Dr Maarten Stapper is a man with some fascinating ideas on how to manage our land better. He is also a member of the Upper Murrumbidgee Natural Sequence Association Inc.Finally after 18 months, here is my story! Please let people in your network know. If you miss Monday's edition you can watch a repeat on ABC or watch the full program on the ABC Australian Story page. On that internet page there will also be a gallery of interviews & photo's after the show I'm told. After the show you can enter comments in the Guestbook and react to statements by others. What is the future of Biological Farming? How do we get healthy food production systems? How do we get carbon in the soil? Do we need GM?
ABC Australian Story "Back to Earth" on Monday 1 June 2009 at 8.00 pm (EST) and repeated on Saturday 6 June at 12.30 pm; also on ABC2: Tuesday 2 June at 8.00pm.
watch a preview: http://www.abc.net.au/austory/default.htm
He is unconventional, stubborn and difficult. Not even a near-fatal car accident could slow him down in his mission to feed the world using less chemicals.
As an advocate for biological farming, Dr Stapper has paid a high price for promoting a greener, cleaner way to grow food. Originally a CSIRO scientist, he left when it became clear his views on biological farming were incompatible with his employer.
Today, he travels the country to educate farmers on how to use less chemicals in their soil and on their crops.