Now this was a passionate conversation! Today we have a chat with Nick Holiday from Belvedere Farm and cover a wide range of topics including Agroecology, and why there’s an important distinction between that and regenerative agriculture, the pressure on ethical farmers to follow more industrialised methods and why they are resisting. We also dispel some myths about egg production and the important difference between “free range” and “pasture raised”, which continues on from the conversation in our last episode with Stuart Andrews. The idea of community is a vital part of this convo, and Nick is a strong and outspoken advocate for ethical producers working together and competing with larger commercial producers rather than each other.

Nick and Brydie Holliday are Belvedere Farm, an agroecological farm caring for a mix of owned and leased land on unceded Jinibara country near Maleny. Their main focus is looking after country, building community and destroying factory farming and the systems that support it. As a byproduct of that work, they produce delicious pasture-raised eggs, heritage-breed pork and grass fed and finished beef.

This convo gets a little controversial at times and calls out some major players in the industry. Through it all, you will grow to love Nick as we do for putting his everything into everything he does.

Enjoy.

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Hosted by Dan Vanderhoek - Eco & Lifestyle Property Specialist 

Guest was Nick Holliday from Belvedere Farm

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Mentions:

Belvedere Farm

- Website:https://belvederefarm.com.au/

- Facebook and Instagram: @belvederecedarton

• Forage Farms: @ForageFarmsAustralia and https://www.foragefarms.com.au/ 
• Tin Shed Farm: @tinshedfarm.au and https://www.tinshedfarm.net/about 
• Randal from Echo Valley Farm: @echovalleyfarms and https://www.echovalley.com.au/ 
• Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance: @AFSAfoodsovereignty and https://afsa.org.au/
• Tammi Jonas from Jonai Farms: @jonaifarms and http://jonaifarms.com.au/ 
• The Food and Agribusiness Network: @foodagribusinessnetwork and https://foodagribusiness.org.au/ 

Books

- Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark.../book/9781921248016.html