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Charlie Arnott on reverence, ritual and regenerative everything
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:57:44
Publish Date: 2021-02-14 19:00:00
Description:

Charlie Arnott is an eighth generation Aussie farmer, educator, regenerative ag advocate, podcast host, wellness dude and pretty darn enlightened dad in his spare time.

For all that, there was a time Charlie wasn’t such a conscious operator. His early farming career was characterised by all the conventional stuff; synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, a high input/output model, and a bitter ongoing battle against nature.

Today, he shares the epiphanies that led him to where he is today -- an award-winning biodynamic farmer who lives and breathes regenerative principles -- plus a veritable polyculture of stories, struggles and holistic thinking. A thought-provoking conversation with a visionary fella.

SHOW NOTES

  • A blessed country childhood with a high bar for work ethic and a deep appreciation of farming
  • Back on the farm from 1997, questioning the congruence of his values with his farming practices
  • Interrogating chemical use, increased understanding in human health.
  • “Once you’ve learned other ways of doing things, you can’t unlearn them, and I was searching for something to “go towards”. I had a new set of KPIS including ecology, well being, sense of purpose."
  • Building a new community of intuitive, curious land managers.
  • Changing the paddock between your ears! 
  • Why people are mean when they are scared.
  • If you don’t have a few enemies, you're not having a good go. 
  • Making decisions through the lens of seven generations.
  • Making the legacy attractive enough for the next generation to see it as desirable.
  • “My sense of compassion and gratitude for the paddocks in my care is immense.”
  • Practices that are ritualistic and foster a sense of reverence for our surroundings
  • Engaging with the essence of our biome.
  • Why we need to keep our food coming from places that are as close to the natural world as possible.
  • Accepting those with different filters and ethics.
  • Are plants sentient beings?
  • Why using your credit card to abdicate responsibility for your actions isn't enough.
  • The joy of not being an expert.
  • Why it's OK to judge your former self but never others.
  • A day in the life of Charlie Arnott
  • Journaling for clarity and gratitude
  • “Success is the confluence of preparation and opportunity”. 

LINKS YOU'LL LOVE

Charlie Arnott -- Website, Instagram, Podcast
Sacred Cow: The case for (better) meat -- Documentary
The Secret Life of Trees -- Peter Wohlleben

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