The Regenerative Journey with Charlie Arnott

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Episode 60 | Rose Kentish |...

05.16.2022

Charlie's guest for this episode of TRJ is Rose Kentish. Rose is an enigma - combining her love of making wine that captures the flavours and perfume of landscape and terroir, with social change, species preservation, regenerative farming and climate ...

The Regenerative Journey with Charlie Arnott episodes:

05.16.2022 Episode 60 \| Rose Kentish \| Bottling Landscape, Community, connection, Social Change & Fine Wine Charlie's guest for this episode of TRJ is Rose Kentish. Rose is an enigma - combining her love of making wine that captures the flavours and perfume of landscape and terroir, with social change, species preservation, regenerative farming and climate ...
05.09.2022 Episode 59 \| Arne Rubinstein \| Bringing Back Traditional Rites of Passage to the Youth of Today. Charlie's guest for this epsiode of TRJ is Arne Rubinstein. Arne Rubinstein started his professional life at the coal face of youth trauma and misadventure in several Emergency Rooms in regional NSW. Through his own research, observations and investigations, Arne ...
05.02.2022 Episode 58 \| Angelica Arnott \| Swapping show biz for Regenerative Livin' Charlie's guest for this episode is his beautiful wife Angelica. Charlie has had many and varied interesting discussions with his wife Angelica and decided it was about time to share them with the world. The episode delves into her own ...
04.25.2022 Episode 57 \| Bert Glover \| Leading the Charge of Leveraging Farm Natural Capital Charlie's guest for this episode of TRJ is Bert Glover. Through family challenges and plenty of on-farm experience, Bert Glover has created a business that allows farmers to leverage the Natural Capital of their farms, and attract capital investment into ...
04.18.2022 Episode 56 \| Bart Davidson \| The Myth, The Polymath, The Man Charlie's guest for this episode of TRJ is Bart Davidson. Bart has traversed a career in agriculture all his adult life and there are not many people Charlie knows who have such a broad skill set and experience in the ...
04.11.2022 Episode 55 \| Part 2 \| Terry McCosker \| The Godfather of Regenerative Australian Agriculture Part 2 of Charlie’s marathon interview with the Godfather of regenerative Australian agriculture focuses on Terry’s development of holistic farm management in an Australian context, the vision of RCS Australia, Natural Capital, and finally the convergence of agriculture, human and ...
04.04.2022 Episode 55 \| Part 1 \| Terry McCosker \| The Godfather of Regenerative Australian Agriculture Charlie's guest for this episode of TRJ is Terry McCosker. After a few false starts and nearly a 2 year wait, Charlie finally sat down with Terry in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens for a marathon 3 hour conversation. In ...
03.28.2022 Episode 54 \| Glen Carlson \| Entrepreneur & Business Scale-up King Finds his Feet in Regenerative Farming Charlie caught up with Glen on his new farm to explore his regenerative journey. It's clear his 7 years at sea circumnavigating the globe with his parents as a boy set up attitudes and behaviours that have stood him in ...
03.21.2022 Episode 53 \| Nat Kelley \| Putting the Culture Back into Agriculture with Indigenous Wisdom and Grace Charlie's guest for this episode of TRJ is Nat Kelley. Nat Kelley is a Peruvian born Australian actress who has made a name for herself in Hollywood not just for her acting but also for her sincere and impassioned support ...
03.14.2022 Episode 52 \| Charlie Arnott \| A New Year of Opportunity Charlie opens TRJ Season 5 with some reflections on the period of time between podcast seasons, announcing some of his future guests, the exciting collaboration with regenerative farm training and advisory business RCS Australia and thoughts on the year ahead. ...
12.13.2021 Episode 51 \| Jon Farriss \| From a life of INXS to the natural abundance of a family farm Jon Farriss, drummer of world famous Australian band INXS, has always done his own thing, teaching himself drums at an early age, pioneering the use of computer modulated music software, and shifting his talents to regenerating a farm near Byron ...
12.06.2021 Episode 50 \| Part 2 \| Adam Gibson \| From gym junkie to regenerative farming facilitator via 'the edge' This is the second part of Charlie's interview with business development guru Adam Gibson. In Part 2, Charlie and Adam take a deep dive into Adam's involvement in regenerative agriculture and how this involvement has grown in recent years. From ...
11.29.2021 Episode 50 \| Part 1 \| Adam Gibson \| From gym junkie to regenerative farming facilitator, via 'the edge' Charlie's guest for this episode is business development guru Adam Gibson. Adam Gibson grew up on a small bush block in SE QLD, and over the next 35 years owned a gym, competed in body building competitions, mentored natural health ...
11.22.2021 Episode 49 \| Gabrielle Chan \| Why we should give a f*ck about farming The acclaimed author and journalist Gabrielle Chan is Charlie's guest for this episode. Gabrielle Chan's media and journalism background combined with her 'opposition defiance disorder' has seen her challenge political and rural issues with curiosity and persistence, resulting in a ...
11.15.2021 Episode 48\| Andy Carbone \| From cattle stations to TV stations - Andy's journey is one of reflection and regeneration In this episode Charlie chats with Andy Carbone about his regenerative journey so far. Andy Carbone started his life on a Central Queensland cattle station before trying his hand at acting, screen writing and film directing. A career and life ...
11.08.2021 Episode 47 \| Nick Mace \| A young family's journey from conventional farming to regenerative living In this episode Charlie chats to Nick Mace. Nick and his young family are currently transitioning their mixed enterprise farm in Western NSW to more regenerative practices, primarily initiated by a health scare some years ago which has changed the ...
11.01.2021 Episode 46 \| Marcus Pearce\| From a smoking, binge-drinking sports journalist to identifying a blueprint for living an exceptional life. In this episode Charlie chats to his good friend Marcus Pearce. Marcus was not necessarily destined for a life of health and wellness. However, meeting his wife Sarah, a stint at veganism, a fascination with longevity & quality of life ...
10.25.2021 Episode 45 \| Amelia Nolan\| Bringing together new technologies with regenerative grape growing & natural wine making. Amelia Nolan represents a new breed of wine maker, one with no preconceived notion of 'the right way to make wine'. Amelia is willing to explore the artisanal craft of natural wine making, initiating regenerative farming practices in the vineyard ...
10.18.2021 Episode 44 \| Michael Taylor \| The biodiversity personified, agroforestry & regenerative wool producer all in one pioneering family business In this episode Charlie chats to Michael Taylor. Michael Taylor is from a multigenerational farming family in the New England region of NSW and is continuing his parents legacy of innovation, agroforestry and ethically produced fine merino wool production. Diversity ...
10.11.2021 Episode 43 \| Rebecca Sullivan \| From sports journalism to food activism & helping to put the culture back into agriculture along the way In this episode Charlie chats to Rebecca Sullivan. Rebecca Sullivan grew up in a family with a conventional attitude to food. A life changing incident at an Italian feast, rocked her appreciation and reverence for food culture and tradition, setting ...
10.04.2021 Episode 42 \| Melissa Brown \| Working with Nature and Improving the Soil as Cornerstones of Regenerative Grape Growing and Wine Making Charlie caught up with Melissa Brown during an 'Introduction to Biodynamics' workshop Charlie was facilitating at and Melissa was hosting at her Biodynamic vineyard in the McLaren Vale region of South Australia. Melissa's dedication to working in partnership with nature, ...
09.27.2021 Episode 41 \| Stuart Austin \| 'Ringer From the Top End' to Carbon Farming Guru Stuart Austin is fast becoming an expert and well respected advocate of building soil carbon, as well as a well known practitioner of regenerative farming on the collection of Wilmot Cattle Co properties. Charlie caught up with Stuart to delve ...
09.20.2021 Episode 40 \| Tammi Jonas \| From Vegan University Activist to Farm Based Meatsmith and Local Food Systems Advocate. From hunger strikes at university to becoming the president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Tammi Jonas has always fought for the rights of others. In this episode Charlie explores Tammi's colourful history of advocacy and food production. She is ...
09.13.2021 Episode 39 \| Maggie Beer \| An Australian Food, Farming & Community Phenomenon Maggie Beer is one of Australia's best-known cooks, fresh food advocates, rural community supporters, and on farm restauranteur icons. Charlie caught up with Maggie at her home in The Barossa Valley, surrounded by quince, citrus and medlar trees, to explore ...
09.06.2021 Episode 38 \| Charlie Arnott \| The Times...They Are Changing! In the first Episode of Season 4 our podcast host Charlie Arnott picks up the mic and provides a preview of what's in store for Season 4 including information about some of his illustrious guests that will be joining him ...
06.07.2021 Episode 37 \| Darren Doherty \| The Regenerative Integrationist Darren Doherty is a self confessed regenerative integrationist and the conversation he had with Charlie certainly supports that description of this multi-talented consultant, environmentalist and landscape manager. Charlie explores with Darren his career from growing up in Bendigo, Victoria, his ...
05.31.2021 Episode 36 \| Part 2 \| Regionality's 'Farm2Plate Exchange' 2021 Conference Special In part 2 of the short interviews Charlie recorded at the Regionality 'Farm 2 Plate Exchange recently he spoke with the author of 'Call of the Reed Warbler', Charlie Massy, one of Australia most celebrated chefs and 'keeping it local' ...
05.24.2021 Episode 36 \| Part 1 \| Regionality's 'Farm2Plate Exchange' 2021 Conference Special In this compilation episode, Charlie interviews a number of presenters at Regionality's 2021 'Farm2Plate Exchange' Conference. Part 1 features interviews with Rose Wright, Founder & MD of Regionality; legendary indigenous foods advocate, farmer & writer Bruce Pascoe; Dr Georgina Davis, ...
05.17.2021 Episode 35 \| Dave Westbrook \| The Farm Business Coach Giving Life Lessons to Help Farmers Achieve Their Goals Charlie caught up with Dave Westbrook at Hanaminno for this interview which tracks Dave's journey from cropping farm boy, through to owning his own grazing farm and business, family succession challenges, development of his farm management skills through the Farm ...
05.10.2021 Episode 34 \| Peter Andrews \| The Godfather of Landscape Rehydration & Natural Sequence Farming Peter Andrews is one of Australia's landscape geniuses, who has been battling to change the stats quo attitude of government, farmers and land managers to hydrology and restoring landscape function for 40 years. Charlie sat with Peter at his farm ...
05.03.2021 Episode 33 \| Stuart Andrews \| Natural Sequence Farming Royalty & Landscape Function Facilitator Charlie caught up with Stuart Andrews, the son of the founder of Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) Peters Andrews, the day after Stuart had completed a 4 day NSF training workshops at Charlie's farm Hanaminno. Stuart is an incredibly open and ...
04.26.2021 Episode 32\| Part 2 \| 'Farming Matters' Conference This is the Part 2 of Charlie's 2021 'Farming Matters' Conference Special. Charlie continues his collection of interviews with presenters and attendees at the 2021 Land to Market 'Farming Matters' conference. In Part 2 Charlie speaks with Sam Johnson from ...
04.19.2021 Episode 32 \| Part 1 \| 'Farming Matters' Conference Special Charlie attended the recent 'Farming Matters' conference organised by the awesome crew at Land to Market, and did a series of quick interviews with some of the presenters and attendees. In part one Charlie speaks with Tony Hill, Executive chair ...
04.12.2021 Episode 31 \| Aaron McKenzie \| Mind, Body & Spirit Fuelled by the Sun Charlie's guest this week is Aaron Mckenzie, the movement & lifestyle coach. Aaron Mckenzie has been on a lifelong regenerative journey, and has been committed to supporting others in their own health journeys since the age of 19. Charlie and ...
04.05.2021 Episode 30 \| Neil Perry \| Australian Restaurant Industry Icon and Deliverer of Hope Charlie was able to grab the very busy Neil Perry for a quick interview at his iconic Sydney restaurant Rockpool Bar and Grill. Neil is a cornerstone of the Australia restaurant industry, with many chefs hats under his belt, a ...
03.29.2021 Episode 29 \| Mitch & Nina Bray \| From Conventional Cropping to Award Winning Organic Farming by Working with Nature In this episode Charlie interviews regen farming's powerhouse couple Mitch & Nina Bray. Charlie caught up with Mitch and Nina at their Noosa Hinterland farm midway through an Introduction to Biodynamics workshop that they were hosting. It was a lively ...
03.22.2021 Episode 28 \| Kate Nelson \| The 'Water Woman Magical Mermaid Yogi Goddess' Kate Nelson is a passionate and outspoken advocate of educating people to the ills and insidious nature of plastics in our environment and our bodies. Charlie and Kate touch on her journey into the world of activism and the many ...
03.15.2021 Episode 27 \| Grant Hilliard \| From Sommelier to Meat Smith - The Journey of a True Food Facilitator In this episode Charlie interviews Grant Hilliard. Grant has been at the forefront of the paddock to plate scene in Sydney for many years, providing a vital link between curious and passionate 'eaters' in the city with the farmers who ...
03.08.2021 Episode 26 \| Cyndi O'Meara \| The Film Making Nutritionist My guest for Episode 26 of the Regenerative Journey is Cyndi O'Meara. Cyndi has been an advocate for healthy food production and consumption for many years. Her training was inspired by the need to understand why humans have survived for ...
03.01.2021 Episode 25 \| David Pocock \| His Journey From World Class Sportsman to Regenerative Champion Charlie's guest for Episode 25 is David Pocock. David has been named one of the best rugby players of all time, however his skills and interests go far beyond the international Rugby stage. Growing up on a Zimbabwean farm David's ...
02.22.2021 Episode 24 \| Charlie Arnott \| From Little Things Big Things Grow In the first Episode of Series 3 our podcast host Charlie Arnott picks up the mic and shares his thoughts and insights into the world of regenerative agriculture currently and identifies some key trends and areas of growth to watch ...
12.21.2020 Episode 23 \| Part 2 \| Tommy Herschell \| Teacher, mentor & story farmer In Part 2 of Charlie's interview with Tommy Herschell, Tommy dives further into the workshops he facilitates, runs through his 'Form guide for a fella', and pulls apart the myth of the 'male code' or 'mens lore' using his own ...
12.14.2020 Episode 23 \| Part 1 \| Tommy Herschell \|Teacher, mentor & story farmer Tommy Herschell is well placed to facilitate workshops that break down the myth that men and boys can't talk about their feelings and problems, given his own experiences as a boy and young man. In this interview he courageously dives ...
12.07.2020 Episode 22 \| Chris Eggert \| Paving a future for Australian regenerative family farming Charlie attended university with 4th generation dairy farmer Chris Eggert. Whilst they hadn't seen each other since, they picked up right where they left off with a lighthearted and deep dive into Chris's life and regenerative journey. Having grown up ...
11.30.2020 Episode 21 \| Hamish Mackay \| Australian elder statesman of Biodynamics and Regenerative Farming Charlie has interviewed Hamish Mackay many times for his Youtube channel and this interview is a poignant reminder that whilst the principles of regenerative agriculture, and specifically Biodynamics, remain the same, its application and adaption to landscapes and communities is ...
11.23.2020 Episode 20 \| Matt Moran \| The critically acclaimed chef who has his feet still firmly on farm. Charlie sat with Matt Moran in his restaurant 'Chiswick' in Sydney overlooking his kitchen garden from which herbs and vegetables are harvested to supplement the dishes prepared in the kitchen. It's a great example of Matt's dedication to seasonality, accountability ...
11.16.2020 Episode 19 \| Part 2 \| Mick Wettenhall \| Innovative farmer tapping into the power of the fungal highway This is the second part of the Charlie's interview with Mick Wettenhall. Charlie caught up with Mick Wettenhall at his property 'Weemabah' at Trangie, NSW to dig into his own regenerative journey. Mick most recently has been progressing research into ...
11.09.2020 Episode 19 \| Part 1 \| Mick Wettenhall \| Innovative farmer tapping into the power of the fungal highway Charlie caught up with Mick Wettenhall at his property 'Weemabah' at Trangie, NSW to dig into his own regenerative journey. Mick most recently has been progressing research into a little know fungi that has an enormous capacity to sequester carbon ...
11.02.2020 Episode 18 \| Nicho Plowman \| Bringing together the worlds of meditation and regenerative agriculture Nicho articulately draws together the many parallels between meditation and regenerative agriculture in this long awaited interview with Charlie's cousin and co-founder of the worlds most used digital meditation platform Insight Timer (20million users). The connections with ones health, sense ...
10.26.2020 Episode 17 \| Rachel Ward \| The thespian making her mark in the world of regenerative agriculture In this episode Charlie talks to actress & director Rachel Ward. A little under thirty-three years ago Rachel and her husband Bryan Brown bought a small farm in the Nambucca Valley on the NSW coast. Until recently they had been ...

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