Diary of a Carbon Farmer

This is the diary of an Australian family who escaped from the city, joined a farming community, and learned to love soil. Carbon Farming is about growing soil carbon - the first link in our food chain. The topsoil is where God's creation is taking place, at every moment. Carbon is the building block of life. By growing it we can restore ecosystems to health. At the same time we can remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as Carbon in the soil.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

No need for Mulesing at "Uamby"

We have always hated mulesing but did it because 'they' said we should. But now we hope we don't have to do it ever again. We are replacing our rams gradually with Multi Purpose Merinos, the first 8 arrived a few weeks ago.

These noble beasts have few wrinkles and flaps and so they and their progeny don't need mulesing. Simple. Australian-grown solution. Louisa and I are meeting with the company whose growers produce the new bloodline to see if we can help them develop a 'carboncredited™' offering. The meeting will be a full day working with their growers in WA.

We only just got back from NZ (see carboncoalitionboz.blogspot.com) where we spent a week campaigning for climate change agriculture. We will be a week in WA, speaking to WANTFA (no till farmers), farmers from the Northern Catchment, and the MPM breeders.