are using something as simple as a colour dot on a quad stick to show customers how little or how much they can take from different plots. Great work Tore and Jelle for the huge amount of work you guys must be doing... I had an certified organic pig farm and organic horticulture farm in Australia and understand the huge hours and constant daily workload it can be for just 2 people.

[@fiodaras]

Great job Tore!. This is the best eko farm in Norway by far, and i am proud to be part of it!

[@ZeljkoSerdar]

In brief Richard, people who are “open to experience” tend to be intellectually curious, creative and imaginative. Personality researchers have shown that such people literally see the world differently. Less open people experience latent inhibition, a brain function that filters out extraneous visual and cognitive input. But highly open people are less subject to such cognitive inhibition. Because their perception allows more information to flow into their visual system, more open people tend to see things that others block out. Here we see that open people can feel very complex emotional states because seemingly incompatible feelings break through into their consciousness simultaneously. Good job!

[@michaellohre1470]

Skol to the Norskies! Very impressive and inspiring. Love what you guys have accomplished!

[@psychothrill6072]

The prices this guy quoted for his shares and packages seemed like ridiculously good value to me.

[@suemagyari2992]

Amazing. I salute you farmers that revise your ideas to fit new ideas!

[@lucschoonen4082]

This is a super cool story and good to see that there are conventional farmers with an open mind! Slowly but surely we'll get there and convince the general public that there is an alternative way of doing things in a regenrative matter.

[@MORT-zf3qb]

Hi Richard, Thank you so much for what you actually do for free and for everyone!!!! As soon as i open my emails I search if you have posted something new and go and watch straight away. But this going to different farms and getting different perspectives on way's to farm has blown me away. I would just like to say thank you so much.. Cheers Steve

[@cathyhaynes2903]

Sticks and woody material in compost can be really good. I've found lots of white threads of mycelium growth under my wood chips. That's wonderful for the plants.

[@gregstanley8430]

Wow. The scale of production on that farm looks HUGE considering only 2 guys are doing it.

[@dandan8333]

Your road trip has been a valuable tool in the movement and duplication of knowledge for all to experience! A beautiful farm continuing to supporting locals needs and wants while being great stewards of the land. Impressive and contagious for many to follow!

[@NS-pf2zc]

Very cool farm! So inspiring to see people leaving conventional ways of agriculture and seeing yields from doing so!

[@carolewarner101]

Wow, what a transition! It really gives me hope to see experienced farmers being willing to explore and change their farms to regenerative practices from "conventional" ones. Very, very inspiring!!!

[@TowerHand]

Absolutely loving the road trip, very much appreciate you taking us all along! Great farm as a base to jump start from with regenerative methods.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Very inspiring. You are gonna spoil us with this tour! I enjoy seeing what your students are up to.

[@alcast4774]

I'm really enjoying your trip. Wonderful seeing so many people doing great work.

[@DARKLYLIT]

It's so great that Tore is so open to "new" ideas. His youth has a lot to do with that. I know a lot of older farmers who, like you say, are pretty stubborn, prideful and set-in-their-ways. I even know a farmer in his forties who is unable to change things on his farm because his almost 90 year old father(who started the farm) won't let him make any changes. Stubborn old coots!! Thanks for the vid Richard. You're so lucky to do a road trip like this. Too bad you couldn't take Yohanna and Ragnar, but I could see it might be logistically more complicated and tiring with the little'un there. Safe continued-journeys! Look forward to seeing the rest of your stops along the way. CHEERS! :)

[@HelenRullesteg]

Unfortunately it's not only old farmers, my 20-year old nephew who's at ag school is fundamentally opposed to doing anything different from traditional farming with lots of plowing, spraying and using big machinery.

[@dylnthmsn420]

Fast becoming one of my favorite channels Richard. I love these long form videos!

[@madmesmith5187]

So cool what a set up, good to see he is willing to give up his tractor :)

[@royking7298]

I love love love Norway!!!! I always wondered about farming in Norway. This is exactly what I wanted to see. Next would be north of the Arctic Circle. I would love to live in Bodo or Tromso.

[@CenteredlParentingTV]

I love these so much! But they always end up with me wanting to move out of the US! :) . I hope someday you can visit the farms around Stellenbosch, South Africa and look at their biz models. The small farms had a small petting farm and playground and then there would be a picnic area. These were super popular places for families to go to on the weekend. You could buy a picnic, shop in their small shops for cheese and meat and veg and then of course, since it was wine country, wine as well. I wish there were places like that in the US to go hang out on weekends. It seemed like a lucrative little biz- would love to see behind the scenes of those.

[@AllQuiltedTogetherLLC]

Awesome! Beautiful farm, happy cows and amazing abundance!! 💞

[@jimclaire7996]

Jolene Shindler

[@AllQuiltedTogetherLLC]

Jim Claire yes?

[@cchurch5037]

Thank you for sharing these inspiring stories Richard - I think the conversion from conventional to regen approach is a very powerful story. Amazing work guys with that compost moving 💪

[@buddingnaturalist]

"We'll put down the links below",-never does it. 🤣

[@seanoff]

During the composting process the majority of decomposition happens in the first few months, usually indicated by high pile temperatures from bacterial respiration. You'll find that many "cheap" compost manufacturers bypass the additional 4+ month curing phase after the compost temperature drops and stabilizes (at least for the rapid aerobic composting method) when another group of decomposers/fungi set in to finish the compost. This choice is a matter of economics, as storage for another half year or is expensive for manufacturers. So buy uncured compost a few months before you need and let it sit to continue decomposition. When you cant recognise the original material its ready . Regarding woody composts, wood/lignin takes a long time to break down due to a high carbon to nitrogen ration (roughly 300:1) making it hard for decomposers which need the nitrogen to sequester carbon (hence nitrogen robbing from the soil if woodchips are buried). a preferable ratio is 40:1 so add nitrogen; mixing the woody compost with your fresh animal manure (source of high nitrogen) will speed up the decomposition. leave for a few months (at the least) before applying it to your fields otherwise you'll burn the crop.

[@maplenook]

Gorgeous place. I love the farm tours!

[@MarcBujold]

Loving this series and seeing all these amazing places!!

[@rwwkv6]

Awesome. Love the road trip so far :)

[@HyperburnSeroo]

Good thing to know is that white egg laying hens are more efficient than brown egg laying hens. In the Netherlands the white eggs are now being preferred more and more compared to brown which used to be preferred. This is due to the new environmental image white eggs are now known for.

[@pilkyish]

Great video, I'm looking forward to seeing all of these new farms on your road trip.

[@SuperCidermonkey]

If your lanes are wide enough to put a tractor over, you should build a chicken tractor to run over the ground before planting. Then follow it with aerated worm tea. Also change form sprinklers to drip systems. A no dig garden shouldn't need massive amounts of water.

[@boomsmah]

This compost is more burnt than it is humus, we got those facility's also in The Netherlands; great for big farms maybe. What a firm movement these two people have, Drive save Mr Perkins and take care.

[@christianpkp9050]

Thank you Richard and God bless you.

[@harppoon23]

It's great see regions Alaska where I live doing regernative ag. Practices

[@grantscalf6010]

Subtle nod to Douglas Adams did not go unnoticed. ;)

[@yellowlabrador]

I rea.lly enjoyed this, so inspiring. I Can't wait for you to come to Ireland

[@doodledufus5685]

Hi thank you

[@mrThoreKarlsson]

Richard. I'm hoping to see a follow up on thees :)

[@Randomiz500]

thank you, Richard for the different insight :-)

[@jimmason1072]

Beautiful..... Life in Norway must be quite different from here in Canada..... He did mention a flooding issue.... I hope with the global weather pattern change things style dry for them....

[@sagwafare]

In the US we call this “U-Pick,” usually done here with fruit crops, such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and apples.

[@derrickpitter8340]

Great video once again! Would have loved to hear more of that conversation towards the end though.

[@xero7787]

Could you explain why they didnt raise the land over time applying land erosion protection formations by the river and a retention pond by doing so they increase output production the land. Also A small hydro plant can be built by the river side..

[@lennsisson]

Great video. I love what these guys are doing. Also, great Hitchhiker's reference at the end. To this latter, I can only add... 42. Safe journeys.

[@gogonkt]

Enjoy!

[@elmejor06]

If people pay 1600€ for the same amount of veggies why do you sell them for 450€?

[@MistressOP]

they should really look into more transplants. you can fit a lot more production is you have a good transplant program

[@TheLOLweird]

Great Video Rich !

[@Fototrotter]

2 happy farmers. 👍😍👍

[@paxtianodirtfrog8947]

I was glad to see the corn patch in the market gardens, I don't see that much in the market garden model. Many people would say this is a low value crop and I totally agree, however I think its important that these crops make their way out of conventional farming methods just as the high value crops are. I assume you are using the standard 75 cm bed size on these, how many rows of corn are sown per bed?

[@jelledenblaauewen2567]

2 rows and then 20 cm on the row

[@kirstenwhitworth8079]

💖💖💖 Very interesting and inspiring. Thanks for the video.

[@Jeffnixononline]

It would be really helpful to viewers if you were able to tell us how many hectares each property is on your videos as it gives us a scale to relate to. It took many videos for me to understand how many hectares Ridgevale farm is. How many staff does he have?

[@frodehau]

They said 20ha.

[@Jeffnixononline]

@@frodehau yes. As a general guide not many state how big the properties are.

[@allenmiller8899]

Your work is much appreciated and so informative. Thanks a bunch from the states!

[@janew5351]

Another amazing story and farm. Were they feeding the hens any grain at all?

[@shaneemanuelle6243]

Totally inspiring

[@ClementDupuis_CISSP]

RICHARD: Totally off topic: How do you like your new drone? I have the Mavic and was wondering if an upgrade would give me a lot more. Best regards Clement

[@markbaumgardner3760]

Another great video, very informative, like what they are doing with the insect netting, though I wonder what the cost is for that wide? I am doing single rows currently and it's costing me approx $300.00 for 360 feet of the Protek net. I'm buying locally, but it's coming from Canada. Not many people using insect netting in PA. It is working exceptially for me currently, plants are very clean, we took some beautiful Bok Choy to market last week and our cabbage isn't all filled with holes. Though, our problem has been too much rain this summer. We got over 7 1/2" over the weekend. We market ourselves as chemical free, and the only way to get cole crops in the fall is to cover. Thx

[@randywestcott6062]

AWESOME VIDEO!!

[@flairmaister]

would it be possible to get in touch with Jelle? I am also from NL and would love to get in touch with more regen people here. I'm also an engineer looking to quit my job and move into regenerative agriculture in some capacity.

[@ishaqali4480]

Thanks for such useful videos. I am from Afghanistan and producing organic saffron, but now I am thinking to switch to use chemical on farms because the price in the local market is the same as non-organic saffron. You mentioned the ideas of direct approaching of the customer through facebook. Is there any specific group on FB for customer of organic product or it is just based on individual contact?

[@releventhurt]

Very nice. How do u like producing your saffron and is there anyway to grow a sacrifice plant that the pests go for instead of your saffron?

[@LK-uk1lp]

Where are the links? :)

[@Koenvs1986]

The link to the design competition is cut of and doesn't work!

[@liammurphy2725]

What is a WWoofer?

[@darius8031]

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